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BC Hydro warns of potential outages after summer heat, drought
Category: News & Politics
With weaken tree systems when the wind starts blowing there is an increased chance that trees and vegetation could come down into power lines or other electrical infrastructure uh causing outages a message from bc hydro that after a hot and dry summer trees are damaged across the province and customers... Read more
B.C. power demand peaking during heat wave
Category: News & Politics
Intro demand for electricity is up in british columbia as people look to beat the heat blanketing many parts of the province it's very tough to stay cool in this weather bc hydro says it saw a 20% bc hydro increase in peak hourly demand on sunday compared to the previous sunday before the heat wave... Read more
Canadians react to U.S. Presidential debate
Category: News & Politics
Canadians are chiming in on that fiery debate last night and as our karen seolin explains just moments after the political smackdown came to an end one candidate received a big endorsement both candidates were really looking for h a campaign altering moment and what uh people in toronto who watched... Read more
Stanley Cup in Montreal: Fans score photo with Roberto Luongo
Category: News & Politics
[applause] it makes us feel incredibly proud incredibly proud this is a moment that we waited for for a really long time see the name of this arena well that is who these fans are hoping to score a photo with it's nhl hall of famer roberto luongo and the montrealer was back in his hometown in the borrow... Read more
Vancouver police investigating fatal Chinatown stabbing
Category: News & Politics
When you see the tent you know somebody's been killed and it's pretty heavy a 32-year-old man stabbed to death in the early hours of wednesday morning a white tent set up along union street north of the entrance to the georgia viaduct during the morning commute shortly before 3:30 a.m. this morning... Read more
Victim of fatal Vancouver stabbing was popular chef at downtown restaurant
Category: News & Politics
Everybody's so shocked emotions are running high as staff at haa isaka in yel toown our heartbroken to hear the news of wato kakiuchi a former senior chef was the victim of wednesday's homicide in chinatown co-workers describe kakiuchi who is a japanese citizen as having a strong passion for life and... Read more
Murder charge in stabbing death of Japanese chef in Vancouver
Category: News & Politics
Police have laid murder charges in the death of a japanese national in chinatown last week 32-year-old timothy isborn was arrested on the downtown east side monday afternoon after a 6-day investigation into the death of wataru kakiuchi we don't believe uh they knew each other um prior to the murder... Read more
Amazon's new office at The post in Vancouver expected to help revitalize downtown core
Category: News & Politics
It's more than an office it's a place in the community that i think is really going to energize the local uh business environment while also creating a super exciting place to work we're getting a look at amazon's new office housed inside the historic canada postprocessing facility in vancouver on thursday... Read more
Charges laid in downtown Vancouver 'stranger' attacks
Category: News & Politics
A day after what vancouver police have described us two unprovoked stranger attacks one that was fatal the mayor is reiterating calls for other levels of government to do more to address violent crime we have done pretty much all we can at the city of vancouver given what like what our core responsibilities... Read more
BT Vancouver: Lions Gate Crash
Category: Entertainment
West vancouver police are in investigating distracted driving as a possible cause of yesterday's crash on the lion's gate bridge the bridge was closed for more than an hour while police dealt with the crash scene the accident happened at around 8:00 in the morning when a northbound acura integra crossed... Read more
Lions Gate Bridge Lane Closures Begin
Category: Entertainment
It's not something northshore commuters like dealing with but lions gate bridge traffic changes are now in effect daytime driving mostly unchanged but one lane is being closed from sunday through thursday starting at 7pm for repairs a second lane closes at 10pm with the entire bridge reopened by 530am... Read more
Lions Gate May Close to Traffic by 2030
Category: Entertainment
The clock may be ticking for the lionsgate bridge a 15-year-old deal between the city of vancouver and the bc government could see the more than 75 year old span shut down to vehicle traffic by the year 2030. according to a canadian taxpayers federation commentary in this morning's province newspaper... Read more
Air Canada pilots hold informational pickets across country ahead of possible strike
Category: News & Politics
Air canada has the ability to stop this they have the ability to prevent flight cancellations they just have to finally come to the bargaining table and actually present an offer that reflects the value uh we bring to this airline air canada pilots held informational pickets across the country tuesday... Read more
B.C. Conservatives pitch health care changes
Category: News & Politics
Bc conservative leader john rustad has released the first plank of his party's platform for the upcoming election he calls it patients first his plan to quote fix health care it's a plan to radically overhaul health care and expand private services in bc while maintaining government single payer using... Read more
Two month countdown begins for B.C. provincial election
Category: News & Politics
I'm looking forward to the provincial election i think we could use a lot of change in this province so um yeah i'm excited to vote excited to get out there and share share my thoughts we're not sure we're going to win yet but uh hopefully the people will make the right choice british colombians will... Read more
BC United suspending campaign ahead of October election
Category: News & Politics
Kevin falcon and bc united won't be on the ballot in the upcoming election the party leader announcing he was withdrawing all candidates and suspending their campaign john i may only agree with about 75% of what you might uh believe in but i do know this that on his very worst day john rustad would... Read more
Fallout continues after BC United suspends campaign
Category: News & Politics
Fallout continues from the end of the bc united campaign with the future of many party incumbents and candidates up in the air bc united mla and candidate ian patton says he was blindsided when leader kevin falcon made the announcement none of us really saw this coming he's one of the few former bc... Read more
BC Conservative Party Leader John Rustad visits with business owners, community members in Chinatown
Category: News & Politics
Chinatown is more than uh capable of being successful on its own as the provincial election approaches bc conservative leader john rustad came to chinatown friday afternoon speaking to business owners and community members about their concerns which were mostly focused around crime drugs disorder on... Read more
Vancouver Olympic Cauldron lit as Paralympics begin in Paris
Category: News & Politics
In honor of the 2024 par olympic games kicking off in paris today we're here at jackoo plaza and right behind me is the iconic olympic cauldron that will be lit for two hours to celebrate the start of the par olympics now plenty of people former olympion past olympic champion phil the wizard kim who... Read more