On January 19, 2022, a charge of 2nd degree murder was sworn against a 16 year old male for the murder of Clifton Johnston that occurred on March 27, 2021 on 4th Avenue in Port Alberni. An arrest warrant was issued.On January 20, 2022, Port Alberni RCMP members arrested the male; his identity cannot be provided due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Investigators have been working on this investigation continuously for nearly 10 months, awaiting Forensic Laboratory results and completing the significant disclosure these investigations require for charge approval. The investigation continues.Th

A man who allegedly robbed a senior and assaulted security guards at the Vancouver Public Library has been charged, following a Vancouver Police investigation.VPD arrested the suspect Friday, after he allegedly kicked open a stall door and stole a laptop from a 74-year-old man, who was using the lower-level washroom inside the library. When two security guards tried to stop the suspect from leaving, he allegedly pulled a weapon and fled.The suspect tried to run from police, but was tracked down near the library and arrested following a foot chase.Nobody was injured, and the suspect was taken t

London police said Tuesday they are now investigating Downing Street parties during lockdown. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick revealed an investigation was underway in a statement before the London Assembly. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has been under fire for allegedly holding events during months in which the nation was under lockdown due to COVID-19.

The Williams Lake First Nation chief says the investigation into the former St. Joseph's Mission Residential School site has been challenging as people recounted stories of abuse. Willie Sellars says his key concern is the mental health and welfare of the school's survivors and their families. The preliminary finding results from a geophysical investigation of the former school will be announced later today. The investigation near Williams Lake was announced last June after radar found what is believed to be hundreds of unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops. The ground an

Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday slammed Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over the sand mafia issue and said that Sidhu exposed himself by leading a rebellion of Congress MLAs, who are involved in the mafia, against him."Considering that many of the Congress MLAs whom Sidhu had led in rebellion against me had direct or indirect interest or share in the state's sand mafia, the PPCC president's credentials in the matter were dubious," said Amarinder Singh.As per a statement issued by Punjab Lok Congress, Amarinder Singh rejects Sidhu's allegation that he had

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a Muslim body, on Monday filed a plea in the Supreme Court urging it to urgently hear its petition seeking action against media reports indulging in communal branding of COVID-19 pandemic in the light of 2020 Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin area. The body sought an urgent hearing of its plea in the backdrop of upcoming assembly polls in five states saying the dissemination of fake news and hate speech poses a grave danger to the lives and liberties of a large section of citizens. The PIL was last listed on September 2 last year and since then it has not

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 4,997 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 313,076 cases in the province:Jan. 21-22: 2,163 new casesJan. 22-23: 1,489 new casesJan. 23-24: 1,345 new casesThere are 31,822 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 276,529 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 987 COVID-positive individuals are in hospital and 129 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.The new/active cases include:1,702 new cases in Fraser HealthTotal active cases: 14,431862 ne

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending the vaccine mandate for cross-border truck drivers as a convoy of hundreds of them heads to Ottawa in protest. Trudeau says getting vaccinated is the most important way to keep Canada's economy going, and he accuses the Conservatives of "fearmongering" about empty store shelves. In a news conference this afternoon, Tory Leader Erin O'Toole refused to say whether he'd meet with the protesters in Ottawa. The Conservatives have been pressuring Trudeau to lift the vaccine mandate for truckers, calling it a risk to Canada's supply chains and economic recov

For the first time in Vancouver Canucks history, the team has hired a female assistant general manager. Emilie Castonguay joins the Canucks from the player management agency Momentum Hockey, where she broke another barrier in 2016 when she was named the first female NHLPA certified agent in Canada. Canucks interim G-M Jim Rutherford says Castonguay will play a lead role in player contracts and negotiations, as well as managing the collective bargaining agreement. Castonguay has a bachelor's degree in finance, a law degree from the University of Montreal and played four years of NCAA Division