Lauren Collins

A taxi hit and killed a pedestrian in North Vancouver in the early hours of Saturday (March 9, 2024). (Shane MacKichan)

Pedestrian killed in crash with taxi in North Vancouver

The Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service is investigating

A taxi hit and killed a pedestrian in North Vancouver in the early hours of Saturday (March 9, 2024). (Shane MacKichan)
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Baldy Mountain Resort near Oliver has seen close to 50 cm of snow over the last week. (Photo- Baldy Mountain Resort/Facebook)

B.C. snowpack at lowest March 1 levels in 2 decades, 2nd lowest ever

Head of River Forecast Centre says there could be a decrease in flood risk in some areas of B.C.

Baldy Mountain Resort near Oliver has seen close to 50 cm of snow over the last week. (Photo- Baldy Mountain Resort/Facebook)
Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, the Pacific Regional Commander of the federal RCMP, speaks during a news conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on March 8, 2024. Police announced the seizure of 27 tonnes of contraband cigarettes. (Lauren Collins)

Federal RCMP seize 27 tonnes of contraband cigarettes in B.C.

Police say the investigation has led to dismantling criminal networks

Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, the Pacific Regional Commander of the federal RCMP, speaks during a news conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on March 8, 2024. Police announced the seizure of 27 tonnes of contraband cigarettes. (Lauren Collins)
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside, leftt and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth in Port Moody March 6, 2024 as the province announced the HealthIM app would be expanding throughout the province with $2 mllion in funding for the BC Association of Chiefs of Police. (Lauren Collins)

New app to connect police, health-care providers during mental health calls

HealthIM connecting police officers with health care providers launches March 7

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside, leftt and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth in Port Moody March 6, 2024 as the province announced the HealthIM app would be expanding throughout the province with $2 mllion in funding for the BC Association of Chiefs of Police. (Lauren Collins)
With the continuing dry conditions come what BC Wildfire Service calls “holdover” wildfires. They’re fires that burn over winter, often underground, but can resurface during warm and dry temperatures. (Phil McLachlan – Western News)

Precipitation still at a deficit as B.C. nears 2024 wildfire season

90 ‘holdover’ wildfires from the 2023 season and still burning in the province

With the continuing dry conditions come what BC Wildfire Service calls “holdover” wildfires. They’re fires that burn over winter, often underground, but can resurface during warm and dry temperatures. (Phil McLachlan – Western News)
Crash in Burnaby on Feb. 18, 2024 involved four women from Maple Ridge, killing one. Now a petition is calling for vomit bags to be mandated in all hired vehicles after the Uber driver had to pull over on the side of Highway 1. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)

Petition calls for vomit bags in all taxis, ride-hailing after fatal B.C. crash

Transportation Ministry says it is looking into the suggestion

Crash in Burnaby on Feb. 18, 2024 involved four women from Maple Ridge, killing one. Now a petition is calling for vomit bags to be mandated in all hired vehicles after the Uber driver had to pull over on the side of Highway 1. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)
Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. cop who drove in wrong lane during chase-turned-crash cleared of wrongdoing

The driver of the suspect vehicle had several fractures and cuts to his ear, scalp

Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
RCMP is investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Sent in by friends to Julianne Marie Siegle)

Fire that burned B.C. school to the ground was human caused: Police

Hazel Trembath Elementary in Port Coquitlam was destroyed in a fire on Oct. 14, 2023

RCMP is investigating a suspicious fire that burned Port Coquitlam’s Hazel Trembath Elementary School to the ground in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. (Sent in by friends to Julianne Marie Siegle)
Credit cards are shown in a Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

B.C. RCMP warn of bank card scam where fraudsters show up at your door

2 victims are out thousands of dollars each, Burnaby RCMP say

Credit cards are shown in a Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
People hold signs during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver on Saturday, August 15, 2020. BC Coroners Service says at least 198 people died of overdoses in the province in January 2024 from toxic, unregulated drugs.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Nearly 200 people died of toxic drug overdoses in 1st month of 2024

70% of those who died were between 30 and 59 years old

People hold signs during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver on Saturday, August 15, 2020. BC Coroners Service says at least 198 people died of overdoses in the province in January 2024 from toxic, unregulated drugs.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A one-year-old tabby cat is recovering from a leg amputation at a BC SPCA foster home after being found as a stray in the Lower Mainland. (BC SPCA)

Stray cat recovers from leg amputation after being found in Burnaby

BC SPCA staff suspect he was hit by a car

A one-year-old tabby cat is recovering from a leg amputation at a BC SPCA foster home after being found as a stray in the Lower Mainland. (BC SPCA)
Jennifer Charlesworth is B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth. (InWithForward)

B.C. Budget 2024 doesn’t go far enough for children, youth: Representative

Children, their families telling her ‘very loudly’ that more was expected: Jennifer Charlesworth

Jennifer Charlesworth is B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth. (InWithForward)
The RCMP logo is seen on the shoulder of a superintendent during a news conference, Saturday, June 24, 2023 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

B.C. mom foils child-luring Snapchat suspect’s planned park meetup

Richmond RCMP says there could be more victims, asks them to come forward

The RCMP logo is seen on the shoulder of a superintendent during a news conference, Saturday, June 24, 2023 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. RCMP find break-and-enter suspect sleeping on couch

The man made his way through the neighbourhood, even asking one homeowner to call 911

The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A ambulance drives past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 9, 2021. B.C.’s Budget 2024 looks to expand on health-care services and new infrastructure over the next three years, but there is nothing specific to address ongoing emergency room closures throughout the province or supports for paramedics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

B.C. Budget 2024: focused on new health-care infrastructure, not workers

Nurses want more investment in workers as B.C. commits $13B to facilities, $2B to service expansion

A ambulance drives past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 9, 2021. B.C.’s Budget 2024 looks to expand on health-care services and new infrastructure over the next three years, but there is nothing specific to address ongoing emergency room closures throughout the province or supports for paramedics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
This 2023 wildfire near Entiako Park, located approximately 150 km southeast of Houston and 150 km southwest of Vanderhoof, directly east of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, helped to pump 102 megatonnes of carbon from provincial wildfires into the atmosphere. The province has put $175 million toward wildfire response in the Budget 2024, released Thursday (Feb. 22, 2024). (Pete Laing/Courtesy of BC Wildfire Service)

B.C. Budget 2024: $405M for climate emergency mitigation and management

Budget also expands support for B.C. residents on evacuation orders

This 2023 wildfire near Entiako Park, located approximately 150 km southeast of Houston and 150 km southwest of Vanderhoof, directly east of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, helped to pump 102 megatonnes of carbon from provincial wildfires into the atmosphere. The province has put $175 million toward wildfire response in the Budget 2024, released Thursday (Feb. 22, 2024). (Pete Laing/Courtesy of BC Wildfire Service)
FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013 file photo, an in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy announced in B.C.’s Budget 2024 that the province will be rolling out an in-vitro fertilization treatment program, beginning in April 2025. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

B.C. Budget 2024: NDP promises free cycle of in-vitro fertilization

The next year will be spent creating program, which won’t launch until April of 2025

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013 file photo, an in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy announced in B.C.’s Budget 2024 that the province will be rolling out an in-vitro fertilization treatment program, beginning in April 2025. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
<div>A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Vancouver police are applauding the actions of three Good Samaritans who helped officers arrest a suspect after he tried to rob a blind man of his cane. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>

3 bystanders help Vancouver police arrest suspect who tried to rob blind man

Police say the victim was standing on a street corner when the suspect grabbed his white cane

<div>A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Vancouver police are applauding the actions of three Good Samaritans who helped officers arrest a suspect after he tried to rob a blind man of his cane. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
A B.C. woman has to repay a $1,600 personal loan more than two years after she claimed she already paid it by leaving the cash in an envelope in a barbecue. (pixabay.com)

B.C. woman ordered to repay loan after she claims she left it in a barbecue

Civil Resolution Tribunal decison says she unable to prove she had already repaid it

A B.C. woman has to repay a $1,600 personal loan more than two years after she claimed she already paid it by leaving the cash in an envelope in a barbecue. (pixabay.com)