Unpublished Newswire
The recently retired director of B.C.’s independent police watchdog says people with substance use disorders and other health problems would be safer if they were put in a new kind of secure health care facility instead of a jail after they were arrested.Ronald MacDonald, the Independent Investigation Office’s former director, made this proposal in a report published last week on his final day on the job, in reference to a woman who died in the White Rock RCMP detachment after being locked up the entire 2016 Easter long weekend. He stated that Patricia Wilson’s death occurred largely...
May 16, 2024 - 18:59 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
A Naramata resident said one tree near his home wound up crashing down onto his deck five months five months after it was trimmed.
May 16, 2024 - 18:58 | Doyle Potenteau | Global News - Canada
There was laughter and tears at a Montreal press conference Thursday, following news that a new cultural centre for Black communities across Canada is to be opened in the city.
May 16, 2024 - 18:39 | Phil Carpenter | Global News - Canada
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old boy who died from blunt-force trauma in 2018 to 15 years in prison.
May 16, 2024 - 18:37 | Todd Coyne | CTV News - Canada
Some cities and towns across the West Island have already begun rebuilding and fixing their streets and sidewalks. But finding the funds to pay for it all is a looming challenge.
May 16, 2024 - 18:29 | Timothy Sargeant | Global News - Canada
On Sept. 27, 1981, at Rich Stadium in Buffalo, N.Y., rock photographer Dee Lippingwell took a blow to get her shot. She had been assigned to photograph the Rolling Stones, but all press photo opportunities were revoked because of bad weather. Without that media-only access, Ms. Lippingwell was just one of the reported 75,000 people packed sardine-tight in the crowd, albeit with Nikon in hand.The diminutive mother of two pressed her way through the rowdy throng but found herself at a poor vantage. “The stage was too high and I wasn’t back far enough, so each time Mick Jagger came to our...
May 16, 2024 - 18:23 | Brad Wheeler | The Globe and Mail
