It was a ‘heartbreaking’ scene as some cancer patients were forced to get out of cars & walk through a majority of unmasked, angry crowds in order to make their appointments.
"There’s nobody with lower immune systems than people undergoing chemotherapy.”
He knew he'd be outnumbered, he wasn't surprised when he was spit on, shoved and shouted at, but one man in Kelowna says he just couldn't sit idly by while a thousand people protested COVID-19 vaccines and restrictions outside the hospital
Mark Donnelly, the man who has been singing the national anthem at Canucks home games since 2001, has been let go by the team due to his decision to sing O Canada at a rally in Vancouver protesting COVID-19 orders.
🧸 A Vancouver woman has her stolen teddy bear returned.
@GS_Harper
explains who found the precious memento and how the bear was reunited with its rightful owner.
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💥 🧨 The skies above Metro Vancouver are filled with Fireworks. What is it like in your neighbourhood? This is the view over East Vancouver.
#Halloween2020
#Vancouver
BREAKING: Starting Sept. 13, the province has announced that vaccine passports will be required in order to access non-essential businesses.
#BCpoli
#COVID19BC
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#KelownaBC
Security Guard Anmol Singh speaks with CityNews and
@OMNIpunjabi
after experiencing a racist tirade that is now under investigation by the RCMP.
🏥 Protecting hospitals being blocked by protesters. After thousands of people surrounded hospitals in B.C. to protest COVID safety measures, there are now calls for legal action to prevent this from happening again.
@AshleyBurr_
reports.
#BCpoli
While most of the rest of the country is bundling up in the snow and below freezing temperatures, cherry blossoms are now blooming in Coal Harbour in
#Vancouver
.
#BCwx
It’s a first in North America 🔥 Local fire departments are testing new technology with the goal of helping save the lives of those on the front-lines who battle the flames.
@VanFireRescue
@IAFF18
Getting married during a Pandemic 👰 🤵 A Pitt Meadows couple never imagined attendees of their wedding would watch the magical moment from their cars.
@AshleyBurr_
has the story.
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@BT_Vancouver
📸 🏔️ 🏙️ It is a stunning blue sky day across Metro Vancouver. Here are some snaps from our tower camera. Tweet your pictures to us!
1. The Lions on the North Shore
2. Mt. Baker in Washington state
3. Metrotown in Burnaby
VIDEO UPDATE: from
@HomicideTeam
— Six injured and one woman dead in North Vancouver stabbing. Sgt. Frank Jang on motive: "It is our job now to determine the why." Appealing for anyone who saw, heard, anything to call investigators ASAP. MORE:
❤️ Thanks to the quick work of some supportive nurses, a room at Abbotsford Regional Hospital was temporarily turned into a wedding chapel so a dying mother could watch her only child get married.
@FraserHealth
#AbbotsfordBC
Vancouver City Council has voted to not renew its funding grant for Vancouver Rape Relief, citing its non inclusive policy of ‘women only’.
@TomCityNews
finds out why the group refuses to change its ways.
🇨🇦 🇺🇸 B.C. Premier John Horgan is calling for the international border to stay closed until the U.S. gets control of COVID-19.
@CityNewsTravis
reports.
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🎓 Meet Govind Deol, a high school senior at L.A. Matheson in
#SurreyBC
. He has been awarded a very large and prestigious scholarship for his tireless work in and outside of class.
@NEWS1130
@BT_Vancouver
Let it snow! This is the view from our tower camera in
#Richmond
, above
#BCHwy99
. What is it like in your neighbourhood? Share your photos with us!
#BCStorm
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When
@ChesAllenPDX
took his dog out to go to the bathroom he saw something beautiful but strange in the sky. It's an event see across the west coast and now we know what caused it.
@DavidZuraCityTV
explains.
A day after Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau pledged to heavily tax house flippers, a Liberal candidate is under fire for selling his properties in a short timespan.
@KierJunos
and
@MartinMacMahon
report on the candidate’s rapid-fire home deals.
#CDNPoli
A more infectious variant of COVID-19 that could spread more easily in children has some parents and teachers saying it's the cue to do what they've been saying this whole time: strengthen school safety measures.
@KierJunos
reports on the emerging research on the new strain.
A local advocate says B.C. is not facing an overdose crisis, it’s a poisoning crisis. Karen Ward is a drug policy advocate who says changing our language about drug-related deaths is simple and can even help mitigate stigma.
FULL VIDEO: While some British Columbians have struggled with understanding COVID-19 pandemic protocols this holiday season, it turns out, so has the premier.
@LizaYuzda
has the story.
Students head back to class tomorrow in B.C., much to the dismay of parents and teachers who want the date pushed back and school safety measures strengthened. As
@KierJunos
reports, many people think the provincial government isn't listening.
One local eatery says they were starting to feel nervous after the city turned them down for an outdoor patio but now, they're grateful after the business next door stepped in to help where the city couldn't.
@DavidZuraCitytv
explains.
#Vancouver
A Yellow Cab driver has been suspended after a video was shared to social media. It shows the driver repeatedly checking his phone while behind the wheel.
@NEWS1130
South Asian elders and kids in a
#SurreyBC
park say a couple hurled racist insults and even threw garbage at them Wednesday afternoon.
@KierJunos
speaks with some of the victims.
St Paul’s in Vancouver has become the first hospital in Canada to use technology that will dramatically speed up the testing of Coronavirus cases.
@TomCityNews
finds out how it works and why it’s so important in the fight against COVID-19.
Local Indigenous women and families are wearing ribbon skirts to support a grade 5 student who was shamed by an educational assistant at her Saskatchewan school for wearing a piece of clothing that means a great deal to the Indigenous community.
It's Distracted Driving Awareness month in B.C., and
@VancouverPD
spent their day cracking down on people not paying attention behind the wheel.
#Vancouver
B.C. doctors are debunking concerns that the province's vaccination pass will leave many out. They say there are very few who truly can not be vaccinated, and the vast majority already are.
@LizaYuzda
reports.
A Federal Court judge ordered the Leaders’ Debates Commission to permit reporters from Rebel News Network to fully cover this week’s two official televised leaders’ debates
#Elxn44
Did you have a chance to check out the
#SuperWormMoon
this evening? Here is a photo of it as it rose over
#Burnaby
mountain tonight. Watch
#CityNews
at 11pm for more!
MDMA and psilocybin-assisted therapies may soon become options for Canadians battling mental illnesses.
@kierjunos
reports on the potential of psychedelic therapies.
UPDATED: Starting Friday, there will be random road checks to ensure people are not travelling outside their health authorities without a legitimate reason.
UPDATED: The Lytton Chinese History Museum has been completely destroyed. The owners say they are “devastated” as the building housed over 1600 artifacts, archives, and library books.
⚠️
@BCRCMP
now have a road-check in place on
#BCHwy3
in Manning Park as part of the province's latest efforts to limit non-essential travel in B.C.
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Family says Frank and Danse Williams were residential school survivors who endured years of trauma before they became a fixture on Commercial Drive, where some neighbours say you would never know their pain by the way they brightened up your day.
Jasman Sangha likes to say "Surrey made me, but Brampton raised me." Now, as the 22-year-old heads to Texas to play NCAA basketball, he hopes his success will inspire Punjabi youth in both of his hometowns.
Jagmeet Singh claims drug lobbyists met with government staff more than 680 times before changes that could reduce costs as much as 20 per cent were ‘indefinitely postponed.’
Out of frustration with the province’s refusal to allow movie theatres to reopen, a new marquee at the front of Vancouver’s
@RioTheatre
reads, “Screw the Arts. We’re a Sports Bar now.”
Acting Sergeant John Jasmins was stabbed while trying to break up a fight earlier this year. The
@deltapolice
officer is now back on his feet donating blood and he hopes you’ll do the same.
@DavidZuraCityTV
reports:
Amidst concerns over the international spread of COVID-19,
@TransLink
says they’re making sure everything is being cleaned daily.
@NEWS1130
@BT_Vancouver
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Canada’s prime minister says the government will not lift a ban on non-essential travel with the United States until the COVID-19 outbreak is under control not only here at home, but around the world.
🐶 After six days of anxiety, a Surrey family has been reunited with their stolen dog, all thanks to an anonymous text message.
@AshleyBurr_
has the story.
“This guy has literally been following me in circles for like 40 minutes.” Disturbing video of a woman’s walk through the streets of Vancouver as she’s followed by a stranger.
@AshleyBurr_
reports.
🌲 A massive cedar tree in North Vancouver is off the chopping block after community members rallied together to protest the removal.
@MirandaFatur
reports.
B.C. is making a major change to its mask mandate for indoor public spaces. Everyone in B.C. aged five and up will soon be required to wear face coverings in places such as malls, grocery stores, and libraries.
VIDEO UPDATED: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are on their way back to Canada after being detained in China for nearly three years.
A social media post from someone on the frontlines fighting the wildfires raging in B.C. has gone viral. In the post, Incident Commander Kyle Young is pleading for compassion instead of criticism as crews struggle through “the most challenging summer.”
B.C. has a new multi-millionaire and his name is Gary Hill. The semi-retired trucker from
#Kamloops
won June 22nd's Lotto Max Draw worth 35-million bucks.
🚑 Some good news for the Vancouver paramedic whose gear was stolen from her vehicle earlier this week — It has been recovered - and returned to her!
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New Zealand’s parliament has passed a bill legislating three bereavement days at full pay for both mother and father following a miscarriage.
@DavidZuraCityTV
explains.
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The 'Trans Am Totem' in False Creek is here to stay, thanks to a $250k donation from businessman Chip Wilson and his wife Shannon.
#Vancouver
@NEWS1130
Assault charges have been approved against an anti-gay street preacher after an altercation in the West End this past summer left a man in hospital with a broken leg.