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Fraud alert: WestJet warns public about phone, email, online scams

Fraud alert: WestJet warns public about phone, email, online scams

WestJet is warning the public about an ongoing phone scam where fraudsters pose as airline representatives.
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B.C. sees new record of organ transplants in 2018

B.C. sees new record of organ transplants in 2018

A record-breaking number of British Columbians received an organ transplant in 2018, the province’s health authority announced Thursday.
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Richmond event gives opportunity to make complaints against government

Richmond event gives opportunity to make complaints against government

Richmondites who feel they’ve been unfairly treated by any local or provincial governments, or by other public organizations, are invited to an event this week to voice their complaints. The B.C.
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Richmondites asked for feedback on province’s new Chinese Canadian museum

Richmondites asked for feedback on province’s new Chinese Canadian museum

Richmond residents with ideas for the province’s new Chinese Canadian museum are invited to attend one of two community meetings this weekend. On Saturday, Feb.
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Burnaby mayor wants feds to pay $1.2 million protest policing costs

Burnaby mayor wants feds to pay $1.2 million protest policing costs

Mike Hurley thinks he can succeed where his predecessor failed
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Stakes high for whole province in Nanaimo byelection

Stakes high for whole province in Nanaimo byelection

Polls open at 8 a.m. today for Nanaimo voters to cast ballots in what is being called a historic and unusual provincial byelection — one with the potential to change the government.
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Richmond trampoline park owners claim dad who died could have been impaired

Richmond trampoline park owners claim dad who died could have been impaired

Almost a year to the day that Jay Greenwood died after breaking his neck, Extreme Air Park filed a response to his children's lawsuit
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Province ignoring wildfires in carbon calculation: Sierra Club BC

Province ignoring wildfires in carbon calculation: Sierra Club BC

The wildfires that ripped through B.C. forests during the last two summers have done the province no favours when it comes to carbon emissions, according to an environmental advocacy group. In a report released Monday, Sierra Club B.C.
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Richmond’s Safeways to re-open as FreshCo

Richmond’s Safeways to re-open as FreshCo

Two former Safeway stores in Richmond will soon open, as expected, as discount supermarket brand FreshCo.
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Largest SkyTrain station upgrade in history opens to public on Saturday

Largest SkyTrain station upgrade in history opens to public on Saturday

The massive upgrade will improve the passenger experience on the SkyTrain
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