sootoday - British Columbians took to social media Tuesday evening to share reports of a bright fireball in the night sky over Vancouver, and a house-rattling sonic boom.

#canada #BC #vancouver #media #publicsafety #emergencyresponse

NASA says meteor that lit up Vancouver sky was travelling 100 times speed of sound

2 days / sootoday

Fireball and sonic boom over Vancouver was likely meteor

2 days / sootoday

Potential meteor visible, heard across B.C.’s South Coast

2 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

Likely meteor over Vancouver Tuesday evening after reports of a fireball and sonic boom

2 days / theglobeandmail

Fireball, sonic boom over Vancouver Tuesday evening, likely meteor

3 days / sootoday

Vancouver mayor 'owns up' to false drug rumours, but evades questions

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson / nationalobserver - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim admitted on Tuesday to originating and spreading disinformation in the city's Chinese media over the winter that progressive Coun. Sean Orr distributed drugs, and offered Orr and city residents an "unreserved" apology. He then abru…

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Vancouver deserves better than Sim’s lies

2 days / nationalobserver / Adrienne Tanner

3 days / nationalobserver / Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Orr says Sim's apology 'doesn't go far enough,' warns image that fuelled lie could have been AI-generated

3 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim to speak publicly about Sean Orr drug comment

3 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

With 100 days to go until the FIFA World Cup, the countdown begins for Toronto and Vancouver

Gemma Karstens-Smith / theglobeandmail - Toronto will host six games, starting with Canada’s first match on June 12 and Vancouver will stage seven

#canada #security #sports #fanculture #vancouver #toronto #publicsafety #traveladvisories #infrastructure #government

Preparation key for Whitecaps balancing MLS play with potential FIFA World Cup runs

2 days / theprovince / The Canadian Press

Toronto reveals transit-first plan to manage FIFA congestion

3 days / nationalobserver / Cloe Logan

Gearing up for the FIFA World Cup — 100 days to go

3 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

With 100 days to go until the FIFA World Cup, the countdown begins for Toronto and Vancouver

3 days / theglobeandmail / Gemma Karstens-Smith

Musqueam First Nation signs Aboriginal rights deal with Ottawa – read the full agreement

Amy Judd / globalnews - Chief Wayne Sparrow of the Musqueam Indian Band told Global News that the agreement signed with the federal government does not include private properties in that region.

#canada #BC #vancouver #ottawa #legalaffairs #firstnations #government #canadianpolitics

‘I don’t think the public are buying it’: Fallout from the Musqueam agreements

3 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

LILLEY: Who owns Vancouver after agreement with Musqueam Indian Band?

3 days / torontosun / Brian Lilley

BC Conservatives argue Eby either incompetent or dishonest amid confusion over Musqueam agreement

3 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

RUBENSTEIN: Who owns Vancouver? The Musqueam Agreement and quiet redefinition of land title in Canada

3 days / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

Are Vancouver property rights really at risk? Law professor raises questions after federal government-First Nation deal in B.C.

3 days / thehub / Graeme Gordon

Expert slams Musqueam title deal as ‘absolutely unacceptable’ without public input

3 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

MITCHELL: Aboriginal land rulings are undermining Canada’s property rights and its future

3 days / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

Geoff Russ: Did Ottawa just secretly recognize Aboriginal ‘title’ over all of Vancouver?

3 days / nationalpost / Carson Jerema

Musqueam First Nation signs Aboriginal rights deal with Ottawa – read the full agreement

4 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

UPDATE: Eby says he wasn't briefed on Musqueam-Ottawa agreement

4 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

What we know about Ottawa’s land rights deal with the Musqueam First Nation

4 days / nationalpost / Jesse Snyder

Feds sign agreements with Musqueam recognizing Aboriginal title over parts of Metro Vancouver

4 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Last spring forward for B.C. as it moves to Pacific time, Premier Eby says

sootoday - VICTORIA — British Columbians will adopt year-round daylight time, springing forward by one hour this Sunday for the last time.

#canada #BC #vancouver #government #canadianpolitics

Why most Canadians will keep daylight saving time changes as B.C. stops

3 days / globalnews / Adriana Fallico

Dark days are ahead for B.C. – literally

3 days / theglobeandmail / Marsha Lederman

Ontario will continue time changes after B.C. daylight saving decision

3 days / torontosun / Spiro Papuckoski

Daylight saving time disrupts sleep for majority of Quebecers, survey finds

3 days / citynews / Jessica Barile

The last spring forward as BC moves to permanent daylight time

3 days / nationalobserver / Wolfgang Depner

Alberta mulls ditching time switch — again — as B.C. moves to permanent daylight

4 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Clock envy: B.C. dumping daylight savings time

4 days / sootoday

Alberta may follow B.C. on making daylight time permanent: premier

4 days / edmontonjournal / Matthew Black

Last spring forward for B.C. as it moves to permanent daylight time

4 days / sootoday

BC moves to make daylight saving time permanent

4 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Last spring forward for B.C. as it moves to Pacific time, Premier Eby says

4 days / sootoday

Premier Eby says B.C. will make daylight time permanent

4 days / citynews / Charles Brockman

Most of B.C. to adopt daylight saving time permanently, Eby says

4 days / theglobeandmail / Justine Hunter

B.C. Premier David Eby, Attorney General Niki Sharma to make announcement

4 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

Vancouver man faces six charges in human trafficking investigation

Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Vancouver social media influencer has been charged with multiple human trafficking offences following a multi‑province investigation by the BC Counter Human Trafficking Unit.

#canada #violence #onlineplatforms #crime #BC #vancouver #legalaffairs

Two men face human trafficking-related charges: London police

5 days / lfpress / Ryan Goodison

1 GTA man in custody, 1 sought in human trafficking investigation

6 days / citynews / John Marchesan

Influencer charged in human trafficking case, police say

7 days / sootoday

Vancouver man faces six charges in human trafficking investigation

7 days / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Witness denies Vancouver officers on Myles Gray's back before his death

sootoday - VANCOUVER — One of the Vancouver officers who responded to the scene after a man was beaten by police in 2015 faced questioned of discrepancies between notes he took that day and how he describes the situation more than 10 years later. Const.

#canada #violence #humanrights #crime #BC #vancouver #publicsafety #legalaffairs

Bell Canada and Telus reach agreement over network-sharing impasse

7 days / theglobeandmail / Irene Galea

Vancouver police officer faces questions on events before death of Myles Gray

7 days / theglobeandmail / Ashley Joannou

Witness denies Vancouver officers on Myles Gray's back before his death

7 days / sootoday

Witness denies officers on Myles Gray's back before his death

7 days / sootoday

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false rumour councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

sootoday - VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun.

#crime #BC #vancouver #media #legalaffairs #government #canadianpolitics

Mayor Sim apologizes for falsely accusing councillor of 'handing out illegal drugs on Christmas'

7 days / westernstandard / Alex Zoltan

‘Embarrassing’: Vancouver councillor calls out mayor over drugs comment controversy

7 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

Please Advise! What’s the Dope on Vancouver’s Mayor?

8 days / thetyee / Steve Burgess

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false rumour councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

8 days / sootoday

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

8 days / nationalobserver / Darryl Greer

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs'

8 days / sootoday

Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order

Ashley Joannou / nationalobserver - The meeting chair, Coun. Mike Klassen, ruled on Wednesday that the motion was incorrect because it supposes a deployment when it "has been made clear from correspondence" that council received that ICE won't be present for the games in Vancouver.

#uscanadarelations #publicprotests #humanrights #security #vancouver #immigration #government #canadianpolitics

Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order

9 days / nationalobserver / Ashley Joannou

Motion to oppose U.S. ICE deployment in Vancouver ruled out of order

9 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order

9 days / sootoday

Vancouver councillor accuses colleagues of being 'drug dealers' in Mandarin-only social media clip

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson / nationalobserver - Over the weekend Lenny Zhou, a councillor with Vancouver's majority ABC party, posted a video to WeChat accusing the four city councillors who aren't part of the party of using and dealing drugs, a claim they stress is false.

#onlineplatforms #crime #vancouver #media #china #government #canadianpolitics

Vancouver city councillor posts — then deletes — WeChat video accusing opponents of being drug users, dealers

9 days / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

ABC Councillor Accuses Colleagues of Drug Crimes

10 days / thetyee / Katie Hyslop

Vancouver city councillor apologizes for calling fellow members ‘drug users’

10 days / globalnews / Travis Prasad

Vancouver councillor accuses colleagues of being 'drug dealers' in Mandarin-only social media clip

10 days / nationalobserver / Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Partial U.S. government shutdown blamed for NEXUS closure at Canadian airports

News Staff / citynews - Canadian airports are warning travellers that NEXUS and Global Entry pre-clearance programs for U.S.-bound flights are suspended, with Vancouver’s airport linking the news with a partial U.S. government shutdown. Airports in Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver a…

#uscanadarelations #canada #vancouver #toronto #aviation #publicsafety #traveladvisories #immigration #governmentshutdown

Partial US government shutdown is blamed for NEXUS closure at Canadian airports

11 days / nationalobserver / The Canadian Press

NEXUS closure at Canadian airports blamed on U.S. government shutdown

12 days / torontosun / Jordan Ercit

Partial U.S. government shutdown blamed for NEXUS closure at Canadian airports

12 days / citynews / News Staff

Partial U.S. government shutdown blamed for NEXUS closure at Canadian airports

12 days / sootoday

Vancouver airport ties Nexus outage to U.S. partial government shutdown

12 days / globalnews / Sean Previl

Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that could be fuelling prison violence

Darryl Greer / nationalobserver - In a Surrey, BC, pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold.

#canada #violence #humanrights #crime #security #BC #vancouver #publicsafety #legalaffairs

The ‘prison code’: What it is and why attacks behind bars are rising

28 days / theglobeandmail

‘Con code’: The unwritten rules among inmates that may be fuelling prison violence

28 days / theglobeandmail / Darryl Greer

Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that could be fuelling prison violence

28 days / nationalobserver / Darryl Greer

Inside the ‘con code’, the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence

28 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Inside the ‘con code’, the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence

28 days / citynews / News Staff

Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence

28 days / sootoday

British man who was living in Vancouver convicted in U.S. dark web drug trafficking

Amy Judd / globalnews - Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, was living in Vancouver, B.C., in 2017 and conspired with at least one other person to run a drug trafficking operation titled Canada1.

#uscanadarelations #canada #cybersecurity #crime #security #BC #vancouver #internationalrelations #legalaffairs

British man who was living in Vancouver convicted in U.S. dark web drug trafficking

29 days / globalnews / Amy Judd

British man who lived in Vancouver convicted in overdose deaths of U.S. servicemen

29 days / sootoday

British national convicted in U.S. for dark web drug trafficking linked to Canadian network

29 days / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Toronto, Vancouver show biggest signs of mortgage stress: CMHC

sootoday - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it sees signs of financial stress among homeowners in Toronto and Vancouver, with missed mortgage payments projected to steadily increase, albeit from a low level.

#economicpolicy #canada #BC #vancouver #ontario #toronto #bankofcanada #consumerprotection #government #finance

Posthaste: Mortgage delinquencies more than quadrupled in this Canadian city with no relief on the horizon

28 days / financialpost / Gigi Suhanic

Yes, your credit card debt affects your mortgage qualification. Here’s by how much

29 days / theglobeandmail / Penelope Graham

Toronto, Vancouver show biggest signs of mortgage stress: CMHC

29 days / sootoday

Toronto, Vancouver show biggest signs of mortgage stress: CMHC

29 days / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Homeowners in Toronto, Vancouver showing signs of mortgage stress: CMHC

29 days / theglobeandmail

PavCo offers to operate at ‘net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at BC Place; team declines

Ashley Joannou / theglobeandmail - Whitecaps CEO says ‘this effort alone isn’t the game changer that is needed for long-term sustainability’

#sports #BC #vancouver #entertainment #infrastructure #climate #government #energy #finance #business

PavCo offers to operate at ‘net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at BC Place; team declines

4 wks / theglobeandmail / Ashley Joannou

Provincial government offers Vancouver Whitecaps a better deal to stay at BC Place

4 wks / dailyhive / Trevor Beggs

PavCo willing to operate ‘at net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at B.C. Place: Minister

4 wks / theprovince / The Canadian Press

B.C. government working on a deal to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver

4 wks / globalnews / Amy Judd

Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting

sootoday - SURREY — The Surrey Police Service says three men have been arrested after an early-morning shooting Sunday believed to be related to extortions. Police said officers were on patrol in the city's Crescent Beach neighbourhood just before 4 a.m.

#canada #violence #crime #security #BC #vancouver #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #legalaffairs

Three foreign nationals arrested by extortion patrol are charged in B.C. shooting

4 wks / sootoday

3 men arrested for Surrey extortion-related shooting are foreign nationals, police say

4 wks / globalnews / Amy Judd

Three arrested following extortion-related shooting in Surrey

4 wks / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

3 arrested after early-morning shots fired in Surrey, police suspect extortion

4 wks / globalnews / Prisha Dev

Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting

4 wks / sootoday

B.C mining firm says 10 workers have been abducted from mine in Sinaloa, Mexico

Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Vancouver-based mining company, Vizsla Silver Corp., has released a statement saying that ten individuals have been abducted from a mining site in Concordia, Mexico.

#hostagecrisis #violence #crime #security #BC #vancouver #mining #workplacesafety

10 'taken' from B.C. firm's Mexican mine site, but Global Affairs says no Canadians

5 wks / sootoday

Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver Corp. reports 10 people 'taken' from Mexican mine site

5 wks / sootoday

Vizsla Silver says 10 workers taken from mining site in Mexico

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Jeffrey Jones

B.C. mining firm says 10 employees abducted in Mexico

5 wks / torontosun / Eddie Chau

B.C mining firm says 10 workers have been abducted from mine in Sinaloa, Mexico

5 wks / westernstandard / Jackson Loy

Vancouver hearing into Myles Gray's death is set to resume after obscenity caused delay

The Canadian Press / nationalobserver - A hearing into the death of Myles Gray, who died in 2015 after a violent altercation with Vancouver police, is set to resume today after it was delayed by an obscene remark that was captured on an audio feed of the proceeding last week.

#canada #violence #humanrights #crime #BC #vancouver #publicsafety #legalaffairs

Public hearing into death of Myles Gray adjourned for four weeks

5 wks / globalnews / Amy Judd

Hearing into Myles Gray's beating death halted for 4 weeks over obscenity resignation

5 wks / sootoday

Vancouver hearing into death of Myles Gray to resume after counsel resigns

5 wks / sootoday

Vancouver hearing into death of Myles Gray to resume after counsel for OPCC resigns

5 wks / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Vancouver hearing into death of Myles Gray set to resume after counsel for OPCC resigns

5 wks / nationalobserver / The Canadian Press

Vancouver hearing into death of Myles Gray to resume after counsel for OPCC resigns