Bronwyn Beairsto

1 week ago | coastreporter.net | Bronwyn Beairsto

Refrains of the Women's Warrior song swelled in Sechelt Sunday morning, as more than 250 people marched for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). “Today, we bring awareness to the community about what's going on and what continues to go on. This is something people don't really like to talk about, but it needs to be talked about,” Alfonso (Sito) Salinas told the crowd gathered at the intersection in front of Sechelt municipal hall.

1 week ago | coastreporter.net | Bronwyn Beairsto

North Shore Rescue air-lifted an injured mountain biker from the forests above Reed Road, near Gibsons, directly to Vancouver General Hospital Friday evening. Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue was paged out at about 6 p.m. Friday for the mountain biker who had what initially appeared to be a broken collarbone but later expanded to possibly include a broken femur, said SAR manager Stuart MacDonald.

1 week ago | nsnews.com | Bronwyn Beairsto

North Shore Rescue air-lifted an injured mountain biker from the forests above Reed Road, near Gibsons, directly to Vancouver General Hospital Friday evening. Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue was paged out at about 6 p.m. Friday for the mountain biker who had what initially appeared to be a broken collarbone but later expanded to possibly include a broken femur, said SAR manager Stuart MacDonald.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Graeme Wood |Wolfgang Depner |Bronwyn Beairsto

Graeme Wood / Glacier Media - | Story: 548161Victims of last week’s deadly vehicle-ramming incident at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Festival will face significant challenges to fair compensation because of the no-fault insurance legislation introduced by the BC NDP government in 2021, according to personal injury lawyers. “For all of the victims, it's going to pose a serious hurdle in terms of obtaining financial compensation.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Colin Dacre |Wolfgang Depner |Bronwyn Beairsto

The City of Fort St. John, B.C., says a wildfire that prompted evacuations last night is not actively threatening any structures. But in an update posted at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, it says the blaze is moving beyond the Community Forest into the Peace River Regional District. The BC Wildfire Service's latest update indicates the out-of-control blaze was discovered Thursday and spanned an estimated 0.56 square kilometres as of 8:32 p.m.The suspected cause of the fire is human activity.