Vancouver Rundown

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One person has died after a fallen tree struck a couple cars in Surrey during the weekend windstorm. It happened at around 8:00 Saturday evening - two people became trapped in their vehicles on Highway 10 near 184 Street. Police say one driver died at the scene with the other suffered minor injuries. At one point, close to 100,000 BC Hydro customers were without power as strong winds pummeled the South Coast.

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B.C.’s South Coast is about to get hit by a series of storms. Heavy rain and strong winds are forecast for Friday with the North Shore mountains expected to be hit the hardest. A high streamflow advisory has been issued by the BC River Forecast Centre as a trio of atmospheric rivers is expected to hit in the coming days. People are advised to keep storm drains clear to help avoid localized flooding.

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Twenty people have been injured, seven seriously, in the crash of a shuttle bus south of Mackenzie. The bus went off the road shortly after 9:00 a.m. Wednesday while taking workers to a large AI data centre. Several of the injured have been flown to hospitals outside the area. Emergency rooms in Mackenzie and Prince George were under a ‘code orange’ for several hours as staff dealt with multiple patients. There’s no word on what caused the crash.

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A grizzly bear attack on B.C.’s Central Coast has killed a mother and daughter. The two hikers were found dead in the Snooka West Trail area near Bella Coola. Conservations Officers are trying to track down the bears. The trail area has been closed to the public.

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Pete Fry is calling for cooperation to get work done as he’s sworn-in as Vancouver’s new mayor. In his inauguration speech, Fry promises to work through difficult conversations and ‘stay at the table’ when things get complicated. The city’s first Green Party mayor is backed by a left-leaning council except for one NPA member. Many other B.C. cities also held meetings Monday evening with new mayors and council members being being sworn in.

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Three-term MLA Jennifer Whiteside has been named interim NDP leader, replacing David Eby. The member from New Westminster-Coquitlam will take on the roll until a new leader is selected by the NDP. Eby announced his resignation on election night after his party suffered a major defeat at the hands of the BC Conservatives. Former Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has been named House Leader.

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Numerous crashes and a few highway closures have been reported after the B.C. Interior recorded its first major snowfall of the season. Highway 97C was closed for several hours Wednesday after a series of crashes - one resulted in three people being rushed to hospital. On Tuesday evening, five people were injured, two critically, after a car went off a cliff on Highway One near Kamloops. Highway 97, north of Quesnel, and Highway 16, near Houston, also faced closures...

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Vancouver Mayor-elect Pete Fry says he’s looking forward to a productive, working relationship with the newly elected BC Conservative government. Fry says his main priorities are housing, shelter space and health care. The Green Party mayor is backed by a huge left-leaning majority on council while Premier-elect Lorne Doerksen has a super majority in the Legislature.

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BC Ferries has fired its CEO. Only two days after the BC Conservatives swept to power, Nicolas Jimenez has been ousted and the board of directors has launched a leadership transition and revitalization review. Vice President of Planning Brian Anderson has been tapped as interim CEO. The former Crown corporation continues to face a financial crisis and problems maintaining its fleet despite increases in provincial government compensation.

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Premier-elect Lorne Doerksen promises to take a deep look at B.C.’s finances and start working toward a West Coast pipeline. The BC Conservative leader outlined those top priorities in his first news conference after Saturday’s election win with his party earning a super majority with 64 MLAs elected. The NDP - 27. The Greens - 2. David Eby, who called the snap election, will step down as NDP leader. There are strong indications Doerksen will call a fall sitt...

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Fewer British Columbians have voted in the advance polls. Elections BC says voter turnout is down 11 per cent over 2024. That’s a complete reversal from the trend that saw a record breaking 49 per cent jump last time when more than a million people cast a ballot ahead of election day. This time, just over 891-thousand votes have been cast. Provincial and civic election campaigns have overlapped this year.

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Vancouver voters want laws to ban open-air drug use. Close to 70 per cent of those who voted in one of two non-binding city plebiscites favour bolstering local laws to crack down on the use of hard drugs in public places. The other question, asking whether Vancouverites support a facility that includes involuntary care for some people with addictions or mental health issues, also passed by close to the same margin. Both results run contrary to the positions held...

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B.C. is the hardest hit province as the flu season gets underway. Health Canada says close to five per cent of all tests have come back positive for the flu - the most common strain is influenza A at more than 98 per cent. The Vancouver Infectious Disease Centre says the numbers show an early start to the flu season with those over age 65 the most likely to become infected. The provincial government is providing free vaccines for...

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Friends and family of a couple murdered in Abbotsford are outraged after a B.C. judge ruled the killers’ Charter rights have been been breached. Justice Brenda Brown has ruled the Criminal Code’s 25 years without parole infringes on guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment. It means sentencing for the three men who killed Arnold and Joanne De Jong in 2022 has now been pushed to February. Khushveer Toor, Abhijeet Singh and Gurkaran Singh have already been found guilty of f...

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Vancouver is the first major Canadian city to elect a Green mayor. Pete Fry, 57, has defeated incumbent mayor Ken Sim by more than 30,000 votes in Saturday’s civic elections. Along with the win, Fry will have a city council made up of many left-of-centre councillors. Sim’s ABC party failed to elect all but one of its candidates - Mike Klassen. Fry has been a city councillor since 2018.

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The BC Conservatives have dumped their youngest candidate over social media posts about the Holocaust and Hitler. Vancouver-Strathcona’s Jordan McIntosh has been linked to a nameless X account that contains posts downplaying Hitler’s actions against the Jews. McIntosh is 18-years-old. The posts were made when he was 15. The Conservatives dumped McIntosh within hours of his social media posts being called-out by his NDP opponent.

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B.C.’s economy, taxation and healthcare dominated the discussion as the province’s three main party leaders squared off in Wednesday evening’s broadcast debate. All three stuck to their party platforms with no major surprises in what many describe as a civil debate. Early voting in the provincial general election starts on Friday while Oct. 24 is election day.

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The Washington state suspect, charged in connection with the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, has been denied bail. A judge in Seattle has ruled the risks could not be reasonably addressed by setting release conditions for James Cody Bryant. The Bellingham resident is charged with conspiracy to murder people in a foreign country. Jesse Van Rootselaar died by suicide after killing eight people - including six at Tumbler Ridge Secondary - on February 10, 2026.

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NDP leader David Eby is under attack by opponents for benefiting from B.C.’s now-paused $10 per day daycare. Eby, who is married to a physician, confirmed his children are in a subsidized daycare facility. The BC Conservatives responded to the comments, made at a Sunday campaign stop, by saying David Eby looks after David Eby first while struggling parents deserve a premier who looks for a solution for affordable daycare. The NDP has responded by saying childcare fe...

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The MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill has been kicked out of the BC Conservative caucus over social media posts that promote violence toward pro-Palestinian protestors. Joachim Agou has been removed by leader Lorne Doerkson who says there’s no excuse and the actions will not be tolerated. Agou’s name has been removed from the Conservative’s website - he will likely still appear on the BC election ballot next to his former party affiliation.

NDP leader David...

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There’s an early start to B.C.’s cold and flu season as health officials ramp up vaccines. For the first time, an enhanced flu shot is being offered as well as am RSV immunization for seniors. Two mRNA vaccines will be available for those wanting to avoid COVID-19. While cases are on the rise earlier than usual, they are remaining at a moderate level…so far.

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The main accused in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting apparently had a coconspirator from Washington state. Members of the FBI and RCMP have told a Seattle news conference James Cody Bryant, 30, of Bellingham, assisted Jesse Van Rootselaar by providing advice, money and technical assistance. Bryant has now been arrested and charged in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings. Eight people, including six children, were shot at a home and school in Tumbler Ridge back on Feb. 10.

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NDP leader David Eby continues to defend his campaign promise of additional taxes for those who earn over $190,000 per year and a new provincial tax bracket for those who make more than $1M. Eby says he cheers those who make more money but also notes it’s all right to ask them to pay more in income tax. The BC Conservatives call the move a doctor tax and say Eby’s plan will deter physicians from coming to the...

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NDP leader David Eby promises a crackdown on the rich if re-elected premier. Eby says a new NDP government would make sure those earning more than $190,000 would pay additional taxes. A new tax bracket would also be made for those earning over $1M a year. During a Sunday campaign stop in Comox, Eby also said that means over 96 per cent of British Columbians would see no new provincial tax increases. BC’s election day is Oct. 24.

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The BC Conservatives promise no new taxes and to never raise taxes for British Columbians. Leader Lorne Doerkson’s first campaign promises came during a stop in Surrey on Sunday. The NDP has responded by saying that announcement puts government services at risk. The Conservatives have yet to name candidates in several Surrey ridings including Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford and Newton.

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A child killer who murdered a 10-year-old girl in Surrey has been granted a 60-day, unescorted pass from prison so he can attend a cooking school. The Parole Board of Canada has approved the leave for Shane Robert Ertmoed who is serving a life sentence for first degree murder. Ertmoed abducted, sexually assaulted and killed Heather Thomas on Oct. 1, 2020. Heather was playing outside her father’s Cloverdale townhouse complex when she was abducted. Her body was found a we...

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NDP leader David Eby has opened his re-election campaign by promising more major projects to rebuild B.C.’s economy. The ‘Build B.C. Strong’ slogan leans into investments including $3.5B to expand FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG expansion. Recent polling indicates the NDP lags other parties in terms of voter confidence in economic leadership.

Former BC Conservative leader John Rustad has announced he will not be seeking re-election. The Nechako Lakes MLA was booted from the party by...

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David Eby has called a snap election for Oct. 24. That’s two years ahead of schedule as Eby says he needs a strong mandate in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war. The election also comes after embattled BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay stepped down. Many reporters and political watchers are questioning Eby’s election call in light of problems within the BC Conservative Party.

Meanwhile, upstart political party CentreBC has lost seven of it eight...

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The BC Conservatives now say the party is ready for any snap election. That word comes from interim leader Lorne Doerkson a day after Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned from the role. Doerkson tells Global News six MLAs who left the party have been invited back. Original leader and MLA John Rustad is already saying he is rejoining. The move comes ahead of the Abbotsford-Mission byelection which still has Findlay representing the Conservatives.

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Kerry-Lynne Findlay has bailed on leading the BC Conservatives. The embattled far-right politicians has quit only four months after being chosen leader of the Conservatives. Her resignation follows a mass exodus of Conservative MLAs who’ve quit over Findlay’s leadership style. It also comes after several top party staff members have either quit or been fired over the summer and the discovery the party hired a private investigator to look into political rivals and members of the medi...

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BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is shrugging off any suggestions that she should step down after new allegations her party used donor funds to hire a private investigator to spy on critics. The development comes as the party tries to find the owner of a social media account, known as The Findlay Files, which posts leaked internal information about party infighting. Findlay is seeking a seat in the BC Legislature and campaigning in the Abbotsford-Mission byelection. Premier David...

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David Eby hints B.C. may be heading for a snap election. The premier dropped even more hints Wednesday suggesting the NDP is ‘election ready.’ Eby admits his party’s hold on power is fragile following the passing of MLA Joan Phillip. Under normal circumstances, the next provincial election would be Oct. 21, 2028. However, many political watchers believe the BC Conservatives are struggling with a lack of confidence in leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay who is currently campaigning in the Abbotsford-Mission byelec...

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A man from New Westminster has been charged with child-sex crimes in Canada after an international investigation resulting from a tip to the RCMP’s child exploitation unit. Five children in the Philippines have been rescued after officers in B.C. shared information dating back to 2023. Gerard Saunders is now charged with possession of child sex abuse material, making that material and trying to lure a child. Police say the mother of the children also faces child-sex exploitation ch...

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B.C. is on track to hit a $13.8B deficit by the end of the provincial fiscal year. That news comes as Finance Minister Josie Osborne blames geopolitical events and a bad wildfire season for a terrible fiscal quarter. However, Osborne says the province is still on track for stable economic growth. The financial update comes as BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay campaigns in the Abbotsford-Mission byelection, hoping to get a seat in the Legislature.

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New questions are being raised about what Surrey mayoral candidate Linda Annis knew about a man being treated in hospital after being bitten by one of her dogs. Global News has learned a victim sent a text to Annis saying he received 27 stiches for a deep wound. The attack happened back on May 31. At the time Annis told a reporter it was just a nip after her dalmation went into defensive mode. Annis has received $700 in fines for...

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Members of the B.C. wine industry are expressing concern over Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canadian alcohol products saying it will damage recent relationship building. Very little Okanagan wine is exported to the States but some say the tariffs will damage exposure to key writers and influencers. The Wine Growers of BC is calling on those in the provincial and Canadian distribution systems to ramp up the promotion of domestic products.

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A stray bullet has killed a senior in his Burnaby apartment suite. Police have identified a group of teens who they say were in the area where Chang Yong Cho was shot. The body of 85-year-old Cho has been found in a social housing complex on Kingsway by RCMP conducting a welfare check. The discovery was made about a block away from where Mounties responded to a shots-fired call on Aug. 30. No arrests have been made.

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Canada’s new dollar-for-dollars tariffs against the U.S. are now in effect. As promised, $28B worth of American imports have been hit with the new levy, ranging from 15 to 50 per cent, as the trade war between the two countries escalates. U.S. President Donald Trump has spent the weekend posting social media jabs including an American flag covering much of North America. He has also targeted Canada’s largest aircraft manufacturer saying, “No more selling Bombardier in the Un...

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A high profile, Vancouver Police officer has been arrested and charged with theft and fraud. Kalwinder (Kal) Dosanjh, who started the charity Kids Play Foundation, is charged with nine counts of theft, fraud and breach of trust. The 50-year-old was arrested in Surrey on Thursday. The VPD has scheduled a Friday morning news conference to give details.

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The RCMP are not commenting on reports the force is now investigating allegations of MLAs being offered incentives to quit so unelected BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay can seek a seat in the Legislature. Delta-South MLA Ian Paton says RCMP have asked to interview him Wednesday after he claimed Findlay offered him a job if he stepped-down. Paton says he rejected that offer even though he wasn’t aware the deal could be a criminal offence. Similar offers ha...