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Canadian sailor found guilty of sexual assault

Master Seaman Daniel Cooper had pleaded not guilty to the charges aboard the HMCS Athabaskan

Mar 12, 2018 4:03 PM Read more >

Port Alice awarded nearly half a million in grant funding towards tourism

Village of Port Alice receives $498,885 from the BC Rural Dividend Program

Mar 12, 2018 3:34 PM Read more >

UPDATED: Missing B.C. climber and partner reported dead

Search ends when climbers’ gear found near crevasse

Mar 12, 2018 3:10 PM Read more >

One dead after rock crashes through Okanagan home

A rock came down the hill and crashed through a wall, killing one person near Okanagan Falls

Mar 12, 2018 3:01 PM Read more >

Wild house party causes $20,000 of damage to West Van rental home

Teenager had used her parents’ credit card to rent the home

Mar 12, 2018 3:00 PM Read more >

Twice as many owls dying from rat poison: B.C. government

Delta’s raptor care centre says the owls are eating poisoned mice and rats

Mar 12, 2018 2:00 PM Read more >

Ladysmith man gets no parole for 10 years in fatal RV park spear attack

Trevor George Meers had been living at Campers Corners RV Park in Ladysmith for six years when an argument erupted to the point of him grabbing homemade spear and plunging it into Rayna Johnson a half a dozen times, killing her on the doorstep of her home .

Mar 12, 2018 1:40 PM Read more >

Doug Ford is leader of Ontario opposition party

The older brother of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, was made leader on Saturday

Mar 12, 2018 1:30 PM Read more >

B.C. city considers tighter reins on horse-drawn carriage tours

One councillor wants to keep better track of the horses, another suggests the tours don’t belong in the city

Mar 12, 2018 1:20 PM Read more >

Federal government to review Canada’s port authorities

Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced planned stakeholder engagement with results due in 2019

Mar 12, 2018 11:42 AM Read more >