Vancouver police program targets homeless people, housing advocate says
A Vancouver housing advocate says a police program aimed at trespass-prevention unfairly targets those who are homeless.

A Vancouver housing advocate says a police program aimed at trespass-prevention unfairly targets those who are homeless.
Two Metro Vancouver residents are now millionaires after winning big prizes in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw.
As dentists in B.C. advocate to be included in a priority group for the COVID-19 vaccine, they are also offering to help administer immunizations to residents.
Predatory sand worms up to two-metres long were striking at prey from beneath the ocean floor near Taiwan some 20 million years ago, according to new research from Simon Fraser University.
A Kelowna woman is $3 million richer after she won the largest instant-ticket prize the B.C. Lottery Corporation has ever given.
Volunteers showed up all day long at a community-based command centre in Port Moody’s Heritage Mountain neighbourhood, as a large local search effort continued for missing woman Trina Hunt.
CTV News Vancouver has learned B.C.'s Ministry of Health quietly commissioned an independent report into the deadly impact of COVID-19 on care homes in the summer of 2020 and that they have received the final document, but not made the findings or recommendations public.
A B.C.-based Indigenous artist drew inspiration for one of his latest pieces from a worldwide pandemic.
A French bunker was decommissioned in the 1990s. Since that time, it's found a new use as a unique, subterranean research laboratory.
It’s been called the "COVID 19" – not the virus, but the weight we’ve gained during the pandemic. If that’s you, you’re not alone. A recent survey found many people have gained weight since March of last year. If you’ve resolved to get back into shape, there are a few smartwatches that can help.
Mass-screening technology could be coming to school buses as part of a new effort to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
If your vehicle has a safety problem or defect you could get it fixed for free, but you need to stay on top of it. McLaughlin On Your Side looks into what you need to know to make sure your vehicle is safe.
A new report on housing shows rental prices have dropped in Vancouver year over year in late 2020, but the city topped the country when it came to high prices.
The price of an average home in Metro Vancouver increased at the end of 2020, the most significant jump being in the detached home category.
A B.C. realtor who subleased a home without the owner's consent has been ordered to pay a disciplinary penalty of $25,000.
Montreal’s Shina Novalinga is keeping her Indigenous culture alive by throat-singing with her mom on TikTok.
Bodycam footage captures the dramatic rescue as police officers pulled a woman from icy waters in Wisconsin, on January 15.
Thousands of businesses apply for new emergency funding
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he has tested positive for COVID-19, an announcement that comes as his country registers the highest levels of infections and deaths to date.
It's still too soon to know whether the recent downward trend in new COVID-19 cases will continue, Canada's chief public health officer said Sunday as several provinces grappled with outbreaks that threatened to derail their fragile progress.
Top aides to U.S. President Joe Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win bipartisan backing for the initial legislative effort of his presidency.
Police in Jamaica say they are investigating the murder of a 43-year-old Markham, Ont. woman.
As part of a new government program, fishing crews in the Atlantic Ocean were hauling up a different kind of catch in 2020: more than 63 tonnes of discarded fishing gear, a major source of marine pollution.
Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the U.S. Capitol, a U.S. official told The Associated Press.
Health Canada has announced a recall for a number of 'Anti-Microbe' hand sanitizer products, some of which were distributed to schools in Quebec for children to use.
U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to work with Canada in relation to his 'Buy American' policy, which would tighten existing rules on government procurement by guaranteeing contracts to U.S. companies, during his call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week.
Both 'Patient Zero' and his wife have long since recovered from COVID-19, but their cases would mark Canada's first minor health-care skirmish of what was to become an all-out global defensive war against a pandemic.
Questions on how Canada should pick a governor general
A highly contagious variant of COVID-19 first found in the U.K. has been reported at a long-term care facility in Barrie, Ont and another in Bradford, Ont.
The COVID-19 pandemic is weighing heavy on the mental health of Canadians.
Que. may rethink vaccine strategy after troubling new data
Officials from across the country provide updates on the pandemic across Canada.
Ont. reports 2,359 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday