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B.C. Ferries is rolling out a new discount program in an effort to de-congest terminals and to reduce wait times for passengers. (Lauren Collins photo)

BC Ferries to rollout new discount program in April

New discounts are part of an effort to reduce terminal congestion and wait-times

B.C. Ferries is rolling out a new discount program in an effort to de-congest terminals and to reduce wait times for passengers. (Lauren Collins photo)
The View Royal council approved a $30,000 grant to recruit a physician at the GROW Health clinic, who has lost three doctors since 2022. (Town of View Royal)

B.C. town looks to address doctor shortage with $30K grant

View Royal ouncil approved a $30,000 grant-in-aid to the Westshore Primary Care Society

The View Royal council approved a $30,000 grant to recruit a physician at the GROW Health clinic, who has lost three doctors since 2022. (Town of View Royal)
Hockey has been a nice escape for Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher, whose mother Della is battling brain cancer. Montreal Canadiens photo

THE MOJ: Delta’s Gallagher family showing more toughness through adversity

Pressure. Every player in the National Hockey League feels it. Whether it’s…

Hockey has been a nice escape for Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher, whose mother Della is battling brain cancer. Montreal Canadiens photo
Yang “Christopher” Liang was charged March 21, 2024 with the second-degree murder of a woman found dead on UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

2nd-degree murder charge laid in killing of woman near UBC

Homicide team says murder may have been the result of intimate partner violence

Yang “Christopher” Liang was charged March 21, 2024 with the second-degree murder of a woman found dead on UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a man has been charged with assault in connection with an attack on a 70-year-old man at the Granville SkyTrain Station on March 11. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)

Charges laid after 70-year-old pushed headfirst into Vancouver SkyTrain

Senior had to undergo surgery for facial and head injuries, transit police say

Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a man has been charged with assault in connection with an attack on a 70-year-old man at the Granville SkyTrain Station on March 11. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)
Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing on March 20, 2024 that left one person injured. A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

1 stabbed in Vancouver after reports of man chasing people with knife

Police say 46-year-old man in custody

Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing on March 20, 2024 that left one person injured. A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
“He’s had an incredible season. He made our team because he’s a very intelligent player – specifically without the puck,” Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato on Zach Benson’s (pictured) rookie season. Buffalo Sabres photo

THE MOJ: Intelligence, lack of ego have Chilliwack’s Benson in the NHL at 18

B.C.-born Buffalo Sabre winger holding his own as the league’s 2nd-youngest player

“He’s had an incredible season. He made our team because he’s a very intelligent player – specifically without the puck,” Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato on Zach Benson’s (pictured) rookie season. Buffalo Sabres photo
Graham Christopher Bowering is banned from ever teaching in B.C.’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 school system again, after he pleaded guiltyon Feb. 2, 2022 to possessing child pornography. Bowering was an elementary school teacher in the North Vancouver School District. (Pixabay)

Lifetime teaching ban for B.C. man convicted on child porn charge

Graham Bowering was teaching at a North Van elementary school during the years of his offence

Graham Christopher Bowering is banned from ever teaching in B.C.’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 school system again, after he pleaded guiltyon Feb. 2, 2022 to possessing child pornography. Bowering was an elementary school teacher in the North Vancouver School District. (Pixabay)
Dozens of high temperature records were broken across British Columbia Saturday. People are silhouetted at the Cypress Mountain Lookout in West Vancouver, B.C., while viewing fog blanketing the Metro Vancouver area, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Darryl Dyck.

B.C. cities break hot weather records – including 3 from 124 years ago

Balmy weather across much of British Columbia helped set dozens of new…

Dozens of high temperature records were broken across British Columbia Saturday. People are silhouetted at the Cypress Mountain Lookout in West Vancouver, B.C., while viewing fog blanketing the Metro Vancouver area, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Darryl Dyck.
“I wish we were a little bit better on the boards (and) be a better wall team. We want to make plays. We want to scoot and play fast but I think if everyone can get better by five per cent…we’ve got some guys that will never be great wall guys – let’s face it – and that’s okay. But can they play five or ten per cent better on the wall or win the battle? That’s the way we are approaching it here. I think if everyone can get better, that’s how we can get better as a team.” - Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet. Vancouver Canucks photo

THE MOJ: Canucks need to get ready for challenge of heavy hockey

There’s a reason the President’s Trophy winner doesn’t often win the Stanley Cup

“I wish we were a little bit better on the boards (and) be a better wall team. We want to make plays. We want to scoot and play fast but I think if everyone can get better by five per cent…we’ve got some guys that will never be great wall guys – let’s face it – and that’s okay. But can they play five or ten per cent better on the wall or win the battle? That’s the way we are approaching it here. I think if everyone can get better, that’s how we can get better as a team.” - Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet. Vancouver Canucks photo
Ashley Heide (left) and Jamey McIntyre (right) are wanted suspects in the 2022 break and enter of a commercial warehouse in Burnaby. (Burnaby RCMP handouts)

Suspects sought after $370K of home appliances stolen from Burnaby warehouse

Charges approved for 2 suspects, but they remain at large

Ashley Heide (left) and Jamey McIntyre (right) are wanted suspects in the 2022 break and enter of a commercial warehouse in Burnaby. (Burnaby RCMP handouts)
Richmond RCMP seized about 1,000 alleged stolen items from a home on Feb. 29, 2024, including two large collections of Lego and Jellycat stuffies. (Richmond RCMP)

Massive Lego and Jellycat collections seized from B.C. home, believed stolen

Richmond RCMP found over 1,000 toys and T-shirts valued at over $150,000

Richmond RCMP seized about 1,000 alleged stolen items from a home on Feb. 29, 2024, including two large collections of Lego and Jellycat stuffies. (Richmond RCMP)
Malindi Elmore celebrates after she finishes the 2022 Toronto Waterfront Marathon as the top Canadian women’s runner in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul

Sport BC announces top amateur athletes of the last year

Malindi Elmore, Joe Higgins and Nick Taylor were some of the awarded athletes

Malindi Elmore celebrates after she finishes the 2022 Toronto Waterfront Marathon as the top Canadian women’s runner in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating a murder that occurred at a residence on the UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

Woman murdered near UBC, 2 people arrested: IHIT

Homicide team says adult woman was found at residence on University Endowment Lands

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating a murder that occurred at a residence on the UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
The armed robbery of a Port Coquitlam dealership and an ensuing car chase sent police throughout the Lower Mainland on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. On March 7, 2024, two of the suspects in the incident pleaded guilty to their involvement. (@GurmyM/Twitter)

2 men plead guilty for role in dealership robbery, Lower Mainland police chase

Kwabena Bosiako and Omar Demetris among 4 suspects who exchanged fire with police while stealing car

The armed robbery of a Port Coquitlam dealership and an ensuing car chase sent police throughout the Lower Mainland on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. On March 7, 2024, two of the suspects in the incident pleaded guilty to their involvement. (@GurmyM/Twitter)
A single family home in the 3600-block of Douglas Road in Burnaby was seriously damaged on Wednesday morning (March 13) after a fire broke out around 5 a.m. (Credit: Shane MacKichan)

Early morning fire displaces 3 from Burnaby home

Fire department says home sustained serious damage and is no longer tenable

A single family home in the 3600-block of Douglas Road in Burnaby was seriously damaged on Wednesday morning (March 13) after a fire broke out around 5 a.m. (Credit: Shane MacKichan)
Vancouver Canucks goalie Casey DeSmith meets with reporters after practice at Rogers Arena on Tuesday. DeSmith will get the bulk of the playing time for the next three to four weeks with Thatcher Demko sidelined. Vancouver Canucks photo

THE MOJ: Canucks approaching life without Demko in good humour

Rick Tocchet and Casey DeSmith ready to hold the fort with starting goalie out week-to-week

Vancouver Canucks goalie Casey DeSmith meets with reporters after practice at Rogers Arena on Tuesday. DeSmith will get the bulk of the playing time for the next three to four weeks with Thatcher Demko sidelined. Vancouver Canucks photo
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Hate crime charges laid against B.C. man after Israeli hostage poster defaced

Poster vandalized with anti-Semitic words and images, Vancouver police say

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Ucluelet resident Sharon Fraser is $18 million richer after winning the Feb. 23 jackpot. (BCLC)

Vancouver Island woman plans to set sail, buy property with $18M win

The retiree says she also hopes to buy a new car

Ucluelet resident Sharon Fraser is $18 million richer after winning the Feb. 23 jackpot. (BCLC)
“We’re built on pitching and defense and that will never change because that’s how you win. Hopefully you add the right offensive pieces to be more consistent which I believe we have done,” - Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais. MLB.COM photo

THE MOJ: Pitching, defence still front-and-centre as Ms chase playoff return

Seattle Mariners will a new look as team looks to rebound from last season

“We’re built on pitching and defense and that will never change because that’s how you win. Hopefully you add the right offensive pieces to be more consistent which I believe we have done,” - Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais. MLB.COM photo