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Jan 17, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Michelle Meiklejohn
B.C. advocates are raising concerns with the federal rollout of financial assistance for Gazans arriving in Canada through a temporary resident visa stream. The government of Canada is providing a direct, one-time payment of $3,000 per adult and $1,500 per child. Some advocates say they think there's a discrepancy between how Palestinians are being treated versus newcomers from other places. Silva Abkarian is a settlement counsellor at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Society.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Michelle Meiklejohn
Port Moody police say they arrested a man over the weekend for allegedly repeatedly harassing women in the Moody Centre area. The Port Moody Police Department says it has received numerous reports over the past months, opening several investigations into the allegations. The investigations led police to arrest a suspect and charge him with criminal harassment and uttering threats. The suspect is currently in custody, with his next court appearance set to take place Wednesday. Const.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Charles Brockman |Michelle Meiklejohn
Vancouverites can expect two municipal by elections in the coming months after Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr announced her resignation Wednesday. Speaking at City Hall, The Green Party councillor says she took the holidays to consider retirement. Carr says she wanted to spend more time with her family, and has grown frustrated with the ABC Party's governing style. Carr went public months ago about her frustrations working with Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver majority.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Charlie Carey |Michelle Meiklejohn
For those Canadians who were banking on an extra $250 lining their back pockets come spring, you might need to think again. In a statement to CityNews Vancouver, the Ministry of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs says the Working Canadians Rebate will be delayed, if it goes ahead at all, due to the proroguing of Parliament.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Michelle Meiklejohn
Taylor Swift is performing her first of three concerts Friday, and Vancouver's businesses are feeling the buzz. Deanna is the district manager at the Latest Scoop, a clothing store in Gastown. She says her store has seen a frenzy of fans. "In the first minutes of opening, like 50 people [came] through the door on a weekday," she told 1130 NewsRadio.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Michelle Meiklejohn
A fundraiser has been launched to help one of the victims seriously injured in a five-car crash along Highway 1 in Burnaby last week, according to a family friend. Manshur Mariwa, a foreign-trained medical professional, saw the initial crash and left his car to attend to the crash victims. It was then he was hit by another vehicle. Saira Abrar, a close family friend of Mariwa, explains why he went to help. "He was trying to help the victims of an earlier crash out of his good heart," said Abrar.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Michelle Meiklejohn |Charles Brockman
The B.C. Ministry of Health says a teenager who was infected with H5N1, or avian flu, is still in critical condition after nearly two weeks. On Saturday, Nov. 9, authorities shared that a teenager in the Fraser Health region had tested positive for the virus, otherwise known as bird flu.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Michelle Meiklejohn
With Canada Post Workers taking strike action, some B.C. non-profits are expressing concern about their end-of-year fundraising efforts. Sophie Kelk is the senior manager of marketing and communications for Coast Mental Health Foundation, a non-profit that provides mental health care for people in B.C. She says many supporters donate at the end of the year, with about 35 per cent preferring to send cheques through the mail.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Michelle Meiklejohn
WorkSafeBC says a worker was seriously injured in Mission Oct. 25 when a cart loaded with sheet metal fell on them. "A shop-built cart loaded with approximately 1,400 lbs of sheet metal fell onto a worker when they were trying to move it," the inspection report says. A WorkSafe officer issued an order to immediately stop using the cart as it was built using a furniture dolly, a metal frame, and plywood and does not meet occupational health and safety regulations.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Angela Bower |Michelle Meiklejohn
An inclusive employer is calling on the public to show more kindness and patience toward its staff members. Lisa Beecroft, co-owner of Gabi & Jules Handmade Pies in Port Moody, says about 35 per cent of her employees identify as having a disability. She says in recent months, she has noticed an increase in her staff being mistreated by customers. "I was so frustrated and furious that was how they were being treated in our space," she said.
