Paul Johnson

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• Vancouver man fights cash seizure on his way to casino

  Chiu On Tam says on Nov. 29 that he was waiting for a friend before heading to Parq Casino to play baccarat. He says a vehicle pulled over and the occupants got out.

  Crime

  Dec 13
• U.K company accused of burning B.C. old growth trees

  Stand.earth says in a report that wood pellets from three Drax mills in Northern B.C. are being made from some of the province's oldest forests.

  Environment

  Nov 14
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• Cowichan Tribes say they tried to stop illegal dumpsite but want federal gov’t to take action

  BC Conservative leader John Rustad says he, too, is in the dark about how the problem was allowed to fester for so long. "This should not have been allowed to take place," he said.

  Environment

  Nov 13
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• Cowichan Tribes member handed pollution prevention order over huge dumping site

  The Ministry of Environment says the materials are known to release substances including heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, copper, iron and lead. 

  Environment

  Nov 6
• ‘No change to property sale procedures’ B.C. gov’t says of Richmond homes in Cowichan land ruling

  Debate over the ruling was reignited earlier this month after the City of Richmond sent a letter to a group of 150 property owners in the land claim area.

  Canada

  Oct 31
• Sunshine Coast fish farm appears to be abandoned, environmental group says

  Last year, West Coast Fishculture (Lois Lake) pleaded guilty and was fined $350,000 for illegally operating the steelhead salmon farm near Powell River.

  Environment

  Oct 25
• Enzo reunited with his Langley family, 1.5 years after he was seized

  A Langley, B.C., dog named Enzo was returned to his family following his seizure in a now-settled dispute over whether he attacked a contractor working in his family's backyard.

  Canada

  Sep 20
• Questions surround why a 400-year-old Douglas Fir in Stanley Park was cut down

  Norm Oberson said he was contacted two weeks ago by a woman who spotted a worker in the tree who told her the tree was hollow and had to be felled.

  Environment

  Sep 18
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• Concerns raised over alleged cuts to North Coast salmon monitoring

  B.C. conservation groups are sounding the alarm over a cut to a government program they claim poses a serious threat to fish stocks.

  Environment

  Sep 4
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• Hiker recovering after 18-metre fall near Squamish

  36-year-old Margaux Cohen is recovering in hospital with a broken leg after falling 18 metres down a mountainside on Tricouni Peak near Squamish.

  Canada

  Aug 30
• ‘Feisty’ 6-pound Pomeranian chases black bear from West Vancouver home

  'He's the best, he's super cuddly and affectionate but he's really feisty and really protective of me and my husband,' owner Kayla Kleine told Global News.

  Trending

  Aug 7
• City of Vancouver considers 30 km/h speed limit on minor streets

  Vancouver City Council will soon consider lowering speed limits on side streets to 30 km/h in an effort to reduce serious crashes and deaths

  Canada

  Jul 6
• Industrial trawlers have scoured an area larger than Ireland off B.C. coast, group says

  Kevin Lester, a geographic information systems specialist who worked on the project, said the idea came about due to the decline of species off the B.C. coast.

  Environment

  Jul 4
• DFO orders halt to gravel mining from salmon-bearing B.C. creek

  But while opponents say they're happy the work has been stopped, they're concerned about how long it took the government to act. 

  Environment

  Jun 28
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• Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name

  Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.

  Canada

  Jun 27
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• B.C. dog at centre of court case that lawyer calls ‘outrageous’

  Enzo has now been held at the Langley Animal Protection Society for more than a year, as the Township of Langley is seeking legal authority to put him down.

  Canada

  Jun 26
• Conservationists demand end to gravel extraction on B.C. creek

  Retired biologist John Werring said it was the sight of dead salmon dried up in the creekbed last December that spurred him and others to try and figure out what was going on. 

  Environment

  Jun 19
• Lost for over a century, Heiltsuk Nation celebrates return of bentwood box

  The Heiltsuk First Nation held a special reunification ceremony for the bentwood box last Friday that coincided with a feast to mark the ratification of their written constitution.

  Perspectives

  Jun 6
• Union warns of possible foreign worker exploitation on St. Paul’s Hospital build

  Sheck said there were between 10 and 15 workers from the Philippines, who were in the country on tourist and student visas, and who were being paid below market rates.

  Economy

  May 22
• Search underway for 3 orphaned cubs after bear killed in Whistler for biting woman

  The mother bear was killed after it knocked a woman down and bit her in the Kadenwood neighbourhood on Monday evening.

  Environment

  May 2
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• Study by conservation group finds elevated pathogen levels near B.C. fish farms

  The Pacific Salmon Foundation says it found that water near active open-net farms contains four times more pathogens harmful to wild salmon than water near inactive farms.

  Environment

  Apr 17
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• Ex-Mountie accused in China interference plot speaks after Vancouver hearing

  Taking a break from a hearing on his bail conditions in Vancouver, Bill Majcher made his first statements to Global News about the charges against him.

  Crime

  Apr 15
• Vancouver Island community considers banning certain sunscreens

  The Lake Cowichan council is raising concerns about an ingredient in some chemical sunscreens that could be harmful to the local river's ecosystem.

  Environment

  Mar 27
• ‘I hate these tariffs’: Washington state border residents react to Trump decisions

  Located just eight kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border, the city of 15,000 people has many cross-border businesses and cultural ties.

  Canada

  Mar 6
• ‘I am very fearful’: Power plant key to Williams Lake economy on the verge of shutdown

  Along with producing enough electricity to power 50,000 homes, the Atlantic Power plant is responsible for 40 full-time jobs and pays $1.7 million in property tax to the city.

  Economy

  Feb 14