Cecilia Hua

2 weeks ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Charles Brockman |Cecilia Hua

Vancouver tenants are calling out an alleged policy imbalance after the B.C. government announced new regulations, making evictions more efficient for landlords. Beginning in summer, the new regulations will loosen the requirements for when a landlord must notify a tenant about taking over the property for personal use. The notice period is going down from four months to just three months' advance notice.

4 weeks ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Cecilia Hua

If you are a transit rider in Metro Vancouver, be prepared to pay a little more for your daily commute. Starting July 1, fares will be four per cent higher. This means that those using a Compass card will see an increase of 10 to 20 cents per ride. For those paying with cash, the fares will jump between 15 and 25 cents, and the cost of monthly passes will increase by up to $7.75. Between 2021 and 2024, the annual fare increase was 2.3 per cent.

4 weeks ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Cecilia Hua

A killer whale pod in B.C. has welcomed a new addition to a family whose line was almost cut short 50 years ago. The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) says a new Bigg's, or mammal-hunting, orca calf was spotted in the Salish Sea last week - and again throughout the weekend. PWWA Executive Director Erin Gless says the calf is likely only a week old. "From the pictures we can see fetal folds. When a calf is all scrunched up in mom's belly, it's all folded, it gets winkles in skin.

1 month ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Cecilia Hua |Charlie Carey

A small protest was held outside the Port Coquitlam Courthouse Wednesday morning, where the man facing charges in connection with the death of Trina Hunt was supposed to appear. Trina's husband, Iain Hunt, has been charged with indignity to human remains after his wife's body was found near Hope months after she was reported missing in 2021. Trina's cousin-in-law, Stephanie Ibbot, tells CityNews that protesters weren't told the reason for the delay. "We know nothing.

1 month ago | vancouver.citynews.ca | Cecilia Hua

The warehouse of the Fibromyalgia Wellspring Foundation was broken into for a second time in just a year last week. For nearly two decades, Cheryl Young has dedicated her life to the foundation and the charity's thrift store in Aldergrove. "We're always out there helping because that's what we're about. We're not about, yeah, making money, but that's not our focus, it's helping people, socializing them, having a place for them to come," she explained.