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Fraud and violent incidents in B.C. reversing province's downward crime trend

Fraud and violent incidents in B.C. reversing province's downward crime trend

Newly released statistics show crime is ticking up following the COVID-19 pandemic, thus contributing to a short-term reversal of an otherwise long-term downward trend of crime rates.
B.C. nurse banned five years for intimate patient relationship

B.C. nurse banned five years for intimate patient relationship

The patient was vulnerable, B.C.'s College of Nurses and Midwives said.
Can sending fewer emails or emptying your inbox really help fight climate change?

Can sending fewer emails or emptying your inbox really help fight climate change?

Digital activities, like sending emails, contribute marginally to the annual carbon footprint of information and communication technology users.
Former Vancouver nurse gets conditional sentence for child pornography possession

Former Vancouver nurse gets conditional sentence for child pornography possession

Police located more than a million images and 15,000 videos of children on Derek Paul Roelofsen's computers.
Accused in Metro Vancouver car death pleads not guilty

Accused in Metro Vancouver car death pleads not guilty

Alexandre Romero-Arata is charged in the death of an Irish tech worker, who died last June while crossing West 4th Avenue at Arbutus Street.
Husband ordered to pay rich in-laws $1.3M amid messy divorce

Husband ordered to pay rich in-laws $1.3M amid messy divorce

Xiao Min (Shaun) Wang lost out badly in a divorce settlement involving several Richmond properties.
Seaspan launches world's first electric tugboat

Seaspan launches world's first electric tugboat

It produces about 7,000 horsepower without a whiff of carbon emissions.
BIRCH receives pair of development variances

BIRCH receives pair of development variances

The housing organization says the variances will help them with funding applications
Sheriff shortage causing B.C. courtroom closures, trial delays

Sheriff shortage causing B.C. courtroom closures, trial delays

Glacier Media has learned of court closures in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Port Coquitlam, Surrey, Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops.
Cigarette sat smouldering for 6 hours before fire erupted in North Vancouver backyard

Cigarette sat smouldering for 6 hours before fire erupted in North Vancouver backyard

A worker is seen putting a cigarette butt in the bottom of the hedges while in the backyard.