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Surrey Police Service to keep hiring despite council vote to go with RCMP

SURREY, B.C. — The Surrey Police Service says it will continue hiring and deploying officers despite a vote by city council Monday to stick with RCMP and halt the transition to a municipal force.

Nov 15, 2022 2:48 PM Read more >

B.C. man who didn't disclose HIV-positive status to woman loses appeal

The pair met through a mutual friend in the summer of 2016.

Nov 15, 2022 11:57 AM Read more >

Rockfall that crushed West Vancouver police car blamed on weather

Largest boulder to fall on Cypress Bowl Road the size of ‘small car’

Nov 15, 2022 9:50 AM Read more >

Teens' self-heating life-jacket a finalist for provincial showcase

Liam Pope-Lau and Fraser Tuck, Grade 8 students at St. Michaels University School, created a pouch containing a chemical that heats up when it comes into contact with water

Nov 15, 2022 9:44 AM Read more >

Twelve clean fuel projects in B.C. to get federal funds

B.C. projects are among 60 across Canada to get piece of $800 million

Nov 15, 2022 9:39 AM Read more >

Man who broke into Brentwood house and killed woman gets life in prison

Alan Chapman was high on crack cocaine and looking for someone else when he broke into Emily Caruana’s grandmother’s house and killed the 20-year-old, stabbing her 38 times

Nov 15, 2022 9:01 AM Read more >

BC Housing 'concerned' about Kamloops mayor's unannounced shelter visits

“It's our responsibility to know why people are laying all over the streets. I mean, it's not good for them, they don't want to be there," said Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson.

Nov 15, 2022 8:49 AM Read more >

Two men who escaped Vancouver Island prison plead not guilty to murder

VANCOUVER — Two men accused of killing a man the day after escaping a minimum-security federal prison on Vancouver Island pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder as their trial got underway in British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday.

Nov 14, 2022 4:46 PM Read more >

Merritt residents reflect one year after atmospheric river

More than 600 homes in Merritt were impacted by the November 2021 floods. "Some people's lives were changed forever here," says the city's mayor.

Nov 14, 2022 11:06 AM Read more >

Surrey council considers report that could end transition to municipal police service

SURREY, B.C. — Councillors in Surrey are set to consider a staff report that contains an option to halt all spending and hiring for that city's fledgling Surrey Police Service.

Nov 14, 2022 9:31 AM Read more >