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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim moves to axe city's elected Park Board

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim moves to axe city's elected Park Board

VANCOUVER 鈥 Mayor Ken Sim says he's moving to abolish Vancouver's elected Park Board, which is the only such body in any Canadian city.
Man gets four years for shooting sex worker in the back at his Burnaby home

Man gets four years for shooting sex worker in the back at his Burnaby home

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes said Varinder Singh Deo's shooting of an escort he invited to his Boundary Road home when he was drunk and high on cocaine was "senseless, extremely reckless, selfish."
B.C. says 578 foreign-educated nurses registered in 2023, doubling intake

B.C. says 578 foreign-educated nurses registered in 2023, doubling intake

The number of foreign-educated nurses newly registered in British Columbia this year has more than doubled from last year, as the province makes progress on a $1-billion, multi-year plan to attract more health-care workers.
Coast Guard investigates oily sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek

Coast Guard investigates oily sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek

VANCOUVER 鈥 The Canadian Coast Guard says it's trying to identify the source of a diesel smell and sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek. It says it received a report of the apparent pollution around 6:20 p.m.
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority taps Peter Xotta as president and CEO

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority taps Peter Xotta as president and CEO

Xotta has held various roles with the port authority nearly two decades
Ukrainian pediatrician has hurdles to clear before she can see patients

Ukrainian pediatrician has hurdles to clear before she can see patients

Iryna Derunets is the only pediatric ear nose and throat specialist in north-central B.C., but needs permanent residency status before she can see patients in Prince George
B.C. moves to reduce raw log exports, boost higher-value wood manufacturing

B.C. moves to reduce raw log exports, boost higher-value wood manufacturing

British Columbia is moving to reduce the export of raw logs harvested in the province by requiring that certain types of lumber from the Interior undergo manufacturing first.
B.C.'s transit-oriented development plan needs more definition, stakeholders say

B.C.'s transit-oriented development plan needs more definition, stakeholders say

Some voice concerns that the new B.C. bill will have unintended consequences and will not guarantee affordable housing
Northern B.C. seniors facing housing uncertainty, report shows

Northern B.C. seniors facing housing uncertainty, report shows

鈥淎n increasing number of seniors, many in their 60s and 70s, teeter on the brink of homelessness for the first time,鈥 notes the United Way report.
One dead in Port McNeill motel fire

One dead in Port McNeill motel fire

Port McNeill Fire Rescue says it responded about 1:30 a.m. to a fire at the Haida Way Motor Inn
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