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Labour Minister Harry Bains said the province is prepared to appoint a special meditator, possibly Vince Ready, to resolve the current labour dispute between transit supervisors and Coast Mountain Bus Company, a subsidiary of TransLink, the regional transit authority for Metro Vancouver. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

B.C. is prepared to appoint special mediator in transit strike

Labour Minister reacts as job action impacts large parts of Metro Vancouver’s public transit system

 

One suspect has been arrested in a police operation in Metro Vancouver that delayed the start of three area schools. The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. police incident that sparked warnings for 3 schools results in arrest

One suspect has been arrested in a police operation in North Vancouver…

 

Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars over the next few years and a more reliable funding model from federal government in order to improve transit for the area. A sky train is pictured in downtown Vancouver, Saturday, March 14, 2015.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Metro Vancouver mayors say they want federal billions to grow transit

Lower Mainland leaders say they need a more reliable funding model

 

Playland’s new ThunderVolt roller coaster is shown in drone video. (Source: PNE)

B.C. set to plug in newest roller coaster: Playland’s $16M ThunderVolt

Italian-made machine given name that suggests ‘electrifying speed’, will start to roll in 2024

Playland’s new ThunderVolt roller coaster is shown in drone video. (Source: PNE)
Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a 61-year-old Coquitlam man has been charged with possessing and accessing child pornography. He is set to appear in court at the end of November. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)

Over 2,500 images of child porn discovered on B.C. man’s computer: police

Investigation began when a SkyTrain user found a lost phone containing explicit photos

Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a 61-year-old Coquitlam man has been charged with possessing and accessing child pornography. He is set to appear in court at the end of November. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)
RCMP have opened a file on a racist sign discovered by 2627 Shaugnessy Street in Port Coquitlam over the weekend. (Instagram/Black Vancouver)

RCMP investigating ‘whites-only’ play group signs discovered in Tri-Cities

Mayors condemn poster, calling it ‘disgusting’ and ‘vile garbage’

RCMP have opened a file on a racist sign discovered by 2627 Shaugnessy Street in Port Coquitlam over the weekend. (Instagram/Black Vancouver)
Team World’s Captain John McEnroe cheers for teammate Frances Tiafoe during his singles tennis match against Team Europe’s Stefanos Tsitsipas on the third day of the Laver Cup tennis tournament at the O2 arena in London, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. McEnroe is sharing his frustration over what he see as a lack of cooperation and care from tennis organization officials when it comes to the Laver Cup. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kin Cheung

Legendry McEnroe says Laver Cup needs support to develop

Lack of star power, scheduling conflicts not helping as the event reaches for the spotlight

Team World’s Captain John McEnroe cheers for teammate Frances Tiafoe during his singles tennis match against Team Europe’s Stefanos Tsitsipas on the third day of the Laver Cup tennis tournament at the O2 arena in London, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. McEnroe is sharing his frustration over what he see as a lack of cooperation and care from tennis organization officials when it comes to the Laver Cup. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kin Cheung
Retired tennis player Roger Federer participates in a tennis clinic for kids from the Vancouver chapters of Big Brothers and Big Sisters, as part of a partnership with Mercedes-Benz Canada, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Federer is in the city for the 2023 Laver Cup tennis tournament that he co-founded. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Federer expects excitement even as stars go out for Vancouver’s Laver Cup

Tennis legend talks no-shows as he helps host weekend tennis challenge at Rogers Arena

Retired tennis player Roger Federer participates in a tennis clinic for kids from the Vancouver chapters of Big Brothers and Big Sisters, as part of a partnership with Mercedes-Benz Canada, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Federer is in the city for the 2023 Laver Cup tennis tournament that he co-founded. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city has taken a "huge step" toward "housing attainability" by approving multiplex units in single-family neighbourhoods, but critics of the plan argue the step is little more than a shuffle. Cherry trees line a residential street in Vancouver, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver clears path for multiplexes in bid to address housing crisis

Council decision means multi-family units acceptable in virtually any residential area in the city

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city has taken a "huge step" toward "housing attainability" by approving multiplex units in single-family neighbourhoods, but critics of the plan argue the step is little more than a shuffle. Cherry trees line a residential street in Vancouver, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver’s police chief says the suspect in a triple stabbing at a Chinatown festival over the weekend was on day release from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Palmer speaks in Vancouver, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Accused stabber killed daughter, Vancouver’s Chinatown reels from attack

Man accused of stabbing three found not criminally responsible in 2006 Kitimat stabbing death

Vancouver’s police chief says the suspect in a triple stabbing at a Chinatown festival over the weekend was on day release from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Palmer speaks in Vancouver, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
One man is in police custody after three people were stabbed at Vancouver’s Light Up Chinatown festival. Police tape cordons off a crime scene in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, April 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Triple stabbing at Vancouver Chinatown festival, 1 man arrested

Victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, attack motive unknown

One man is in police custody after three people were stabbed at Vancouver’s Light Up Chinatown festival. Police tape cordons off a crime scene in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, April 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver's police chief says the suspect in a triple stabbing at a Chinatown festival over the weekend was on day release from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Palmer speaks in Vancouver, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Suspect in Vancouver Chinatown stabbing was on psychiatric release: VPD

Police Chief Adam Palmer says attack at Light Up Chinatown! Festival ‘defies logical explanation’

Vancouver's police chief says the suspect in a triple stabbing at a Chinatown festival over the weekend was on day release from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Palmer speaks in Vancouver, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer a year after a pedestrian was hit by a police car in the city’s Downtown Eastside. A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver officer charged a year after cruiser hit pedestrian

Video from last September shows black police cruiser that appears to hit man without swerving

Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer a year after a pedestrian was hit by a police car in the city’s Downtown Eastside. A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Youth struggling with mental health or addiction will have access to a new outreach centre in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, providing what the government says will be life-saving support. A tarp is seen draped between a building and a shopping cart to provide shade from the sun in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, May 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Saving lives focus of new Downtown Eastside youth outreach centre

Launch will focus on helping vulnerable youth on the streets of Vancouver

Youth struggling with mental health or addiction will have access to a new outreach centre in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, providing what the government says will be life-saving support. A tarp is seen draped between a building and a shopping cart to provide shade from the sun in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, May 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mia Chen plays at the littles water walker area where she runs in an inflatable ball that float in a pool at the Richmond Night Market in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, April 28, 2023. Richmond is the most ethnically Chinese city in the world outside Asia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White

B.C. Cantonese speakers work to keep the language alive

Speakers of China’s ‘2nd language’ a part of a growing international advocacy movement

Mia Chen plays at the littles water walker area where she runs in an inflatable ball that float in a pool at the Richmond Night Market in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, April 28, 2023. Richmond is the most ethnically Chinese city in the world outside Asia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White
Yannick Bandaogo (left) appears in court before Justice Geoffrey Gaul in New Westminster, B.C. on Monday, May 29, 2023 in this artist’s sketch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jane Wolsak

Man who stabbed 7, killed 1 in B.C. library gets life sentence

Yannick Bandaogo will have no possibility of parole for 15 years after North Vancouver rampage

Yannick Bandaogo (left) appears in court before Justice Geoffrey Gaul in New Westminster, B.C. on Monday, May 29, 2023 in this artist’s sketch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jane Wolsak
Tara Mathur and Jeremy Laceey standing in front of the yellow home Laceey currently lives at in Saanich. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

High rents have young people in Victoria, Saanich eyeing moving in to save

‘I realized that moving in with someone was definitely a big benefit’

Tara Mathur and Jeremy Laceey standing in front of the yellow home Laceey currently lives at in Saanich. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
The wildfire on Mount Seymour in North Vancouver, first spotted on July 12, 2023, hasn’t grown in size in the last 24 hours and smoke in the area has visibly reduced. (Metro Vancouver Regional District)

Wildfire on Mount Seymour in North Vancouver not growing, smoke reduced

Metro Vancouver Regional District says fire in gully in remote area

The wildfire on Mount Seymour in North Vancouver, first spotted on July 12, 2023, hasn’t grown in size in the last 24 hours and smoke in the area has visibly reduced. (Metro Vancouver Regional District)
Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks on Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the agency was targeted by hackers who accessed almost 200 of its files, as part of a global wave of attacks that U.S. officials have blamed on a Russian cyber-extortion gang. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Patrick Semansky

Metro Vancouver Transit Police files hacked in raid linked to Russian extortion gang

Other agencies targeted in Louisiana, Oregon, Nova Scotia and the UK

Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks on Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the agency was targeted by hackers who accessed almost 200 of its files, as part of a global wave of attacks that U.S. officials have blamed on a Russian cyber-extortion gang. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Patrick Semansky
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Police seek witnesses after B.C. high school teacher charged with sexual assault

Former North Vancouver school teacher arrested in Ontario

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck