A widely-shared image from the Vancouver police showing three eggs in a dirty sink full of needles may show the "sad reality of the opioid crisis," but a pigeon expert says it doesn't look like a nest as described.
"Pigeons spotted making a nest out of #needles in a #DTES SRO room," tweeted Supt. Michelle Davey on Wednesday.
The parents of a teenage girl are demanding an apology from Surrey RCMP, after their daughter was handcuffed and taken to the ground in what they say is a case of mistaken identity.
"My daughter, she did nothing. She was on her way to find — what every parent wishes their children start doing — finding her first job," said Garry Auguste.
Two people are dead and another three are in stable condition after their 8.5-metre-long catamaran sank in the waters northwest of Tofino, B.C., off Vancouver Island.
A distress call came in around 1:20 p.m. PT on Sunday. According to the Joint Rescue Centre in Victoria, five people were in the water until 2:50 p.m. off Bartlett Island near Vargas Island, which is northwest of Tofino.
The woman pushing a baby stroller on Vancouver's seawall wants to talk about housing, and B.C. NDP candidate Morgane Oger is happy to oblige.
"I'm 42 years old with a 2½-year-old, and there's no way I can purchase a home," says the woman, repeating what Oger calls a resounding theme in the downtown riding of Vancouver-False Creek.
The Vancouver Tenants Union says its ready to represent renters across the city, and hopes to sign up thousands of members to be a collective voice for residents facing eviction and unfair rent increases.
"Just to build tenant power," said Derrick O'Keefe, a volunteer with the newly formed group. "Tenants are feeling very precarious and just feeling one paycheck away or one renoviction away from losing their homes."
More than 18,000 attendees from British Columbia and other cities in Canada are expected to grace the 2017 Philippine Day Festival Celebration at the City of North Vancouver’s landmark – The Waterfront Park on June 10-11, 2017.
Three people — two of them children — have died after a multi-vehicle collision on Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam, B.C., on Friday evening.
Police say an additional five people were also taken to hospital to be treated for injuries.
