It’s Oct. 24, which means B.C. provincial election day has finally arrived. We’ll be live all night as the election results roll in. Watch this space for results, news and social media reaction as the province decides who will run the B.C. government for the next four years (or at least, until the next election…
VANCOUVER, B.C.: Saturday, Oct. 24. It’s election day in B.C.! If you’re heading out to vote you will want to bundle up because it looks cold. Today’s weather is expected to be sunny, with gusty winds, and a high of just 8 C, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. Overnight, it looks clear with a…
Health officials are urging British Columbians to get their flu shots this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic remains underway. “This is not a time to be complacent. If we let our guard down, this virus will spread. There’s going to be a lot more illness around,” said provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry last month.…
British Columbians wanting a flu shot should book an appointment early and expect to wait a few weeks as demand for the vaccine has started out high this year, according to one of B.C.’s largest pharmacy chains. “Everybody’s wanting to get a flu shot,” said Shawn Sangha, B.C. pharmacy operations manager for London Drugs. “The…
B.C.’s provincial health officer is urging British Columbians to “step back” from social gatherings, as 223 new cases of COVID-19, but no additional deaths, were announced Friday. “This is our opportunity and the time to take a step back from our social interactions and keep our groups small this weekend,” Dr. Bonnie Henry said in…
Metro Vancouver Transit Police are investigating after a disturbing video was posted on TikTok showing a woman who appears to have been pushed off a bus after she apparently spit on another passenger. Sgt. Clint Hampton confirmed that Transit Police are aware of the video, and are trying to find out more about what happened.…
A man has pleaded guilty this week following a 2019 targeted shooting in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Joseph Bassett, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, one count of unlawful possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, one count of breach of a firearms prohibition order, one count of assault with a weapon…
COVID-19 has made this provincial election different from any other. According to Elections B.C., this is the first time an election has been held in the province during a pandemic and it has presented significant administrative challenges, including vote tabulation. Instead of voting on election day, Oct. 24, many British Columbians chose to request mail-in…
The conflict of interest complaint against Vancouver Coun. Michael Wiebe seems to be headed to court, a direction that worries some businesspeople and municipal politicians. Wiebe, a restaurateur and first-term city councillor with the Vancouver Greens, was the subject of a formal complaint in June after he supported a temporary city-wide patio expansion program to…
A man is suing the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver over allegations that a former priest and a former teacher sexually abused him in the mid-1970s. The man, who is only identified as John Doe in the lawsuit, says that Father John Kilty, an ordained priest of the Vancouver Archdiocese who served as pastor of…