Andrew Weichel

Andrew Weichel is a reporter and the supervising digital producer for CTV News Vancouver.

Since joining the newsroom in 2009, Andrew has led gripping online coverage of several municipal, provincial and federal elections, as well as a number of landmark Supreme Court decisions.

His work reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic was recognized with a Jack Webster Award in 2020, and he received an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2023 for a story scrutinizing the Vancouver Police Department's selective dissemination of stranger assault data leading up to the 2022 election. 

Andrew was born and raised in British Columbia, growing up in the Okanagan before moving to Vancouver, where he studied journalism at Langara College.

In 2019, he published his first book, "Everything British Columbia," with his wife, Bethany Lindsay. 

RECENT ARTICLES: 

• 'Like urban warfare': Community-led police oversight project launched in Vancouver
   
• Altercation between 'numerous' golfers on B.C. course broken up by RCMP

• Reluctant to reconnect with an old friend? This B.C. study might help you understand why
   
• B.C. seeks ban on public drug use, dialing back decriminalization
   
• $5K refund ordered for group trip booked at B.C. ski lodge that was shut down by government
   
• B.C. piloted a $25M support hub for special needs children in a remote community. Parents say they're worse off than before
   
• Vancouver mayor playing 'disingenuous' accessibility politics, says critic
   
• B.C. trucking company goes after 3 former drivers for 'time theft,' loses every case
   
• Advocate arrested at Vancouver encampment says he was protecting resident’s belongings
   
• B.C.'s prescribed safer drug supply saved lives, landmark study finds
   
• Teen's overdose death linked to cocaine and MDMA, 'unlikely' prescription opioids contributed, coroner finds
   
• Man who stalked ex-fiancee banished from B.C. city where he lives
   
• Expert doubts body-worn cameras will increase Vancouver police accountability
   
• Advocates demand B.C. moratorium on evicting homeless campers until May
   
• RCMP seeking to dispose of evidence from Robert Pickton case, prompting concerns from advocates
   
• Voters deserve referendum on abolishing Vancouver Park Board, critics say
   
• Stranger assaults had plummeted months before Vancouver's 2022 election. Why didn't anyone know?
   
• B.C. MLA says she didn't agree to appear in 'exploitative' drug crisis video
   
• 'Very Orwellian': B.C.'s proposed 'alternative shelter' standard for clearing homeless camps slammed by critics
   
• B.C. needs non-prescription safe drug supply to curb OD deaths, expert panel says
   
• 2 arrested in Vancouver police crackdown on unsanctioned safe drug supply program
   
• Cutting obituary for B.C. man thanks karma for 'doing what she does best'
   
• 'Completely unbelievable': B.C. tenant facing eviction doubts landlord's daughter wants cramped basement
   
• 'You're not helping': Residents of B.C.'s Shuswap urged to stop seizing firefighting equipment
   
• Tennis players not 'oppressed' when community centre allowed pickleball: B.C. judge
   
• Police officers allege union told them not to keep notes after B.C. man's death
   
• Thin blue line patches go against Vancouver police policy, review finds
   
• Almost 200 pizzas arrived at warming centres across Vancouver this week. Here's what happened.
   
• 12 hours on the tarmac: Snow wreaks havoc at Vancouver airport
   
• Parents frustrated as B.C. daycare announces new fees after receiving government subsidies
   
• After child's suicide attempt, B.C. family waits 41 hours for ambulance transfer
   
• Head of Vancouver Police Union shares 'F*** the DTES grifters' image on Twitter
   
• Concerns about 'creeping politicization' as police audit Vancouver social services
   
• 'A very dangerous thing': Vancouver Police Union slammed for mayoral endorsement
   
• Flipping tax proposal 'really scary,' says B.C. MLA who bought and sold 3 homes in 4 years
   
• Ukrainian family wishes they were warned about B.C.'s pricey rental market
   
• Tenants push for collective bargaining rights as rents skyrocket, investors scoop up buildings
   
• B.C. tenants face extra rent hikes to fund landlords' repairs – and they're permanent
   
• 'They were labelled as gang associates': Cactus Club apologizes after police called on table of South Asian students
   
• Radio host Kid Carson leaving Z95.3 after spreading conspiracy theories on air