Local News

You’ve heard of missing persons reports, now you’re reading a report of a missing city – Vancouver, to be exact.

B.C. Premier John Horgan continued to evade questions Monday on whether he plans to call a snap election this month. The premier has been peppered with election questions over the past few weeks. The fixed election date is 13 months away.

B.C. is launching a new lung cancer screening program — the first of its kind in Canada — Premier John Horgan announced Monday. The program is exepcted to be fully operational by 2022. Horgan said it’s the first such program in Canada.

It could be a couple of days before the fire that’s destroyed part of Pier Park is fully extinguished. Mayor Jonathan Cote visited the site on Monday morning, where firefighters continue to work to contain the blaze.

The Sea to Sky Gondola Cable has been cut again. The incident happened on the early morning hours of Sept. 14, said general manager Kirby Brown. Brown said that no one was hurt in the incident. Squamish RCMP say officers were contacted at 4 a.m.

The Richmond School District announced Sunday all schools will be open on Monday despite the wildfire smoke currently blanketing the Lower Mainland.

New Westminster’s historic pier area is still on fire and could continue burning for several days, according to the New Westminster Fire Department. The fire is at Westminster Pier Park and local firefighters are battling to contain it.

A vehicle accident has traffic delayed around the intersection of Westminster Highway and Cooney Road on Sunday afternoon. According to a Twitter post, the accident is a fender bender and happened around 2:45 p.m.

Changes have been made to B.C.’s strata insurance regulations to address the rising costs of strata insurance, says B.C.’s Ministry of Finance. A report released by the B.C.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially issued a La Niña Advisory Thursday