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Juror discharged from Vancouver suitcase murder trial

Juror discharged from Vancouver suitcase murder trial

A judge on Tuesday discharged one juror in a Vancouver murder trial but decided against dismissing a second juror.
Tugboat sinking is sixth in B.C. waters this year

Tugboat sinking is sixth in B.C. waters this year

‘These boats, they just don’t sink, they shouldn’t sink’
Ministry to report publicly on foster kids in hotels, Cadieux says

Ministry to report publicly on foster kids in hotels, Cadieux says

With the Opposition demanding her resignation, Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux announced Monday that the government will report publicly twice a year on the numbers of foster children who have to be placed in hotels.
Ontario man gunned down at Vancouver mall had gang ties

Ontario man gunned down at Vancouver mall had gang ties

An Ontario gang conflict appears to have spilled into B.C. with the brazen daylight execution of Duy Ly Nguyen at a Vancouver shopping mall Sunday afternoon. Nguyen, 30, was gunned down just after 2 p.m.
Tories promise up to $700 million for Surrey light rail

Tories promise up to $700 million for Surrey light rail

VANCOUVER -- The Conservatives promised Monday to provide up to $700 million towards the $2.1-billion Surrey light rapid transit proposal.
‘There’s the law and there’s our law’ at Vancouver Hastings market

‘There’s the law and there’s our law’ at Vancouver Hastings market

On a cloudy late-summer morning on Hastings Street near the corner of Carrall, a gaunt man in his 30s repeatedly swings a golf putter over his head and downward, as if he were going to chop wood with it.
Gibraltar mine wants to increase effluent discharged to Fraser River

Gibraltar mine wants to increase effluent discharged to Fraser River

Tsilhqot’in opposed, want alternatives and different types of water treatment considered
Anti-logging activists using drones to fight the 'information war'

Anti-logging activists using drones to fight the 'information war'

The famous Zen saying asks, ‘If a tree falls in the forest with no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?’ It basically means what is out of sight, is out of mind. B.C.
Man shot dead in shopping centre parking lot in Vancouver’s west side

Man shot dead in shopping centre parking lot in Vancouver’s west side

Police transported a busload of witnesses Sunday from the scene of Vancouver’s 13th murder of the year, an apparent targeted daytime shooting in a busy shopping mall parking lot. Shortly after 2 p.m.
Dozens of foster children lodged in hotels over year

Dozens of foster children lodged in hotels over year

Between 23 and 50 foster children have been placed in B.C. hotels in the past year, officials reported one week after a foster youth fell to his death from the window of a hotel where he’d been housed for months.