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Protestors accuse Vancouver CBSA office of Islamophobia in handling cases of...
This story contains content that may be disturbing for some viewers. Asylum seekers from Egypt who’ve been living in Metro Vancouver for years, say one Canadian Border Services Agency agent has denied...
View ArticleAdvocate calls on B.C. to make rapid COVID-19 tests available for families...
B.C. Seniors Advocate is calling on the province to make COVID rapid tests more accessible, so people can test themselves before visiting their loved ones. Isobel Mackenzie says frail seniors living in...
View Article‘She would hug us’; Surrey family continues to mourn year after mother dies...
Nearly a year after a Surrey mother was killed saving her twin daughters by pushing them out of the path of a runaway delivery van, her family is still trying to piece together their lives. On Dec. 15,...
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Hope family who offered free food to motorists stranded by mudslides receives...
The family behind a small pizza business in Hope who offered stranded travellers and motorists free food during this month’s devastating floods has gotten a lot of help themselves, in the form of...
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‘They’ve lost everything’: Merritt family loses girl to crash days after...
There’s an outpouring of support for the family of a little girl who died in a car crash just days after she and her loved ones were forced to leave Merritt because of flooding in that city....
View ArticleFamily visits through robots? Researchers test new tech in B.C. long-term care
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — A team at UBC has come up with a way to allow friends and family to visit loved ones in care homes without stepping foot inside. The mobile Telepresence Robot project has been...
View ArticleAbbotsford pumpkin patch already ready for Halloween
ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) — Summer is officially over and fall is now here. For many, that means the days of playing in a pumpkin patch are fast approaching. Well in Abbotsford, those days are already...
View Article‘You can’t prepare’: UBC survey on stillbirth, neonatal death aims to help...
Editor’s note: This article is about stillbirth and neonatal loss, which can be a difficult subject for some readers. VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A national standard of care for parents grieving the loss...
View ArticleTrudeau promises to help B.C. achieve $10-a-day child care
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising federal money to help B.C. bring the cost of child care for parents down to $10 a day in the next five years. Trudeau made the...
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Lytton wildfire evacuees search for loved ones as many remain unaccounted for
MERRITT (NEWS 1130) – A number of people remain unaccounted for, after a wildfire forced the entire village of Lytton to evacuate Wednesday. Residents were forced to drop everything and leave at a...
View ArticleFuneral to be held Saturday for London, Ont. family killed in attack
LONDON, Ont. — Four members of a Muslim family killed in what police called a hate crime are set to be buried in London, Ont., Saturday. The public has been invited to help celebrate the lives of Talat...
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Missing Surrey man’s family frustrated by RCMP investigation, communication
DELTA (NEWS 1130) — Bernard Grempel has been missing for two weeks. His sister is worried the RCMP are not treating the case urgently enough, and that her brother’s mental health struggles may be the...
View ArticleSpoochies on the couch-a-field! What ‘familect’ does your household use?
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Have you ever noticed many families have words or terms only they understand? It’s something dubbed the “familect” — or family dialect. It’s being celebrated by the Telegraph,...
View ArticleFamily doctors say they can answer vaccine questions, after Trudeau...
Several family doctors and physician associations across Canada say they welcome questions from anyone concerned about second doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca or any other COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Eben...
View ArticleDrug Dynasty: new book looks at rise and fall of family behind OxyContin
Vancouver (NEWS 1130) – It’s a tale that starts with three brothers and ends with a public health crisis that we are still dealing with today. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty...
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Vancouver woman says she endured years of abuse, fears she’ll never see her...
Editor’s note: This article contains details of alleged abuse and may be disturbing to some readers VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A Vancouver woman who says she lived with years of physical and psychological...
View ArticleBritish Columbians with ties to India watch with concern as COVID cases spike
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – With India now reporting a global record for daily COVID-19 infections, some people on the Lower Mainland are raising concerns for family members still in that country. India is...
View ArticleChilliwack family searching to find perfect pup for daughter with limb...
CHILLIWACK (NEWS 1130) — A family in Chilliwack is looking for a unique pet, they hope will help teach their daughter that being different is something to be celebrated. Vanessa McLeod says her...
View ArticleVancouver company partly responsible for freeing massive freight blocking...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The ship that blocked one of the globe’s most important shipping routes has been moved, thanks in part to a Vancouver tugboat design company. RELATED: With ship now freed, a...
View ArticleMother of slain Indigenous man says RCMP watchdog report shows injustice she...
SASKATOON – The mother of an Indigenous man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm says a watchdog’s review shows the injustice she faced when she was racially discriminated against by RCMP. Debbie...
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