B.C.’s paramedics union is taking steps towards job action after last month’s breakdown in negotiations with the province. On Thursday, Jan. 15, the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (APBC)/CUPE 873 warned via social media that a looming provincewide strike vote could “seriously cripple our already fragile healthcare system.” “We need to return to the bargaining table […]

Maple Ridge city councillor Ahmed Yousef now faces four charges of sex assault, added to charges of common assault and firearms offences announced last year. On Jan. 15, in Port Coquitlam provincial court, the new charges were sworn against Ahmed Antar Yousef Mohamed. Three of the charges involve one complainant, and one charge is in

A 37-year-old Surrey resident has been charged in connection with a December 2025 alleged “unprovoked assault” on a man who was sleeping on the SkyTrain. On Dec. 16, a man was asleep on a SkyTrain that was travelling from Vancouver to Burnaby when the suspect “allegedly poured a liquid on the victim’s clothing and attempted

~Warning: This story contains references to child sexual abuse that may be upsetting to some readers. A Penticton man will spend 45 days in jail and 10 years on the sexual offenders registry for recording a video of a minor showering at the Penticton Community Centre in 2024. Zachary Nicholas Sarault, 24, appeared in Penticton

The World Cup ski cross season has started, and Cultus Lake’s Reece Howden is already dominating the slopes. There were five races in December and he won three of them consecutively, and breaking world records in the process. Howden’s first win this season was in Arosa, Switzerland. He earned his 19th gold medal there, surpassing