After going six straight days without a new fatality, B.C. health officials reported a recent victim in the Vancouver Coastal health region. It increases the province’s death toll to 168. In its latest 24-hour stretch, B.C. health officials also identified 16 new cases of COVID-19, increasing its total to 2,709. Of...
A British Columbia police officer has died, six days after he intervened in a dispute while off duty and was critically injured. A statement from the Abbotsford Police Department says Const. Allan Young died Tuesday night surrounded by his family. The 55-year-old had been on life support in a hospital in...
Four more people tested positive for COVID-19 in St. Albert on Thursday, bringing the number of active cases in the city to 10 people. That's a relatively big jump considering St. Albert recorded zero cases on Aug. 4. Six days later, the city recorded one new case; the next day,...
Emily Yu, the owner of a North Vancouver townhome that was once converted into a hostel, was led away from her home in handcuffs Tuesday after reportedly refusing access to a bailiff, a realtor and a potential buyer. When the interested parties showed up to view the home Tuesday, the...
Police in Ste-Julie have launched an investigation after a report that a small child was bitten by the alligator that made headlines after it was video-recorded crossing a street in Montreal’s Villeray district last December. A complaint was filed with police on Monday alleging the biting incident occurred at the...
A Canadian visitor who was shot during a house invasion on Saturday is said to be paralysed from the shoulder down. Ken Elliott, 65, a resident of Calgary, was shot around 9:25 p.m. while staying with family at Ealing Park, Christ Church. His wife Linda Brooks told Global News Canada after...
The national recall on onions is close to having more sequels than the Leprechaun franchise has movies. Though, the onions are sadly short on puns and Snoop Dogg. The recall of onions due to hundreds of Salmonella cases has expanded again with one recall issued on August 11 and four...
A Calgary police spokesperson says a woman in her 40s is facing several charges after a Victoria-bound flight had to be diverted to Calgary Thursday night. Corbin Odland with Calgary Police says they were called around 11:30 p.m. to the Calgary Airport for an unruly passenger, whose actions escalated quickly...
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has an obligation to look into allegations that Gov. Gen. Julie Payette mistreated staff members. Singh says workplaces need to be safe, and employees must feel they are heard when they raise concerns. Singh was responding to questions today about a CBC...
In the province’s first update since Saturday, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 53 new diagnoses and three new deaths due to COVID-19. British Columbia now has a total of 2,224 cases and 117 deaths. New modelling data was also presented at today’s update with officials estimating the province can reach -...