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3 days ago | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Srushti Gangdev |Charlie Carey
As the Burnaby School District cuts band and language programs, high school counsellors, and some other positions due to a $4.2 million budget shortfall, the district's teachers' association is urging the province to immediately increase funding for public education. Burnaby Teachers' Association president Alex Peters tells 1130 NewsRadio that due to the cuts, some daytime custodial positions at elementary schools will move to an on-call basis only.
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1 month ago | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Charlie Carey |Srushti Gangdev
Engineers are currently working to fix a BC Ferries vessel after it broke down while on its way into the Horseshoe Bay terminal. According to BC Ferries, the Queen of Coquitlam is "currently holding outside of dock due to a mechanical difficulty.""The 10:50 am sailing from Langdale will be delayed arriving into Horseshoe Bay as we investigate the problem with the pitch control," BC Ferries said. "We are working to fix this and will keep you informed as more information becomes available.
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2 months ago | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Charlie Carey |Srushti Gangdev
British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's hard to feel relief that the province dodged a proverbial bullet in terms of the United States president's tariff announcement on Wednesday, which targeted most global countries. In a media availability Thursday, Eby said that U.S. President Donald Trump is unpredictable and could change his mind at any time. Eby says they're expecting more punitive tariffs down the pipeline targeting B.C.'s softwood lumber sector.
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2 months ago | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Srushti Gangdev |Charlie Carey
Despite pushback from business groups and from across the aisle, the B.C. government is defending its bill, which it says is being tabled in response to the U.S. trade war. Bill 7 would allow the provincial government to respond in real-time to the trade war and any other threats without receiving approval from the Legislature first.
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2 months ago | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Srushti Gangdev |Charlie Carey
If a federal election were to be held on Tuesday, Vancouverites would most likely vote for the Liberal Party. That's according to a new poll conducted for CityNews by Leger. The poll finds 40 per cent of decided voters are supporting the Liberals, while the Conservatives are just behind at 37 per cent. The biggest issue for voters is how Ottawa will deal with the United States going forward.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Emma Crawford |Srushti Gangdev
Planning for the future is difficult without any clarity on if or when Trump's tariffs may come into effect. So says B.C. Minister of Jobs, Economic Development, and Innovation Diana Gibson, who explains the province is finding it challenging to put together a budget, which is due March 4. And she says the uncertainty is not likely to go away anytime soon, even if the tariff dispute gets resolved. "Unpredictability is the new norm with this government south of the border," she said.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Srushti Gangdev |Charlie Carey
A major bridge in Kelowna is expected to remain closed into the afternoon on Monday after an early morning bomb threat. The Kelowna RCMP says a "distraught" man parked a van across both eastbound lanes of the William R. Bennett Bridge, part of Highway 97, around 3:30 a.m. and started a fire in the vehicle. Insp. Chris Gable explains that officers were able to convince the man to get out of the vehicle and he was taken to hospital.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Srushti Gangdev
The mayor of Merritt says he hopes a pilot project to ease pressures on B.C.'s emergency departments comes to his town soon. Two physician assistants have now been hired in the Saanich Peninsula Hospital ER, on Vancouver Island, the first of their role in the province. The assistants are only allowed to operate in emergency rooms right now, and they must work under the supervision of a doctor. The project has been in the works for a couple years.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Srushti Gangdev |Charles Brockman
Nurses with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) held a rally downtown Wednesday afternoon, calling for safer working conditions and better healthcare for patients. BC Nurses' Union President Adriane Gear says many nurses deal with regular threats of violence. She says while VCH has a "zero-tolerance policy" for violence or threats, the policy is rarely followed through satisfactorily. "That is a provincial policy, and yet, nurses are expected to just deal with it in some instances," said Gear.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
vancouver.citynews.ca | Srushti Gangdev |Charles Brockman
With Parliament prorogued, you may be wondering, 'What happens next in the House of Commons?' Most parliamentary business has been suspended until the start of the next session on March 24, and a UBC political science professor explains that the date of return is key. First, Professor Emeritus Richard Johnston tells 1130 NewsRadio that legislation on Parliament's current order paper essentially "dies.""Until it's revived, if it's revived in the next session," Johnston explained.
