CanadaAug 13, 2025
CUPW to hold two says of talks with Canada Post, overtime ban remains in effect
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post.
The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday.
The talks come after workers rejected Canada Post's latest proposal, which would have seen wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers to the deal.
The union says its national overtime ban remains in effect.
Negotiations for a new collective agreement have been ongoing for more than a
BCAug 13, 2025
Oliver woman faces three impaired and dangerous driving charges for 2024 collision that killed a man
On July 31, 2025, exactly one year after a collision that killed a 39-year-old man in the South Okanagan, an Oliver woman has been arrested for the fatal crash.
On July 31, 2024, just before 8:00 a.m., a grey Toyota Echo and a white Ford Explorer collided on Highway #97 near Road 21 in Oliver, BC. The driver and lone occupant of the Toyota Echo was killed.
After nine months of investigation, BC Highway Patrol – Keremeos forwarded a report to the BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) who approved the following charges against 30-year-old Vanessa Lameiras:
Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causin
BCAug 13, 2025
B.C. residential unit sales up in July but down year-to-date, association says
Sales of homes in British Columbia grew in July compared with the same month last year, but year-to-date numbers show transactions remain slower.
The British Columbia Real Estate Association says there were about 7,000 residential unit sales in the province last month, up 2.2 per cent from the numbers reported in July 2024.
Just under 43,000 homes sold in B.C. in the first seven months of this year, down 5.7 per cent from 2024 levels during the same period.
The association's chief economist Brendon Ogmundson says the numbers show markets in the province building momentum through the summer, wi
BCAug 13, 2025
New scam targeting employees in Fort St John
After several similar incidents in the preceding months, the Fort St John RCMP is asking members of the public to familiarize themselves with a new scam targeting employees in the area.
On July 31, 2025, an employee of a store in Fort St John, BC, was targeted by a fraudster purporting to be their boss. The fraudster convinced the employee to deposit $900 into a Bitcoin ATM to pay for the delivery of a package for the business and they complied.
By the time the unsuspecting employee realized they had sent money to a fraudster, rather than their boss, the money had been converted into Bitcoin a
BCAug 13, 2025
IHIT deployed to fatal shooting
Ridge Meadows RCMP is currently on scene following a shooting in the area of 246 Street and 124 Avenue in Maple Ridge that has left one man deceased.On August 13, 2025, at approximately 12:22 a.m., Ridge Meadows RCMP received the report of a shooting near 246 Street and 124 Avenue. Police located an unresponsive victim with apparent gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the 24000-block of Dewdney Trunk Road. Despite life saving measures the individual did not survive.The area surrounding both scenes will be cordoned off for a significant amount of time. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team
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