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B.C.’s mental health Opposition critic Claire Rattée took the province to task Thursday over the circumstances that led to the death of a 22-year-old man who escaped Vernon’s hospital in psychiatric distress earlier this month, saying “this is not a system that is functional right now.” Ezra Cool was fatally struck by a semi-truck in […]

Summerland residents opposed to the Garnet Valley gravel pit can celebrate, after the permit was overturned through a judicial review that deemed the process “unreasonable.” Justice Gregory Koturbash handed down the 34-page decision to squash the permit approval on Feb. 26, following two days of hearings and submissions earlier in the month. The judicial review

Laurie Throness resigned from Chilliwack School Board on Thursday (Feb. 26) stating he no longer feels “safe” expressing himself in the wake of the $750,000 human-rights decision against former trustee Barry Neufeld for hate speech. Throness posted the decision to resign as trustee was “effective immediately” noting that the Neufeld ruling from the B.C. Human

B.C. Conservative MLA Larry Neufeld, who represents the riding that Tumbler Ridge is located within, is calling for a public inquiry into the mass shooting that left nine people dead at a school and home in the rural northeastern community. Premier David Eby has indicated his willingness to hold either a public inquiry or a

A man is facing 14 charges, including kidnapping and sexual assault with a weapon, in connection with police investigations in three Lower Mainland cities. On Jan. 18, at 12:40 a.m. Ridge Meadows RCMP received a report that a woman was allegedly being held against her will in a car. The suspect was reportedly armed and