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North Shore Rescue fired up its helicopter Wednesday night for a night-vision hoist rescue on Mt. Fromme. The team said a hiker got stuck on a cliff when he called for the rescue. The hiker told North Shore Rescue he wasn’t sure how long he could hold on for. A …
Read More »Lower Mainland Safeway workers vote 98 per cent in favour of strike authorization – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Over 3,000 Sobeys employees across 40 Lower Mainland Safeway stores have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike if bargaining talks break down in the weeks ahead. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518, which covers Sobeys’ employees from Whistler to Hope, says …
Read More »Permanent emergency response team needed, B.C. Premier David Eby says
B.C.’s top elected official, Premier David Eby, took a tour in West Kelowna to see the wildfire devastation first-hand and talk to local officials and evacuees. He joined the Global BC News Morning show to talk about the tour in a live interview Wednesday morning. “There were a couple of …
Read More »2 Vancouver Police officers hospitalized after crash with suspected stolen van – BC
Two Vancouver Police officers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries following a crash involving a suspected stolen van and a VPD cruiser, according to police. The suspect was taken to hospital as well, also with mild injuries. The crash happened around 3 p.m. Monday along Clark Drive at Charles Street but …
Read More »B.C. municipal leaders heading to Ont. to talk financing
Municipal leaders from B.C. and across Canada are meeting in Ontario later this week to talk finances. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities convention kicks off Thursday in Toronto and high on the agenda is money. Cities say they’re facing massive challenges made even more urgent by pandemic recovery. Cities are …
Read More »Mysterious bloody Ikea rug turned into Barriere, B.C. RCMP detachment
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A bloody Ikea rug is at the centre of a confusing and bewildering investigation in Barriere, B.C. Mounties said the blue Ikea rug was turned in to the Barriere RCMP detachment, however, the circumstances surrounding the rug are unknown. Read more: B.C. …
Read More »Concerns over Vancouver’s proposal to demolish heritage building for DTES street market – BC
There are renewed concerns about a proposal to demolish a more than century-old Vancouver heritage building and use the empty lot to temporarily relocate the Downtown Eastside Market, where police allege some stolen goods are being sold. The City of Vancouver leases the current street market space at 26 East …
Read More »B.C. resident frustrated after Flair flight cancellation ‘mess’
A Mackenzie, B.C., resident, Susan Crosby, said she and her partner had just completed a three-hour drive to Prince George to catch a Flair flight to Arizona when the flight was cancelled Friday. “They offered to reschedule, but the rescheduling was having us leave Tuscon on March 17 and have …
Read More »Vancouver Island hit-and-run killer died on street from toxic drugs: Coroner’s report – BC
A North Vancouver man convicted of killing two motorcyclists on the Malahat Highway in 2010, died from toxic drugs on the streets of Maple Ridge in Dec. 2020, according to a newly released coroner’s report. Lucas Ian Brown, 35, was found unresponsive by a passerby on a public sidewalk on …
Read More »2 tourists rescued after lost overnight in snow storm in North Vancouver, B.C. – BC
Two tourists from Mexico and Columbia are extremely lucky after spending an entire night outdoors near Norvan Falls in North Vancouver, North Shore Rescue says. “They took a bus here. They started their hike at 1 p.m. Saturday,” said Don Jardine, a North Shore Rescue team member. “I don’t know …
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