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Police in Saanich, B.C., are concerned for the well-being of a “high-risk” teen missing from the area. Zenaeh Edwards-Helgason was last seen on Dec. 19, 2022, and police believe the 17-year-old is in the Metro Vancouver area. Read more: Victoria police seek missing ‘high-risk’ 16-year-old boy “She was seen wearing …
Read More »Some 2,000 lost bags still stranded at Vancouver airport, officials say
Flights are mostly back on schedule at the Vancouver International Airport, but the facility is still recovering from the chaos brought on by last month’s holiday snowstorm. Amid the hundreds of cancellations the week before Christmas, thousands of travellers found themselves delayed or rebooked — and many were separated from …
Read More »Toronto and Vancouver airports warn of operational impacts due to weather
TORONTO — A major winter storm bearing down on Toronto is adding to the calamity in Canadian airports already plagued by flight cancellations and delays set off early this week by heavy snow in Vancouver. Environment Canada says Toronto’s storm will begin today with rain or snow followed by plummeting …
Read More »No guarantees, but search of Winnipeg landfill for women’s remains may succeed: experts
In 2002, investigators started a massive search of Robert Pickton’s pig farm in British Columbia and eventually found the remains of several women. Twenty years later, the lead forensic anthropologist on that effort says a search of a landfill north of Winnipeg for women’s remains has a chance of success, …
Read More »Woman saved from burning house in East Vancouver, suffers serious injuries – BC
By Kareem Gouda Global News Posted December 13, 2022 2:42 am Updated December 13, 2022 2:48 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A major fire has sent one woman to hospital Monday night after a house fire broke out in East Vancouver. It broke out just before …
Read More »Indigenous people ‘invisible’ to police, family says, after missing Vancouver man confirmed dead
After spending the last two weeks papering downtown Vancouver with missing person posters of Darius Smallboy, the young Indigenous man’s family has just learned he was lying dead in a city morgue the entire time. Smallboy’s family is now speaking out about what they allege was an indifferent response from …
Read More »Residents ‘horrified’ as another Metro Vancouver home for mental illness set to close
The impending closure of another assisted living facility for people with mental illness in Metro Vancouver has residents and their caregivers worried about the impacts on their health. The 12 people who live in Buena Vista Lodge in White Rock, about 50 kilometres southeast of Vancouver near the Canada-U.S. border, have …
Read More »English Bay Barge shipping off soon, City of Vancouver says
Deconstruction of the English Bay Barge is nearing completion. The City of Vancouver says the hull of the barge is expected to be demolished by the end of next week. “Weather permitting, the next steps will include pile removal, site cleanup and equipment removal,” the city said in a statement. …
Read More »How homebuilders in Vancouver are adapting to a warming world
The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficient windows make it a home built for a warming world. The home in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood generates more energy than it …
Read More »Vancouver hosts first in-person meeting of health ministers in 4 years
Provincial and territorial health ministers will meet with their federal counterpart in Vancouver Monday for the first in-person meeting about the state of health-care funding in the country in four years. The two-day meeting, co-chaired by federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and B.C. Minister of Health Adrian Dix, is expected to centre around the Canada …
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