Evanna Brennan and Susan Giles were named to the Order of B.C. because they were the first people to use “action-based care” in Downtown Eastside On Monday, the Order of B.C. was given to two outreach nurses who have worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for 40 years. Evanna Brennan and Susan Giles were named as…
After a lightning storm on Monday, the lift stopped working As of late Tuesday morning, all Banff Gondola riders had been helped off the mountain. On Monday night, a power outage affected the lift, leaving riders stuck in the gondola cabins and at the top of Sulphur Mountain’s interpretive center. Mark Hendricks, a spokesman for…
Leo Edward Bikus’s daughters asked for a court order to keep giving him care because he moved his feet while in a coma A B.C. Supreme Court judge has said that a Vancouver hospital can turn off life support for a 65-year-old man who had a heart attack almost three months ago. The case went…
Six teams in northwestern Ontario are trying to get into the Women’s Baseball World Cup in 2024 Even though the Canadian women’s national baseball team has already qualified for the World Cup championship next year, they won’t be taking it easy on the field this week in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Team Canada is one of…
Last month, farmers and government officials in Washington state asked the province to look into the high number of bacteria The province has confirmed that the bad water in the Nooksack River in Washington state comes from more than one source in British Columbia. This comes a month after farmers and government officials in Washington…
Only one end of the bridge exit and path intersection has a raised stop sign This long weekend, a lot of people went to the newly opened Chief William Commanda Bridge, which connects Ottawa and Gatineau, Que., for the first time. Many of them were amazed by the pedestrianized former Ottawa River rail crossing. “Nice…
After the public broadcaster took the police to court, HRP admits it should have released information Police and Public Trust is a project of CBC News Atlantic’s investigative unit. It looks at the police complaint and discipline systems in the region, which are usually kept secret. Journalists use access to information laws and, in some…
A fire broke out near a music festival near Princeton on Sunday night, forcing about 500 people to leave The mayor of Princeton, B.C., said that about 500 people had to leave a music festival on Sunday night because of a wildfire in the area. In a post on social media, the B.C. Wildfire Service…
Scouts Canada says that the Jamboree will move from its site in Buan and that activities will continue in Seoul Parents of Canadian kids at an international scout jamboree in South Korea say they’re glad their kids get to stay there even though there have been a lot of problems with the weather and climate…
On Saturday, there will be a party in Newport, N.S., to honor the person who died People are saying that a 14-year-old girl who died in the historic flooding in Nova Scotia was a music lover who always saw the good in everything and had a smile on her face. On the Lindsay Windsor Funeral…