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BCOct 02, 2020

Vancouver home sales surge 56.2% to record level in September

The real estate market in Vancouver had its best September on record this year in terms of the number of homes sold. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says 3,643 were sold in September this year, up 56.2 per cent from the 2,333 sold in September 2019. Sales were also up 19.6 per cent from the 3,047 homes sold in August. The MLS home price Index composite benchmark price for all residential properties hit $1,041,300 in September, up 5.8 per cent from September 2019. Real estate board chairwoman Colette Gerber says that while a wave of homes hit the market last month, it was not enough
BCOct 01, 2020

One man killed and another wounded in North Vancouver shooting

Police say a man has been killed and another wounded in what appears to be a targeted shooting in North Vancouver. Sergeant Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the two men were sitting in a vehicle outside a duplex when they were shot late last night. Jang says neither man lived in the duplex and police don't know why the men were at that location. He is asking the public for any information that may help their investigation.
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BCOct 01, 2020

Two people in B.C. accused of helping to fake refugee claims over a dozen years

Two people in Metro Vancouver are accused of colluding with foreign nationals to make fraudulent claims for refugee protection in Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency says Roger Bhatti of Delta and Sofiane Dahak of Vancouver face more than two dozen charges, including forgery, counselling misrepresentation of facts and use of forged documents. The agency alleges the offences involved people originating from Central Europe and took place between 2002 and 2014.It says in a news release that Bhatti, who is 61, practised as a lawyer and Dahak, who is 52, was an interpreter when the alleged of
BCOct 01, 2020

Wilkinson must explain candidate’s role in alleged voter fraud plan: Kahlon

BC NDP candidate Ravi Kahlon has written a letter to B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson on Thursday, to seek clarity on BC Liberal candidate from Surrey-Fleetwood, Garry Thind’s role in his campaign’s alleged plan to illegally request mail-in ballots on behalf of other people. Talking to journalists over telephone, Kahlon said that Wilkinson avoided a direct question about Thind’s knowledge of the plan on Wednesday.Kahlon said that the BC Liberals have fired the campaign worker involved, but have not disclosed any information on Thind’s involvement. The letter seeks the information t
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BCOct 01, 2020

If elected BC NDP promises to expand student grant program while BC Liberal Party promises to work to end tent cities

The NDP is promising to increase a British Columbia government student grant program up to $4,000 for eligible students to help them pay tuition, textbook and supply costs. New Democrat Leader John Horgan says a re-elected NDP will also add 2,000 more technology spaces in post-secondary programs across B.C. Horgan says the NDP will provide more details about its post-secondary education plans when it releases its election platform next week. He says the grant program will be expanded to allow more middle-class and low-income students access to receive up to $4,000 each. Liberal Leader Andrew
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BCOct 01, 2020

B.C. reports 125 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths or outbreaks

British Columbia has confirmed 125 new cases of COVID-19 in the past day. The number of active cases ticked up by 16 to 1,284, including 72 people who are in hospital. In a joint statement, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and deputy health minister Stephen Brown say public health workers are monitoring more than 3,200 people who were exposed to a known case. They say outbreaks are ongoing at 14 long-term care or assisted-living homes and three acute-care facilities. B.C. has recorded 9,138 cases of COVID-19 so far and 7,591 people who tested positive for the illness have recovered.
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BCSep 30, 2020

Judge reserves decision on evidence in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's hearing

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to allow Meng Wanzhou's lawyers to advance an argument that United States officials misled Canada when they described allegations against the Huawei executive. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes also reserved her decision on whether to admit additional evidence that would support that claim in Meng's fight against extradition to the U.S. Meng is wanted in the United States on fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud charges that both she and Huawei deny. She is accused of misrepresenting Huawei's relationship with Skycom in a Pow
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BCSep 30, 2020

BC NDP leader John Horgan confident that elections will be free and fair, pledges $1.4 billion plan for Long term care homes

BC NDP Leader John Horgan says elders living in long-term care facilities in British Columbia deserve their own rooms. He is promising a 10-year plan today that would cost $1.4 billion to revamp elder care after the COVID-19 pandemic showed a vulnerability in the system for people living in care facilities. Horgan says the NDP campaign platform for the Oct. 24 election will include more details of the party's plan in the coming days, but at a campaign stop in Surrey he said workers can expect fair wages and families more dignity for their loved ones. He says the pandemic has hit older people
BCSep 30, 2020

Chiefs group says teen was found dead in B.C. care home days after reported missing

A police investigation into the group-home death of a British Columbia teen has wrapped up without criminal charges, but several Indigenous organizations say more must be done. A statement from Abbotsford police says a group-home care worker reported the 17-year-old missing Sept. 15 and he was found dead three days later. A release from the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the teen was found in the closet of his bedroom at the Aboriginal Agency group home where he was last seen, and had been there the whole time. The statement from First Nations leaders says troubling circumstances surrounded

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B.C. man has been sentenced to 11 years for cocaine, fentanyl trafficking. Jason Thomas Howard Conrad was arrested in 2023 with a shopping bag full of fentanyl, and a large amount of cocaine and cash were also found in his Tesla. According to police, they received a tip in January 2023 that fentanyl was being made at a home on McLeod Court in Richmond. In February, Conrad was seen entering the home empty-handed and returning carrying a backpack that appeared to be full and heavy. When he left the home again in March, he was taken into custody and found 15.6 kilograms of fentanyl in his
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Albertans will now have to register to vote in municipal elections

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Will not let even an inch of land be taken away from Punjab farmers: Jakhar

The BJP has also opposed the land pooling policy of the Bhagwant Mann government in Ludhiana district of Punjab. A delegation of farmers from Ludhiana district affected by the land pooling policy, led by the party's state president Sunil Jakhar, met Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria. After meeting the Governor, Jakhar said that the Aam Aadmi Party government's land pooling policy will not allow the plans of forcibly taking away the land of the farmers to succeed. Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal has also opposed it in the past. He said that the Akali Dal will not allow the
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First Nation seeking court ruling on Alberta ending coal mining moratorium

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CanadaJul 04, 2025

Ottawa talking to metals giant Rio Tinto about cash flow help amid U.S. tariffs

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto about helping the company with cash flow problems caused by the United States' global steel and aluminum tariffs. During a visit to Saguenay, Que., on Thursday to meet with businesses in the province's critical aluminum sector, Joly told reporters Ottawa had started talks with the firm earlier this week. U.S. President Donald Trump last month doubled his administration's global tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50 per cent. Prime Minster Mark Carney said Canada will deliver its response t