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Thieves stole this bear sculpture from a Port Coquitlam porch. Police want it back

Thieves stole this bear sculpture from a Port Coquitlam porch. Police want it back

Police say the metre-tall sculpture was on the porch of a Port Coquitlam house when someone took the concrete artwork on Jan. 11, 2025.
Fire destroys five-unit housing complex on Penelakut Island

Fire destroys five-unit housing complex on Penelakut Island

Twenty-one people were left without homes after the blaze, which may have started in a kitchen.
Below-seasonal temperatures coming to B.C., but warmer than 2024 cold snap

Below-seasonal temperatures coming to B.C., but warmer than 2024 cold snap

This weekend's cold snap comes a year after wind-chill temperatures plummeted to -20 C in Metro Vancouver and as low as -50 C in other parts of the province.
IHIT remembers Port Moody's Trina Hunt on four-year anniversary

IHIT remembers Port Moody's Trina Hunt on four-year anniversary

“This is a tragic homicide that has had a huge impact on our community, including the investigators who have been working tirelessly to advance this case," IHIT stated this week.
Several Vancouver police officers being investigated in Chelsea Poorman case

Several Vancouver police officers being investigated in Chelsea Poorman case

Chelsea Poorman, 24, was a member of the Kawacatoose First Nation and was found dead in April 2022. She was reported missing in September 2020.
B.C. accused's death ends robbery, dangerous weapons case

B.C. accused's death ends robbery, dangerous weapons case

Douglas Ewing was charged after an incident at Vancouver's Holt Renfrew high-end clothing store.
George Pearson long-term care home gets new name over his anti-Japanese views

George Pearson long-term care home gets new name over his anti-Japanese views

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Coastal Health authority says it has changed the name of a long-term care home that was named after George Pearson, a B.C. politician who stoked anti-Japanese sentiment during the Second World War.
Ottawa provides $117M for drought resilience on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

Ottawa provides $117M for drought resilience on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

SECHELT, B.C. — The federal government is providing $117 million to help solve what it describes as the "heightening water crisis" due to drought on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, where the Sechelt area has been hit especially hard.
Three Port Alberni, B.C. men face charges of sex offences, trafficking of minors

Three Port Alberni, B.C. men face charges of sex offences, trafficking of minors

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Three men from Port Alberni, B.C., have been charged with sexual offences on minors, including trafficking of youth under 18 years old.
B.C. inquest hears of missed chance to avert starvation death of woman in home care

B.C. inquest hears of missed chance to avert starvation death of woman in home care

A former co-ordinator at the organization that oversaw Florence Girard's home care before she starved to death in October 2018 says "hindsight is 20/20" looking back at a missed opportunity to avert the tragedy.
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