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B.C.'s police complaint commissioner has ordered a review into how an officer was disciplined for misconduct, saying it didn't fit the seriousness of allegations that he made inappropriate sexual advances. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

Watchdog wants review of B.C. police officer’s penalty for sexual advances

Officer reduced in rank, complaints commissioner checking to see if punishment fit misconduct

B.C.'s police complaint commissioner has ordered a review into how an officer was disciplined for misconduct, saying it didn't fit the seriousness of allegations that he made inappropriate sexual advances. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
The covered parkade is blocked off adjacent to the Best Buy at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre on Saturday night (Jan. 20). (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

B.C. murder victim was facing sentencing in 2020 gang gunfight

Amritpal Saran, 25, was due for sentencing on Tuesday on two charges

The covered parkade is blocked off adjacent to the Best Buy at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre on Saturday night (Jan. 20). (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
Ellis Ross leaves BC United to run federal Conservative . (Photo courtesy Ken Herar).

Ellis Ross leaves BC United to run for federal conservatives

Announcement comes day before Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre tours northwest B.C.

Ellis Ross leaves BC United to run federal Conservative . (Photo courtesy Ken Herar).
White Kia seen travelling in the wrong lane down Highway 1 on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 (RCMP handout)

Impaired driver caught going wrong way on B.C. highway with 3 working tires

Woman in her thirties failed a breathalyzer after RCMP pulled her over in North Vancouver

White Kia seen travelling in the wrong lane down Highway 1 on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 (RCMP handout)
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Canada, Mexico in talks to address rising tide of asylum seekers

Canada has been see a spike since lifting a visa requirement for tourists in 2016

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Restaurants Canada is urging the British Columbia government to intervene in a proposed increase to the farm-level price of chicken in the province. Workers process chickens in Fremont, Neb.in a Dec.12, 2019 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Nati Harnik

Playing chicken? New poultry price scheme has B.C. restaurants clucking

Industry says proposed plant will mean a 10% price hike for consumers

Restaurants Canada is urging the British Columbia government to intervene in a proposed increase to the farm-level price of chicken in the province. Workers process chickens in Fremont, Neb.in a Dec.12, 2019 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Nati Harnik
Dorothy, a sailing yacht built in Victoria in 1897, was recently restored by a Vancouver Island-based team, and has been nominated in the 2024 Classic Boat Awards. (UBC Archives)
Dorothy, a sailing yacht built in Victoria in 1897, was recently restored by a Vancouver Island-based team, and has been nominated in the 2024 Classic Boat Awards. (UBC Archives)
The 2023 Needs Assessment Report invited newcomers who have lived in the Campbell River and Comox Valley regions for five years or less to participate in a survey. Photo supplied

New research looks at what prevents the full integration of immigrants in Campbell River

New research released by The Immigrant Welcome Centre’s Welcoming Communities Coalition takes…

  • Jan 18, 2024
The 2023 Needs Assessment Report invited newcomers who have lived in the Campbell River and Comox Valley regions for five years or less to participate in a survey. Photo supplied
The Victoria Conference Centre becomes the second-only biosphere-certified conference centre in North America. (Courtesy of Tourism Victoria)

Victoria home to 2nd biosphere-certified conference centre in North America

Victoria Conference Centre is in alignment with the COP21 Paris Agreement

The Victoria Conference Centre becomes the second-only biosphere-certified conference centre in North America. (Courtesy of Tourism Victoria)
A boat travels past the Parkland Burnaby Refinery on Burrard Inlet at sunset in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Noxious smell triggers air quality warning in Metro Vancouver

Incident at Burnaby’s Parkland fuel refinery caused ‘strong chemical odour’ no public safety concerns

A boat travels past the Parkland Burnaby Refinery on Burrard Inlet at sunset in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The recent deaths of six children in Ontario and four children in British Columbia from a bacterial infection is grabbing parents’ attention. Doctors say severe cases of invasive Group A streptococcal infection are extremely rare. An electron microscope image shows Group A Streptococcus in orange. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID via AP

Get kids up-to-date on vaccinations, watch for signs of Strep A: doctors

Bacterial infection has been linked to 4 child deaths in B.C. and another 6 in Ontario this winter

The recent deaths of six children in Ontario and four children in British Columbia from a bacterial infection is grabbing parents’ attention. Doctors say severe cases of invasive Group A streptococcal infection are extremely rare. An electron microscope image shows Group A Streptococcus in orange. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID via AP
A silver-haired bat is shown in this undated handout photo. Authors of a new study say that while bats are well known for using sound to echolocate prey and navigate around objects, silver-haired bats become only the second species of bat whose singing has been documented in North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Cori Lausen *MANDATORY CREDIT*

That tune coming from an old mine in B. C.? It’s probably a bat, singing a love song

Bats typically produce pulses of sound and listen to the echoes to find food

A silver-haired bat is shown in this undated handout photo. Authors of a new study say that while bats are well known for using sound to echolocate prey and navigate around objects, silver-haired bats become only the second species of bat whose singing has been documented in North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Cori Lausen *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The deadline for Canadian businesses to repay pandemic loans and receive partial forgiveness has arrived, as business groups say it could mean closure for many firms. A closed store front boutique business called Francis Watson pleads for help displaying a sign in Toronto on Thursday, April 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Deadline to get partial CEBA forgiveness arrives as business groups warn of closures

As of Jan. 15, it’s estimated nearly 70% of recipients have qualified for partial forgiveness

The deadline for Canadian businesses to repay pandemic loans and receive partial forgiveness has arrived, as business groups say it could mean closure for many firms. A closed store front boutique business called Francis Watson pleads for help displaying a sign in Toronto on Thursday, April 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A potential strike by more than 180 transit supervisors seeking a new contract in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland could have a major effect on commuters next week, with the bus drivers’ union saying it would back such action. A bus is pictured in downtown Vancouver, Friday, November, 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Talks resume Saturday to avoid potential B.C. bus strike

CUPE Local 4500 has said it will be ‘withdrawing all services’ for 2 days if an agreement isn’t reached

A potential strike by more than 180 transit supervisors seeking a new contract in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland could have a major effect on commuters next week, with the bus drivers’ union saying it would back such action. A bus is pictured in downtown Vancouver, Friday, November, 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Snow falls as a woman and her dogs walk through an alley way in Victoria, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Extreme cold mostly over in Canada except in northern Alberta

Schools in Metro Vancouver, with the exception of Langley, reopened on Friday

Snow falls as a woman and her dogs walk through an alley way in Victoria, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Ridge Meadows RCMP have been granted an detention order until August for seized items in a child luring, child pornography case. (The News files)

RCMP in Lower Mainland investigating child luring, pornography case

Case involves 12- to 13-year-old girls after complaints made in 2022

Ridge Meadows RCMP have been granted an detention order until August for seized items in a child luring, child pornography case. (The News files)
Concerns about the Crofton mill’s operation have prompted North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas to write to Minister of Forests Bruce Ralston. (Photo by Don Bodger)

BC United would move province’s forestry ministry to Prince George: Falcon

Promise comes as industry deals with multiple issues, from supply to climate change

Concerns about the Crofton mill’s operation have prompted North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas to write to Minister of Forests Bruce Ralston. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Elections BC says “voters in B.C. should have a high degree of confidence in the security of our elections and trust the results” in noting that it is prepared for various challenges including AI to election integrity. (Black Press Media file photo)

Closeness of B.C. election to U.S. election ‘likely’ to lead to more false news

But Elections BC says it is prepared to handle threats to election integrity

Elections BC says “voters in B.C. should have a high degree of confidence in the security of our elections and trust the results” in noting that it is prepared for various challenges including AI to election integrity. (Black Press Media file photo)
A site overview of the former pulp mill site. (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy photo)

Port Alice pulp mill site could likely be stabilized by March

Province overseeing cleanp of former Neucel property through courts and trustees after bankruptcy

A site overview of the former pulp mill site. (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy photo)
A British Columbia wildlife protection group says a primary food source of threatened southern resident killer whales is being caught in a commercial fishery that tosses chinook salmon overboard or turns them into compost. A southern resident killer whale swims past a school of salmon near the Fraser River, B.C. in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Keith Holmes, Hakai Institute

‘Appalling waste’: watchdog says 20,000-salmon bycatch could have fed B.C. orcas

Group says commercial fishery threatens food source of southern resident killer whales

A British Columbia wildlife protection group says a primary food source of threatened southern resident killer whales is being caught in a commercial fishery that tosses chinook salmon overboard or turns them into compost. A southern resident killer whale swims past a school of salmon near the Fraser River, B.C. in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Keith Holmes, Hakai Institute