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COPE, One-City, secure council seats in Vancouver's municipal byelection

VANCOUVER — Vancouver's left-of-centre parties have secured two council seats in Saturday's municipal byelection in a vote that was seen as a litmus test for Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party, which swept to dominance in 2022.

Apr 6, 2025 3:43 PM Read more >

Former B.C. teacher, 85, guilty of indecent assaults on his Grade 6 students

NORTH VANCOUVER — A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students.

Apr 4, 2025 4:34 PM Read more >

B.C. police investigate after rock thrown through Tesla windshield strikes passenger

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver are investigating whether a Tesla was intentionally targeted when a rock smashed through its windshield, seriously injuring a passenger.

Apr 3, 2025 3:18 PM Read more >

Eby says Indigenous teen shouldn't have died' as B.C. government is grilled over care

A teenager who was found blocks from her group home on a cold January night this year "shouldn't have died" British Columbia Premier David Eby said, adding that her death represented a "failure.

Apr 2, 2025 6:32 PM Read more >

Ousted Greater Victoria school trustees take B.C. to court over firing

Nine Greater Victoria school trustees fired by the British Columbia government earlier this year have filed a court petition to get their jobs back. Education Minister Lisa Beare dismissed the entire elected board of School District No.

Apr 2, 2025 3:13 PM Read more >

Man arrested for sexual and online offences targeting teen girls in Cranbrook, B.C.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — Mounties in Cranbrook, B.C., say they have arrested a 20-year-old man for several sexual and online offences involving local teen girls.

Apr 2, 2025 2:02 PM Read more >

Mud and trees rolled over road along B.C.'s Okanagan Lake

KELOWNA, B.C. — A landslide has shut down Westside Road that runs along British Columbia's Okanagan Lake. DriveBC says the road is closed until further notice in both directions south of Denison Road about 13 kilometres east of West Kelowna.

Apr 2, 2025 1:45 PM Read more >