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Radio broadcaster Bob Mackowycz Sr., whose visionary programming injected a certain artistic flair into Toronto’s cultural scene, has died. Mackowycz Sr. is seen in a Q107 radio studio in a May 26, 1986, family handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Al Dunlop, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Toronto broadcaster Bob Mackowycz Sr., creator of Q107’s ‘Psychedelic Sunday,’ dies

His son says Mackowycz suffered a sudden and unexpected illness

Radio broadcaster Bob Mackowycz Sr., whose visionary programming injected a certain artistic flair into Toronto’s cultural scene, has died. Mackowycz Sr. is seen in a Q107 radio studio in a May 26, 1986, family handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Al Dunlop, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team faces an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the HSBC SVNS circuit after finishing bottom of its group Saturday. (Courtesy of The Canadian Press)

Canadian men 1 loss away from relegation from elite rugby sevens circuit

The Canadian men were beaten 14-7 by the U.S. to finish 4th in Qualifier Pool A

Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team faces an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the HSBC SVNS circuit after finishing bottom of its group Saturday. (Courtesy of The Canadian Press)
A man walks past as a Vancouver Police Department patrol car sits in front of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May. 31, 2024. The Vancouver synagogue targeted by an arsonist earlier this week is set to hold its first service just days after the attack charred the building’s front door and left the Jewish community shaken. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Vancouver synagogue holding service after arson attack

Vancouver police say they are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime

A man walks past as a Vancouver Police Department patrol car sits in front of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May. 31, 2024. The Vancouver synagogue targeted by an arsonist earlier this week is set to hold its first service just days after the attack charred the building’s front door and left the Jewish community shaken. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Tatjana Stefanski’s ex-husband, Vitali Stefanski, has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of the Lumby mother in April 2024. (Jason Gaudreault photo)

Ex-husband of slain Lumby mother charged with second-degree murder

Vitali Stefanski was arrested and charged Friday, May 31

Tatjana Stefanski’s ex-husband, Vitali Stefanski, has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of the Lumby mother in April 2024. (Jason Gaudreault photo)
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

14 arrested during Vancouver protest that blocked vehicle, train traffic

Vancouver police say it plans to recommend charges to Crown

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Police at the Savages Outlaw Motorcycle Gang’s Langford clubhouse on Jan. 31. (Photo courtesy RCMP)

B.C. moves to seize Victoria-area properties linked to Savages motorcycle club

Forfeiture claim includes 2 homes, a truck and roughly $47,000 in cash forfeited to the province

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Police at the Savages Outlaw Motorcycle Gang’s Langford clubhouse on Jan. 31. (Photo courtesy RCMP)
A memorial outside the home of Langley City homicide victim Naomi Onotera, who died in 2021. (Langley Advance Times files)

Guilty: Husband changes his plea in the death of B.C. school teacher

Obnes Regis initial not guilty plea changed on day 4 of manslaughter trial in death of Naomi Onotera

A memorial outside the home of Langley City homicide victim Naomi Onotera, who died in 2021. (Langley Advance Times files)
Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts prior to sentencing on Oct. 12, 2022. They are now appealing their sentence. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)

Court hears sentencing appeal for 2 Abbotsford hog-farm protesters

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer of Kelowna seek reduction of 30-day jail term

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts prior to sentencing on Oct. 12, 2022. They are now appealing their sentence. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)
Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, has switched to the Conservative Party of B.C., leaving B.C. United. The move gives the Conservative Party of B.C. three MLAs, all first elected as B.C. Liberals, all representing suburban and rural ridings outside of Metro Vancouver. (Misha Mustaqeem/100 Mile Press)

BREAKING: MLA Lorne Doerkson departs B.C. United, joins B.C. Conservatives

Doerkson’s departure gives Conservative Party of B.C. three MLAs, all elected as B.C. Liberals

Lorne Doerkson, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, has switched to the Conservative Party of B.C., leaving B.C. United. The move gives the Conservative Party of B.C. three MLAs, all first elected as B.C. Liberals, all representing suburban and rural ridings outside of Metro Vancouver. (Misha Mustaqeem/100 Mile Press)
This is a artist’s drawing of Robert Pickton appearing on a video link to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Wednesday May 25, 2005. (CP PHOTO/Jane Wolsack)

B.C. killer Robert Pickton dead, days after prison attack

Correctional Service Canada says the 74-year-old died in hospital

This is a artist’s drawing of Robert Pickton appearing on a video link to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Wednesday May 25, 2005. (CP PHOTO/Jane Wolsack)
A woman boards a transit bus through rear doors, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 20, 2020. Vancouver police are looking for additional witnesses after a man was charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping a 15-year-old girl on a bus in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood on May 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A woman boards a transit bus through rear doors, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 20, 2020. Vancouver police are looking for additional witnesses after a man was charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping a 15-year-old girl on a bus in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood on May 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
RCMP are investigating a death in Kamloops. (Black Press photo)

Kamloops RCMP investigate deadly motel shooting

A man was shot and killed at a motel on the Trans Canada Highway East shortly after midnight on May 31

RCMP are investigating a death in Kamloops. (Black Press photo)
B.C. announced an additional $20 million toward its air conditioner program that provides people most at risk of extreme heat with a unit. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. expands program to provide air conditioners with additional $20M

In 2023, B.C. provided $10M for about 6,000 air conditioning units for those most at risk of extreme heat

B.C. announced an additional $20 million toward its air conditioner program that provides people most at risk of extreme heat with a unit. (Black Press Media file photo)
Weather conditions aided efforts by firefighters to contain the Parker Lake wildfire near Fort Nelson, but Armel Castellan, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Friday much of June will likely be hotter and drier than seasonal norms. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service)

B.C. to face hotter, drier conditions for much of June: Meteorologist

Armel Castellan of Environment Canada says weather will turn hot and dry after first week of June

Weather conditions aided efforts by firefighters to contain the Parker Lake wildfire near Fort Nelson, but Armel Castellan, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Friday much of June will likely be hotter and drier than seasonal norms. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service)
Carl Wilkens (left)  with Rwanda residents Maria and Filbert, who found themselves on the opposite sides of the genocide in 1994 in that African country. Despite Filbert being a member of a militia gang that killed Maria's husband and sons in 1994, today their relationship has evolved to where they have become close family friends. (Contributed)

Author discusses atrocities of Rwanda genocide with Kelowna students

Ed Wilkens talks to KSS students about his journey of post-trauma recovery

Carl Wilkens (left)  with Rwanda residents Maria and Filbert, who found themselves on the opposite sides of the genocide in 1994 in that African country. Despite Filbert being a member of a militia gang that killed Maria's husband and sons in 1994, today their relationship has evolved to where they have become close family friends. (Contributed)
Police tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

UPDATE: Vancouver synagogue arson being investigated as hate crime, police say

‘Incendiary rhetoric leads to incendiary violence’, Canada’s special envoy says

Police tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
The two wildfires, which is located very close to one another. The green dot is the holdover Gatcho Lake wildfire from 2023. (Screengrab)

Firefighters battling 2 small wildfires near B.C.’s Tweedsmuir Provincial Park

Human-caused blazes discovered early morning, burning in remote area 62km northwest of Anahim Lake

The two wildfires, which is located very close to one another. The green dot is the holdover Gatcho Lake wildfire from 2023. (Screengrab)
Graham Dodge being escorted from the Penticton courthouse in 2013 after breaching probation. (Black Press Media/File)

Province looks to seize property of Kelowna sex offender after arrested again

Graham Dodge’s Kelowna condo and a cabin at Mount Baldy have been named in a civil forfeiture suit

Graham Dodge being escorted from the Penticton courthouse in 2013 after breaching probation. (Black Press Media/File)
Sheila Malcolmson, B.C. minister of social development and poverty reduction, front, and Susie Chant, parliamentary secretary for accessibility, speak Thursday, May 30, at the Inclusion B.C. conference at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Conference Centre. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

B.C. government launching consultation on new accessibility standards

Social development minister opens Inclusion B.C. conference in Nanaimo

Sheila Malcolmson, B.C. minister of social development and poverty reduction, front, and Susie Chant, parliamentary secretary for accessibility, speak Thursday, May 30, at the Inclusion B.C. conference at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Conference Centre. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson says he has been playing with a knee injury since January. Pettersson (40) tries to get his stick on the puck after Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (74) made the save while Evan Bouchard, right, defends during the first period in Game 7 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, May 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘We’re not satisfied at all’: Canucks hungry for more after playoffs, GM says

Despite few expecting the team to make it as far as it did, GM says they should have done better

Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson says he has been playing with a knee injury since January. Pettersson (40) tries to get his stick on the puck after Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (74) made the save while Evan Bouchard, right, defends during the first period in Game 7 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, May 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck