Lauren Collins

1 week ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Lauren Collins

The accused in fatal Filipino festival SUV attack will be getting a two-day hearing to determine if he's fit to stand trial. Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, was back in court Friday (May 30), following a psychiatric assessment ordered earlier in the month. Lo appeared remotely via video at Vancouver Provincial Court. He was dressed in a long-sleeved black shirt and looked down through most of the court proceedings.

1 week ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Lauren Collins

A four-year-old boy is dead and two women are in hospital after a crash near the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal, police say. Around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday (May 28), West Vancouver police received reports of pedestrians pinned beneath a TransLink bus at the intersection of Keith Road and Bay Street in Horseshoe Bay, a post to social media from West Vancouver police said.

1 week ago | theprogress.com | Lauren Collins

Canada Post says it's presented its final offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The offers, according to a news release Wednesday (May 28), consider the recommendations of the final report of the Industrial Inquiry Commission tasked with examining the current collective bargaining dispute and the positions of Canada Post and the union. That report was publicly released May 16. One of the recommendations called for phasing out daily door-to-door delivery for individual homes.

1 week ago | trailtimes.ca | Lauren Collins

King Charles III says Canada "faces another critical moment," alluding to the tariff and sovereignty threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The king delivered the throne speech Ottawa Tuesday (May 27), marking nearly 70 years since a sovereign – his mother Queen Elizabeth II – first opened Parliament in 1957. The throne speech is meant to outline Prime Minister Mark Carney, and his minority government's, plan for the next four years.

1 week ago | theprogress.com | Lauren Collins

King Charles III says Canada "faces another critical moment," alluding to the tariff and sovereignty threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The king delivered the throne speech Ottawa Tuesday (May 27), marking nearly 70 years since a sovereign – his mother Queen Elizabeth II – first opened Parliament in 1957. The throne speech is meant to outline Prime Minister Mark Carney, and his minority government's, plan for the next four years.