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Time served for psychiatric patient who groped staffer, 'body-checked' fellow patient

An involuntary psychiatric patient at a Kamloops facility who twice sexually assaulted a worker and then body-checked a fellow patient has been ordered to spend nearly three months in prison.

Oct 24, 2022 9:11 AM Read more >

‘It’s a broken system that needs fixing,’ say emergency responders about B.C.’s rural paramedic shortages

On 11 days this summer and early fall, Quadra Island had no local paramedics available for emergency medical calls, data from the emergency responders’ union shows.

Oct 23, 2022 8:00 PM Read more >

Saanich murder victim was mother of two, says mom

Stephanie Jade Elk’s mother says her daughter was the girlfriend of Christopher Cathcart, who is now charged with her murder

Oct 23, 2022 8:44 AM Read more >

Killing of RCMP officer has Victoria Police Department rethinking how it patrols camps

Higher levels of aggression being encountered at Victoria’s homeless camp sites, says police chief

Oct 23, 2022 8:29 AM Read more >

Zac Brown Band says Vancouver show cancelled after crew members turned away at border

VANCOUVER — The Zac Brown Band has issued an apology for cancelling its show in Vancouver, saying some crew members were turned away at the border.

Oct 22, 2022 3:30 PM Read more >

North Van restaurant fined $2,300 for skirting COVID-19 vaccine passports

The city received at least 16 public complaints about Anatoli's in Lower Lonsdale not checking for vaccine passports last fall.

Oct 21, 2022 4:39 PM Read more >

Embattled Richmond lawyer Hong Guo avoids jail - for now

A B.C. Supreme Court judge gave a Richmond real estate and immigration lawyer another chance to avoid jail for contempt of court. Justice Gordon Weatherill had threatened Oct.

Oct 21, 2022 3:47 PM Read more >

North Shore ski mountains get first dusting of snow

Mount Seymour’s Mystery Peak cam recorded the first dusting of snow this season in North Vancouver early Friday morning.

Oct 21, 2022 2:47 PM Read more >

Former Prince George RCMP superintendent to lead Ottawa police

The Ottawa Police Services Board announced on Friday that Eric Stubbs will be the next Ottawa chief of police.

Oct 21, 2022 12:03 PM Read more >

Vancouverite linked to cross-border drug trade sentenced to 14 1/2 years in U.S. jail

A transnational drug criminal from Vancouver, who was linked by police to a notorious underground Richmond bank, was sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in a U.S. prison Thursday.

Oct 21, 2022 10:53 AM Read more >