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End public funding of privately owned rooming hotels, says B.C. fire inquest jury
February 05, 2024 - 6:52 PM
BURNABY, B.C. - The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire that killed two people in Vancouver two years ago has recommended ending public funding for single-room-occupancy hotels in privately owned buildings.
B.C. coroner's inquest jury begins deliberations about deadly Winters Hotel fire
February 02, 2024 - 5:06 PM
VANCOUVER - A coroner's inquest jury looking into the Winters Hotel fire that killed two people in Vancouver two years ago was stood down Friday to deliberate potential recommendations to avoid similar deaths.
Sprinklers were to be reset the day a Vancouver rooming house fire killed 2: inquest
January 25, 2024 - 5:27 PM
BURNABY, B.C. - The manager of a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 says the sprinkler system was to be reset but the blaze broke out hours before workers arrived.
Man died in Christmas Day tent fire in downtown Vancouver
December 27, 2023 - 5:52 PM
VANCOUVER - In the concrete bowels of Canada Place in downtown Vancouver, below a luxury hotel and near the berths of ocean liners, are the charred signs of a Christmas Day tragedy.
Survivor of fatal Downtown Eastside hotel fire files proposed class-action lawsuit
April 11, 2023 - 4:35 PM
VANCOUVER - A woman who survived a fatal fire at a downtown Vancouver hotel that was home to about 80 low-income residents has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the building's owner, its non-profit operator and the city's fire department.
Toilet paper toxin found in endangered killer whales, say B.C. researchers
January 12, 2023 - 2:32 PM
VANCOUVER - Toxic chemicals from toilet paper have been found in the bodies of British Columbia's endangered orcas, according to a study conducted by marine scientists.
40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing
August 24, 2022 - 3:03 PM
VANCOUVER - Forty people who were living in a street encampment on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that is being cleared by city workers have accepted offers of accommodation, BC Housing says.
Cause of fatal apartment fire near Courtenay, B.C., under RCMP investigation
October 10, 2019 - 11:09 AM
MERVILLE, B.C. - Firefighters on Vancouver Island say a woman has died in an apartment fire and residents of the eight-unit complex say her long-time partner was badly injured as flames tore through part of the structure on Tuesday.
BC Corrections criticized over jail fire that wounded 19 of its officers
April 06, 2016 - 5:22 PM
VANCOUVER - A workers compensation inspector found serious health and safety violations at a Fraser Valley jail after a fire wounded 19 corrections officers in January.
Huge Fernie, B.C., house fire kills 69-year-old man
February 13, 2016 - 4:30 PM
FERNIE, B.C. - A 69-year-old man has died after a massive house fire in Fernie, B.C.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op
Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i
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UPDATE: Missing 79-year-old Kelowna man's pickup located
Efforts to find a missing 79-year-old Kelowna man have escalated today as police officers, aircraft, police dogs, dr
April 23, 2024 2:45 PM
U.S. authorities searching for missing B.C. kayakers have found a body
SAANICH, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say United States authorities searching for a pair of missing kayakers ha
April 23, 2024 1:30 PM
The Latest | Pecker says he wanted to keep tabloid's agreement with Trump 'as quiet as possible'
NEW YORK (AP) — Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified Tuesday that he offered to be the “eyes and e
April 23, 2024 12:11 PM
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They ha
April 23, 2024 12:00 PM
Canada adds Kelowna's Tij Iginla, son of Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla, to U18 squad
CALGARY - Hockey Canada completed its 25-player roster for the upcoming world men's under-18 hockey championship
April 23, 2024 11:30 AM
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