‘Like a prisoner in his own home’: Wheelchair user awarded $30K in discrimination case over inaccessible rental

A landlord has been ordered to pay his former tenant who uses a wheelchair $30,000 in damages for discrimination because the rental unit was inaccessible, according to a recent decision from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

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RCMP officers ‘intentionally’ set home ablaze during tense standoff, court documents reveal

A house fire that erupted during an armed standoff in B.C.’s Lower Mainland three years ago was “intentionally” ignited by RCMP officers on scene, court documents have revealed.

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Vancouver mayor threatens ‘unprecedented’ action against the province, can’t say why it is necessary

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim threatened to take action against the province this week over its rollout of involuntary care, but refused to say what that action will be—and could not answer why he is arguin...

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Vancouver mayor threatens province with ‘unprecedented’ action

Mayor Ken Sim issued a dramatic but vague warning to the province over its handling of involuntary care but refused to provide specifics when pressed.

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‘It’s game time’: Vancouver bar expecting hundreds for Summer House watch party

A Vancouver woman, propelled by the momentum of a TikTok account with thousands of followers, a collaboration with a downtown venue and a scandal in the Bravo universe, is set to co-host an event wher...

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Vancouver Police Board’s lack of transparency ‘raises alarm bells’: expert

After receiving a $175,000 boost to its budget, the Vancouver Police Board has only scheduled four meetings for all of 2026—half the number held last year, the bare minimum required by provincial legi...

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After Decades, Advocates Await Justice in Prince George RCMP Probe | The Tyee

Stalled investigations, inaction and missing evidence have meant no answers to allegations of abuse of girls.

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B.C. travel agency has licence cancelled, as frustrated customers fight for refunds

A man whose parents are fighting for a $22,000 refund from a travel agency that has had its licence cancelled by B.C.’s consumer protection watchdog is sharing his family’s story— as a troubling patte...

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B.C. man ‘overtly and repeatedly’ said he planned to kill his elderly wife with Alzheimer’s, court hears

A Vancouver Island man who “overtly and repeatedly” said he planned to kill his wife—who is 77, has advanced Alzheimer’s and lives in a care home—has been stripped of the power to make medical decisions on her behalf after the health authority took the case to court.

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Removing fixtures from some public washrooms pitched as part of cutting Vancouver’s budget

Removing change tables and hygiene product dispensers from some public washrooms in Vancouver is one of the ways the city’s proposed budget will seek to reduce costs to deliver a zero per cent propert...

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Love not a ‘requirement’ for marriage, B.C. judge says in ruling on multimillionaire’s separation

A B.C. philanthropist worth an estimated $150 million has been ordered to pay his former fiancée more than $5 million after a judge rejected his argument that the much-younger woman was never his spou...

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B.C. man convicted of perjury for testimony during sexual assault trial

A man who was found not guilty of sexual assault has been convicted of perjury for lying on the stand at his trial, according to a recently published court decision.

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VPD Officers Weren’t Fully Prepared for Drug Decriminalization | The Tyee

Data released 16 months after an FOI request shows one-third hadn’t finished the available training by the launch of the pilot project.

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‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

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‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

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Video shows B.C. woman’s ‘incredible’ up-close encounter with massive moose

A B.C. woman who recently took her South African husband on a “Canadian safari” in the Rockies says the pair’s up-close encounter with a massive moose was quite literally breathtaking.

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Notorious B.C. pimp, trafficker has sentence reduced on appeal

Reza Moazami, a B.C. man who was convicted of 30 crimes involving the trafficking, pimping, sexual assault and exploitation of 11 young female victims, has had his prison sentence reduced.

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‘Really beautiful to watch:’ Meet co-parenting cats Casper and Edie

A feral cat named Casper is defying the stereotypes about feline fatherhood – and the doting dad’s every move is being livestreamed by a B.C. rescue.

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Man with ‘pattern’ of sexually abusing vulnerable teen girls sentenced in B.C. court

A B.C. man who is already in prison for sexually assaulting an adolescent girl has been sentenced for crimes against two additional victims – both vulnerable teens in foster care, according to a recen...

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‘No one is talking to us:’ B.C. woman searching for answers after brother’s death in jail

Cassie Savage’s brother Kurtis Champagne was 37 when he was taken off life support at a northern B.C. Hospital last month. He was also in the custody of B.C. Corrections, having been arrested and take...

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