Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAA well-known Vancouver statue was vandalized Tuesday morning.The statue of John Deighton, more commonly known as Gassy Jack, stands at the edge of Gastown, the neighbourhood in Vancouver named after him.Red paint was thrown on the statue Tuesday, leaving many asking why it was a target of vandalism.An demanding the statue be removed has garnered more than 1,000 signatures.Those who...…Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAA well-known Vancouver statue was vandalized Tuesday morning.The statue of John Deighton, more commonly known as Gassy Jack, stands at the edge of Gastown, the neighbourhood in Vancouver named after him.Red paint was thrown on the statue Tuesday, leaving many asking why it was a target of vandalism.An demanding the statue be removed has garnered more than 1,000 signatures.Those who...WW…

Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAThe B.C. Supreme Court has ruled against  executive  in a major decision Wednesday morning.The decision, released Wednesday by Justice Heather Holmes, means Meng must stay in Canada and keep fighting the U.S. extradition order against her.“The effects of the U.S. sanctions may properly play a role in the double-criminality analysis as part of the background or context...…Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAThe B.C. Supreme Court has ruled against  executive  in a major decision Wednesday morning.The decision, released Wednesday by Justice Heather Holmes, means Meng must stay in Canada and keep fighting the U.S. extradition order against her.“The effects of the U.S. sanctions may properly play a role in the double-criminality analysis as part of the background or context...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAADemonstrators took to the streets of Vancouver on Canada Day to protest what’s happening in .Protesters marched from downtown Vancouver to the front of the Chinese consulate, condemning China’s new security law and the continued detainment of Canadians in the diplomatic standoff involving .The sweeping new security law that critics warn will dismantle the last vestiges of  autonomy came into effect Wednesday in ” for the city.The contentious new bill criminalizes dissent and criticism of the Chinese regime,...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAADemonstrators took to the streets of Vancouver on Canada Day to protest what’s happening in .Protesters marched from downtown Vancouver to the front of the Chinese consulate, condemning China’s new security law and the continued detainment of Canadians in the diplomatic standoff involving .The sweeping new security law that critics warn will dismantle the last vestiges of  autonomy came into effect Wednesday in ” for the city.The contentious new bill criminalizes dissent and criticism of the Chinese regime,...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAALondon Drugs is clearing some shelf space in select stores to give local small businesses the chance to sell their goods.The company says any small business in Western Canada that has had to close due to can submit products for consideration.“This is a really hard time for many small businesses, and we are in a unique position in these challenging times where we can really help out,” Clint Mahlman, president and COO of London Drugs, said in a release. Story continues below advertisement“As a 75-year-old Canadian owned and operated...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAALondon Drugs is clearing some shelf space in select stores to give local small businesses the chance to sell their goods.The company says any small business in Western Canada that has had to close due to can submit products for consideration.“This is a really hard time for many small businesses, and we are in a unique position in these challenging times where we can really help out,” Clint Mahlman, president and COO of London Drugs, said in a release. Story continues below advertisement“As a 75-year-old Canadian owned and operated...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe owner of an elderly dog, who is almost completely blind and deaf, said it’s a “miracle” she survived by herself for nine days after going missing from her Surrey, B.C., home.Sherri Storoshenko has had her dog Sheba, a Labrador and pit bull mix, for her whole adult life.“She’s quite the character. She’s so full of adventure, she loves to go outdoors with me,” Storoshenko said.“She’s my sidekick, 100 per cent, she’s always by my side.”Until she’s not.On April 1, around 8:30 p.m., Storoshenko was packing for a recent camping trip...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe owner of an elderly dog, who is almost completely blind and deaf, said it’s a “miracle” she survived by herself for nine days after going missing from her Surrey, B.C., home.Sherri Storoshenko has had her dog Sheba, a Labrador and pit bull mix, for her whole adult life.“She’s quite the character. She’s so full of adventure, she loves to go outdoors with me,” Storoshenko said.“She’s my sidekick, 100 per cent, she’s always by my side.”Until she’s not.On April 1, around 8:30 p.m., Storoshenko was packing for a recent camping trip...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAA landslide that occurred in northern B.C. last month was so large it actually registered as a 2.9 magnitude earthquake in Juneau, Alaska.The rockfall is believed to have been triggered on Christmas Eve along the Alaska-B.C. border, sending millions of cubic metres of rock falling thousands of feet into the Taku River valley.Large trees were snapped like twigs as boulders, some the size of houses, came crashing down.“It’s an ‘oh my god’ situation,” Jamie Tait from Tundra Helicopters in Atlin told Global News. He flew along the...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAA landslide that occurred in northern B.C. last month was so large it actually registered as a 2.9 magnitude earthquake in Juneau, Alaska.The rockfall is believed to have been triggered on Christmas Eve along the Alaska-B.C. border, sending millions of cubic metres of rock falling thousands of feet into the Taku River valley.Large trees were snapped like twigs as boulders, some the size of houses, came crashing down.“It’s an ‘oh my god’ situation,” Jamie Tait from Tundra Helicopters in Atlin told Global News. He flew along the...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAForty containers have gone overboard after a ship hit high seas off Vancouver Island Thursday.The MV Zim Kingston heeled 35 degrees in heavy swells west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, off Cape Flattery, the .The ship was on its way to Vancouver from South Korea at the time.The Coast Guard said it is monitoring the containers and are warning boaters that these containers may be submerged and not visible. Story continues below advertisement“(There’s) no report of injuries and also no report of dangerous substances or materials in...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAForty containers have gone overboard after a ship hit high seas off Vancouver Island Thursday.The MV Zim Kingston heeled 35 degrees in heavy swells west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, off Cape Flattery, the .The ship was on its way to Vancouver from South Korea at the time.The Coast Guard said it is monitoring the containers and are warning boaters that these containers may be submerged and not visible. Story continues below advertisement“(There’s) no report of injuries and also no report of dangerous substances or materials in...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe B.C. government has allocated $645,000 to buy and install a single public toilet in Vancouver’s Cooper’s Park.The toilet will be placed in the park, which is located in Yaletown, under the Cambie Street Bridge.The washroom is funded by the Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program (CERIP), to which the government has dedicated $100-million to provide one-time infrastructure funding grants to communities around the province. Story continues below advertisementHowever, the high price is raising some...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe B.C. government has allocated $645,000 to buy and install a single public toilet in Vancouver’s Cooper’s Park.The toilet will be placed in the park, which is located in Yaletown, under the Cambie Street Bridge.The washroom is funded by the Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program (CERIP), to which the government has dedicated $100-million to provide one-time infrastructure funding grants to communities around the province. Story continues below advertisementHowever, the high price is raising some...WW…

Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAWARNING: This story contains some details readers could find disturbing.A 37-year-old man has died after he was shot by Tuesday morning, the department said.Officers were called by the BC Ambulance Service to a residential building near Princess Avenue and Hastings Street just before 5 a.m.Paramedics said the man was “acting erratic and aggressive,” according to police.Story...…Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAWARNING: This story contains some details readers could find disturbing.A 37-year-old man has died after he was shot by Tuesday morning, the department said.Officers were called by the BC Ambulance Service to a residential building near Princess Avenue and Hastings Street just before 5 a.m.Paramedics said the man was “acting erratic and aggressive,” according to police.Story...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe B.C. Supreme court has ruled private healthcare is not a constitutional right if wait times are too long in a years-long case that will likely have implications across Canada’s health-care system.The following a four-year trial, which involved more than 100 witnesses. began his battle a decade ago against B.C.’s government over whether patients should have the right to pay for private care if the wait in the public system is too long.Justice John Steeves ruled “I have found that the impugned provisions do not deprive the right...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe B.C. Supreme court has ruled private healthcare is not a constitutional right if wait times are too long in a years-long case that will likely have implications across Canada’s health-care system.The following a four-year trial, which involved more than 100 witnesses. began his battle a decade ago against B.C.’s government over whether patients should have the right to pay for private care if the wait in the public system is too long.Justice John Steeves ruled “I have found that the impugned provisions do not deprive the right...WW…