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Jan 22, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Maria Vinca |Charles Brockman
A new initiative aims to help normalize conversations about organ donation and encourage more British Columbians to sign up. Starting this year, B.C. residents' tax returns will feature a new check box, asking if they want more information about how to register to be an organ donor. If you select 'yes,' you will receive an email from BC Transplant with additional details.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Charles Brockman |Maria Vinca
If you're eager to lock down a place to start the summer camping season, this is your week to lock in. BC Parks says reservations for camping sites during the 2025 May long weekend are set to open Thursday morning. Provincial campsites that offer reservations can be booked four months ahead of arrival, and Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 a.m. marks four months before the Victoria Day weekend kicks off.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Maria Vinca |Charles Brockman
Three men are in custody following a break-and-enter incident at a farmland property in Abbotsford Tuesday morning. The Abbotsford Police Department says it responded to a property on Interprovincial Highway and Number 3 Road around 7:30 a.m.Sgt. Paul Walker tells 1130 NewsRadio that the homeowner called police after witnessing the incident through home security. "They had things put in place, such as video cameras and things, to alert them if people were on their property.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Maria Vinca |Charles Brockman
The Burnaby School District says it is moving ahead with staggered start times at four high schools to address overcrowding. Capacity issues due to the rising student population have been an issue in Surrey schools, and now the problem has surfaced in Burnaby. In an email to parents last month, the Burnaby School District said increased enrollment had caused them to consider the change.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Maria Vinca
Vancouver police are looking for two children who went missing in the Strathcona-Chinatown neighbourhood Tuesday afternoon. Police say 7-year-old Skyla-May and 10-year-old Tawny did not return to class after the lunch bell. They were last seen on the playground at Strathcona Elementary school just before 1:00 p.m.Tawny is roughly four feet tall, with light skin, dark shoulder-length hair, and was last seen wearing a long black sweater, blue pants, and red shoes.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Maria Vinca |Charles Brockman
Police in Richmond arrested a man who allegedly threatened people with a knife near the Lansdowne SkyTrain Station Sunday. The Richmond RCMP says it received several calls around 4 p.m. about a man carrying a knife in the area. Police say the man was seen exiting a train, falling down an escalator, and dropping a gun - though police later determined the gun to be an airsoft pistol. A witness also told police they saw the man chasing a woman.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Aastha Pandey-Kanaan |Maria Vinca
Premier David Eby and his 46 New Democrat MLAs were sworn-in Wednesday at B.C.'s Legislature in Victoria. Eby says he could feel former premier John Horgan's presence and hear his message at the ceremony. "John's words certainly resonate for me today, and they continue to be a priority.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Charles Brockman |Maria Vinca
The New Westminster Police Department (NWPD) says it has received another report of a suspicious incident involving a white van this month. Last week, police say two 12-year-old girls were approached by a man driving a white van asking if the girls wanted to go for a ride. In an update Thursday, NWPD say a similar interaction happened on Oct. 17 on Seventh Avenue between 2nd and 4th streets.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Aastha Pandey-Kanaan |Maria Vinca
Police in New Westminster need your help investigating a suspicious interaction involving two teenage girls over the weekend. The New Westminster Police Department says on Saturday, Oct. 26 around 11 a.m. near Queens Avenue and 11 Street, two 12-year-old girls were approached by a man in a white cargo van while they were standing outside a residence. Police say the man asked them if they wanted to go for a ride, but the two girls left immediately to inform a trusted adult.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Aastha Pandey-Kanaan |Maria Vinca
A youth has been arrested following reports of what appeared to be a man armed with a gun at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Monday. In an announcement Monday, the university says it happened in their AMS Nest building. According to UBC, police confirmed that the item that appeared to be a weapon was a water gun. "The building is safe and all normal operations have resumed with no threat to the university," it said. 1130 NewsRadio has reached out to UBC and the RCMP for more information.
