Christa Dao

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• Parking permit changes in Vancouver’s West End have some residents steamed

  Starting in May, the single West End parking permit zone is being divided into three, something some residents say is unfair given they pay the highest fees in the city.

  Politics

  Mar 25
• Former Vancouver mayor says ‘unprecedented times’ drew him to federal politics

  Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson will run for the Liberal party in the new riding of Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby.

  Politics

  Mar 24
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• Low measles vaccine rates in parts of B.C. calls for open discussion: experts

  The B.C. Centre for Disease Control provides stats on vaccination rates and it shows there are areas where children are not keeping up to date with their measles vaccine.

  Health

  Mar 19
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• ‘I’ve owned it for 44 years’: Dozens of cars towed from flooded New West parkade

  A Feb. 13 flood in New Westminster began when a Metro Vancouver water line ruptured. Residents are still dealing with the fallout, including damage to cars in a local parkade.

  Canada

  Mar 17
• Big demand for swimming lessons in B.C. as new private pool sets to open

  Glen Mitzel with the City of Port Coquitlam says demand for aquatic lessons is high across B.C. and the privatization helps ease the demand on city programs.

  Canada

  Mar 14
• B.C. taxi company hopes passengers will choose local when needing a ride

  Ride-hailing companies employ British Columbians and drivers hope customers will think about helping domestic companies over U.S. ones.

  Canada

  Mar 13
• ‘It’s really bad’: Vancouver forum on fighting retail crime draws hundreds

  The event drew representatives from across the country, and came amid a growing focus on organized retail theft and incidents that have increasingly resulted in violence.

  Crime

  Mar 6
• PoCo mayor threatens to hold back school taxes amid Hazel Trembath rebuild delays

  Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says he is prepared to ratchet up pressure on the province amid delays on rebuilding a local school destroyed by fire in 2023.

  Education

  Mar 5
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• Man accused in violent South Surrey home invasion now facing 12 charges

  Charles Hoffman is now charged with assaulting a peace officer by choking, suffocating or strangling, attempting to disarm an officer and assault at Peace Arch Hospital.

  Crime

  Mar 3
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• Video emerges of another home invasion, just minutes before South Surrey attack

  The chilling video, captured on a doorbell camera, shows a large man kicking a home's door in, before entering and demanding keys.

  Crime

  Feb 28
• New data shows fewer people crossing B.C. border into U.S. under tariff threats

  In February this year so far, there have been on average 3,500 cars heading to the U.S. through the Peace Arch border crossing, new data shows.

  U.S. News

  Feb 26
• B.C. First Nation launches lawsuit against RCMP for failing to enforce band bylaws

  The Heiltsuk First Nation has launched a Charter challenge lawsuit against the RCMP in B.C. Supreme Court for what it says is failing to enforce band council bylaws.

  Perspectives

  Feb 25
• Google Maps users say Canada’s provincial parks are being labelled as ‘state parks’

  State parks in America are protected areas of land that also fall under the name of state forests, national parks, landmarks, national grasslands and more.

  Canada

  Feb 24
• Cut red tape faster, family doctors urge, as B.C. legislature resumes sittings

  In Tuesday's speech, the NDP government pointed to efforts to recruit and retain more doctors, while allowing doctors to spend more time with their patients. 

  Health

  Feb 19
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• Shocking video captures semi-truck’s view of triple-fatal Pattullo bridge crash

  The crash happened around 10 p.m. Friday, when a white passenger vehicle collided with a semi-truck travelling in the opposite direction. 

  Crime

  Feb 17
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• ‘Biology’s cookbook’: UBC team discovers new kind of brain cell linked to memory

  The UBC team's research, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, dubbed the highly-specialized neurons 'ovoid cells.'

  Science

  Feb 13
• B.C. border store says business has dropped 80% amid Trump tariffs and urge to buy local

  "I think that beyond the tariffs, the 51st state comments has really hit a nerve with a lot of Canadians where they're much more emotional about the situation."

  Economy

  Feb 11
• B.C. woman fined for paddleboarding too close to orca pod

  According to witnesses, 40-year-old Christine Jamieson ran down to the dock with a paddleboard and paddled out to see the whales up close and personal.

  Canada

  Feb 5
• ‘Attempted stabbings, sexual assaults’: B.C. paramedics decry on-the-job violence

  The Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. says for years its members have faced physical, verbal and sexual violence in the field, but have felt obliged to tolerate it as "part of the job."

  Health

  Feb 4
• Trade dispute puts B.C. small business’s U.S. venture at risk

  Asha Wheeldon, founder of Kula Foods, based in Burnaby was looking forward to celebrating a new deal with a California-based grocer.

  Economy

  Feb 3
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• ‘Mother’s worst nightmare’: Victim’s mother speaks in B.C. dismemberment case

  Last July, Paris Laroche was convicted of the lesser charge of second-degree murder as well as interfering with a body. She was previously charged in March 2022.

  Crime

  Jan 31
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• B.C. woman pleads guilty in Langley human trafficking operation

  Jennifer Lynn Stephens entered 17 guilty pleas Thursday to offences between January 2022 and January 2023, connected to human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors. 

  Crime

  Jan 30
• Domestic violence in the spotlight after slaying of devoted B.C. mom

  Kulwant Kaur was allegedly fatally stabbed by her husband on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Her friends say her death should serve as a wake-up call about addressing domestic violence.

  Crime

  Oct 19, 2023
• Vancouver hires 100 cops, but fewer than 10 promised mental health nurses on board

  Nearly a year after ABC Vancouver was elected on a promise to hire 100 police officers and 100 mental health nurses, it appears to be making progress on only half that pledge.

  Politics

  Oct 13, 2023
• New claims of unsafe working conditions hurled at Atira, embattled B.C. housing provider

  Jane is not the first current or former employee of Atira to raise serious health and safety concerns in the wake of a scathing audit that serious uncovered mismanagement issues.

  Health

  Oct 6, 2023