VICTORIA — The NDP government’s botched $300-million grant program for small and medium-sized business will expire as scheduled at the end of next month, Premier John Horgan said Thursday. But the New Democrats are scrambling to get the mostly unspent balance of the economic recovery fund out the door before the March 31 end of…
Premier John Horgan wants to see violence against people-of-colour prosecuted as hate crimes, saying he’s disturbed by a Vancouver police report that shows a seven-fold increase in anti-Asian hate crimes. “We need to ensure that violence against people-of-colour is not just treated as violence but in fact hate crimes which carry much different penalties,” Horgan…
A recent series of COVID-19 exposures has put 32 Vancouver Police employees temporarily out of commission, but department representatives say this will have not affect on service levels or public safety. VPD spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison confirmed Thursday that five department employees have recently tested positive for COVID-19, and another 27 are currently self-quarantining due…
A Squamish sex offender has been found guilty of sending nude photos of his former girlfriend to her new boyfriend. The conviction of Russell Thomas Lamb came after the Crown argued that he had sent the intimate images as revenge for the girlfriend testifying at the sentencing hearing in his sex crimes case. The girlfriend,…
She is the cutest ball of fur, instinctively knowing which gravelly ill child could use some love and cuddling. And now that Gaia and her handlers have passed probation, Canuck Place has another therapy dog for the first time since her predecessor died, the much-loved and missed golden retriever Poppy. Cancer claimed her in November…
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Feb. 18, 2021. We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on in B.C. right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments added as…
Mounties in Surrey are warning there may be lethal street drugs circulating in the community after one woman died and several others overdosed in the same area early Thursday. RCMP say shortly after 2 a.m. police attended a residence near 106th Avenue and 140th Street after being notified by the B.C. Ambulance Service of a…
B.C.’s COVID-19 curve, which has been trending downward for weeks, has experienced a significant spike with 617 new cases announced on Thursday. The figure is the first time the province’s highest daily case count has exceeded 500 since Jan. 29 and it’s the highest one-day total since Jan. 7, when 761 British Columbians tested positive for…
The B.C. SPCA has iced a West Kootenay sled dog operation that had been keeping its animals in allegedly distressing conditions. Forty dogs were seized on Feb. 16, after SPCA animal protection officers served a warrant on the property, located outside of Salmo. The SPCA said there were several concerns about the dogs’ welfare and…
A woman was sexually assaulted by a man with a weapon near Royal Kwantlen Park in Surrey on Tuesday, and RCMP is asking for help in identifying the suspect. Shortly after 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 16, Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a sex assault at Royal Kwantlen Park, in the area of 132nd…