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Campbell River rejects art gallery's tax exemption after unhoused seek shelter under awnings

Coun. Ron Kerr accused the gallery and Vancouver Island Mental Health Society — which runs a supervised injection site — of “having significant negative effects on our downtown community”

Oct 7, 2023 5:35 AM Read more >

Langford man sentenced to life in prison for killing wife with hammer, strangling her

Kenneth Lawrence Weber pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Kerri Weber on Nov. 5, 2020

Oct 7, 2023 5:10 AM Read more >

Kamloops prosecutors seek steep fines for hunters facing dozens of poaching charges

The offences are alleged to have taken place in the Darfield area between Barriere and Clearwater in the Central Interior.

Oct 7, 2023 4:20 AM Read more >

Man gets conditional sentence for Vancouver throat-slashing incident

Jesse Rene Attig walked up behind a man and cut his throat and then the back of his head before fleeing, court heard.

Oct 6, 2023 8:00 PM Read more >

Vancouver’s park and beach smoking ban a taste of what’s to come under the NDP’s public drug use restrictions

One of the leading voices of the 2010 campaign against cigarette smoking at Vancouver parks and beaches does not expect many people will be caught breaking the province’s ban on illegal drug use in certain public places.

Oct 6, 2023 5:59 PM Read more >

Two jurors dismissed from trial of former BC Liberal MLA’s son

The Powell River sexual interference trial of the son of a former BC Liberal MLA paused Friday when two jurors were sent home for disobeying the judge’s instructions. The case will continue Tuesday with 10 jurors.

Oct 6, 2023 5:57 PM Read more >

Video: Small plane crashes beside inn near Chilliwack airport, 3 confirmed dead

The plane is owned by a flight school in Langley.

Oct 6, 2023 4:04 PM Read more >

B.C. Mountie charged after crash in which motorcyclist was badly injured

VICTORIA — A Metro Vancouver RCMP officer has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act after an off-duty crash in which a motorcyclist was seriously hurt. The BC Prosecution Service says Const.

Oct 6, 2023 3:31 PM Read more >

Fiery head-on crash between two tractor trailers kills driver in B.C.

ASHCROFT, B.C. — Mounties in B.C.'s southern Interior say a fiery head-on crash between two tractor trailers has claimed the life of one of the drivers. The crash on Thursday shut the Trans-Canada Highway down for much of the day.

Oct 6, 2023 1:05 PM Read more >

Police transition: Surrey city councillors react to leaked ministry letter

"It's time for her to step up or step aside."

Oct 6, 2023 12:12 PM Read more >