The head of the Council of the Federation gathering in Victoria says the federal government needs to stop splitting hairs and work with provinces and territories on health care. BC Premier John Horgan wants to sit down with the feds to work out how to restore Canada's ``crumbling'' system. Horgan says the provinces can sit down and solve the problems for Canadians, not for provinces and the federal government, but for the people. The premiers have called on the federal government to boost its share of health-care funding to 35 per cent from what they have said amounts to 22 per cent currently

A moment of silence was held in Kelowna at 10:45 this morning, marking the time that a crane collapsed one year ago, injuring one worker and killing four others, as well as a man working in a nearby building. The construction crane was being dismantled beside a nearly completed condo in Kelowna's downtown core when the swing arm buckled and fell, carrying the four workers to their deaths and crushing part of the building where the fifth victim was working. RCMP say its ``complex'' and ``technical'' investigation into possible criminality is continuing and WorkSafe BC is also probing the regul

Canada's premiers have repeated their demand that the federal government sit down with them and resolve health-care funding issues. BC Premier John Horgan, chair of the Council of the Federation, commented today at the start of the second day of talks between Canada's 13 premiers. He responded to federal concerns that the provinces could reduce their own health spending if Ottawa tops up its payments. The premiers want the federal government to boost its share of health funding to 35 per cent from the current 22 per cent. They want the prime minister to make good on what Horgan says is an eigh

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s eighth homicide of 2022, after a man was stabbed in Yaletown Monday morning. A bystander called 9-1-1 around 8:30 a.m. to report a man had been stabbed near Smithe and Homer Street. When VPD officers arrived moments later, they discovered a 29-year-old victim suffering grave injuries. The man was taken to hospital, but he died a short time later. A 34-year-old woman was arrested nearby and is currently in custody.

On July 9 2022, the Port Alberni RCMP requested the public’s assistance in locating Amber Manthorne and her 2021 Jeep Compass.Read the original release here: https://bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2136&languageId=1&contentId=75693&detachmentDataId=43843 Due to the vigilance and concern of a citizen, Amber’s Jeep has been located South of Nanaimo.We are still looking for Amber, we are still following all the evidence, and tips that we receive from the public, stated Constable Richard Johns, investigators have been working around the clock to find her.Although un

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Canada's 13 premiers are meeting face-to-face as the Council of the Federation convenes in Victoria. Premier John Horgan is chairing the gathering and says there is unified support for a reworking of the federal funding model for health care. He says his colleagues want to see the federal portion of the health care tab jump from 22 to 35 per cent, and they want a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by this fall. The premier's meeting starts this afternoon but first the leaders meet with Indigenous representatives from across the count

A 40 year old woman has been injured when shots were fired at a home in Surrey early this morning. RCMP say they responded to reports of shots fired at the home (in the 86-hundred block of 151-B Street) at 3:40 am. Police say the woman's injuries aren't life threatening and she's in stable condition in hospital. Investigators are combing the area for closed-circuit footage, looking for a male suspect dressed in black and carrying a backpack and a flashlight.

The man who was once the senior officer at the B-C legislature has received a three month sentence for fraud and breach of trust, but Craig James won't be going to jail. The 71 year old former clerk of the legislature has been handed a conditional sentence to be served at home, the first month under 24-hour house arrest and the last two months under a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. James was convicted after fraudulently submitting expenses for the purchase of a suit and shirts he claimed as work attire. He was cleared of several other charges but the BC Supreme Court judge hearing the case rejected

Fire has destroyed a church that was an important source of outreach and meals for struggling residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Flames broke out in the building housing the Vancouver Street Church (on East Hastings Street) about 9:30 last night. No one was seriously hurt but a neighbouring rooming house-style hotel for low income tenants had to be evacuated because of the heavy smoke, although crews managed to keep the fire from spreading into that hotel. A cause of the fire is under investigation.