Category Archives: CKNW

A whooping cough outbreak continues in the Lower Mainland, but the situation is much worse in Washington State – where an epidemic has been declared. Fraser Health Authority chief medical officer Dr. Paul Van Buynder says Washington officials haven’t been … Continue reading →

Business leaders from both New Westminster and Surrey are meeting later this month focusing their attention on a new Pattullo Bridge. Surrey Board of Trade CEO Anita Huberman says the bridge serves as a major business corridor between the two … Continue reading →

The trial for the teen accused of murdering Laura Szendrei has been pushed back.  The trial in Surrey provincial court will now start a week later – on Aug. 20 – for the case of the then-17-year-old accused of killing … Continue reading →

A coroner’s inquest into the death of a Kamloops man, shot by the RCMP at a gas station two years ago, is set to start Monday in that city.  50-year-old Wilbert Bartley was shot by plainclothes officers in July 2010. … Continue reading →

B.C. fire crews are working on two wildfires – the largest being northeast of LilLooet. Fire information officer Fiona Tollovsen says it measures about 12 hectares. “(It’s) not controlled, it’s still growing and it’s moving uphill. There are some structures … Continue reading →

Premier Christy Clark is off to on her second trade mission to Asia, promising good news, and more jobs for B.C. Over nine days, Clark will visit Japan, Korea and, for the first time for a B.C. premier, the Philippines. … Continue reading →

Two teenagers from Richmond are dead after a collision on Number 4 Road, south of Steveston Highway. RCMP Ins. Al Raimey says it happened at 3 a.m. “Police and fire rescue attended and found the four-door car that had failed … Continue reading →

A veteran officer with the New Westminster police has been placed on administrative duties after an altercation during an arrest. Police say they were called late last night to a disturbance call at an apartment in the 1000-block of 5th … Continue reading →

B.C.’s Missing Women Inquiry has heard more evidence of tunnel vision being a problem in the search for serial killer Robert Pickton during the late 1990s. Retired Vancouver police detective Mark Chernoff is backing up earlier testimony that fellow VPD … Continue reading →

The jury in the Rafferty murder trial has found Michael Rafferty guilty of abduction, rape, and 1st degree murder of 8-year-old Tori Stafford. Jurors delivered the verdict only a day after deliberations began. The conviction gives Rafferty an automatic life … Continue reading →

Two men have been convicted of murdering a Vancouver drug dealer with a hatchet. Babak Najafi-Chaghabouri and Charles Anthony Leslie killed Ronak Wagad in February 2009. Both men were charged with first-degree murder, but the judge found Leslie guilty of … Continue reading →

Things have gone from bad to worse for a Vancouver councillor who’s been afflicted with a serious infection for weeks. Andrea Reimer says in an email “she’s out of the office dealing with follow up treatment related to an illness … Continue reading →

The Minister of Environment is welcoming a big volunteer effort to tackle the clean up of tsunami debris along the west coast.  Terry Lake says while the government has a role to play, the effort from people along with various … Continue reading →

We already have activity on the wildfire front as crews battle a blaze just south of Fort St. John. Fire Information Officer Jill Chimko says gusting winds have the fire already pushing forty hectares in size. “We do have some … Continue reading →

Could motorcyclists in the city of Vancouver see lower parking prices? That question is up for discussion next week as city council debates a new staff report. Right now at most pay-by-phone meters, people who drive gas-powered bikes only pay … Continue reading →

It’s going to be another weekend of watching the water levels in the Okanagan… Dale Kronebusch with the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District says an evacuation alert will stay in-effect for 11 homes near Anarchist Mountain. But that’s not the only area … Continue reading →

A pair of serial fraudsters are facing more than 60 charges — after mounties busted a credit card theft ring. 37-year old Jason Scott White and 38-year old Tara Maria Zerr are accused of breaking into and stealing credit cards … Continue reading →

Vancouver’s horse-racing hero is coming home – for one day, at least. Mario Gutierrez, who rode I’ll Have Another to victory in the Kentucky Derby, will be on hand at Hastings Park Race Course Sunday afternoon to meet fans. “From … Continue reading →

As Japanese tsunami debris starts to wash ashore along the Pacific coast, a conservation group hopes to recruit volunteers to help in the effort. Jill Dwyer with the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup says the group has launched an online registry. … Continue reading →

The province’s announcement of plans to crack down on transit fare cheats seems to be having an early effect. Ever since the changes were introduced this week, transit police Insp. David Hansen says phone-boards have lit up with guilty fare … Continue reading →

A shocking development in the killing of 18-year old Jamie Kehoe. The Criminal Justice Branch has announced no charges will be laid in connection to his death. Kehoe’s throat was slashed after stepping in to break up a fight on a … Continue reading →

A trial date has been set for a convicted sex offender accused of causing the deaths of two teenage girls. Martin Tremblay will go to trial in March 2013 for criminal negligence causing death, obstruction of justice, and failing to … Continue reading →

A busy 11 hours for the Vancouver Fire Department. Between 3:40 p.m. and 2:15 a.m., firefighters were called to no fewer than five fires. “We feel that all the fires are unrelated in nature,” says fire captain Gabe Roder. “The … Continue reading →

More gang activity in the Lower Mainland – this time, a stabbing in Langley.   RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen says it happened in the 8200-block of 200 Street just before 6 a.m. “An adult male, age 37, was suffering from … Continue reading →

The RCMP are reaching out to the author of an email that contains information about the recent attacks on people connected to the Justice Institute of BC. So far, about 14 people with ties in the institute have been targeted … Continue reading →

The Vancouver police have laid out another batch of Stanley Cup riot charges. A dozen more charges have been approved against six more suspects in the June 15, 2011 chaos. They range in age from 19 to 33 years old, … Continue reading →

Lower Mainland night market season is back for another summer. First to open Friday night, the Summer Night Market on Richmond’s Vulcan Way, offering the classic Asian food stands and inexpensive souvenirs. Spokesperson Paul Cheung says, “For a lot of people that … Continue reading →

The Labour Relations Board has ruled a BC Nurses union effort to raid LPNs from the Hospital Employees Union can proceed. HEU spokesperson Mike Old says the board has ruled the requisite number of LPNs were signed up in six health authorities … Continue reading →

He’s still banned from running in 2014, but one-time NPA council candidate Francis Wong has finally filed his financial statements from last fall’s municipal election. Wong had been lambasted at last week’s Vancouver council meeting for failing to get them … Continue reading →

While B.C.’s transportation minister is promising “community consultations” in the wake of changes to the Coastal Ferry Act – at least one Gulf Islands leader says he already feels out of the loop. Quadra Island and Strathcona Regional District director … Continue reading →

CKNW is learning more about an incident at Port Moody’s Eagle Ridge Hospital over the weekend that saw three hospitalists fired. The nurses’ union claims they don’t know why the workers were terminated. Dr. Roy Morton of Fraser Health says … Continue reading →

The family of a 21-year-old man mowed down and killed in 2008 is set to finally get some closure Thursday. Forty-three-year-old Brent Parent was found guilty earlier this year of several charges, including criminal negligence causing death, in a case … Continue reading →

Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom has introduced legislation aimed at controlling costs at BC Ferries. Lekstrom says the bill is in response to a report by ferry commissioner Gordon Macatee earlier this year. “The amendments will also provide the ferry commissioner … Continue reading →

The BC Public School Employers Association has asked the Labour Relations Board to rule that teachers are illegally striking. BCPSEA CEO Hugh Finlayson says the teachers union is taking regular work and moving it under the umbrella of extra-curriculars. Finlayson … Continue reading →

The owner of a Langley mushroom farm where three workers died in 2008 has finally apologized to the families of the victims, and the two men who survived, but suffered permanent damage. No tears were shed by Ha Quan Truong … Continue reading →

  A group of angry Vancouver library workers staged a leaflet campaign outside the International Writers Festival (tonight), protesting an almost 500-thousand dollar operating budget cut. CUPE-391′s Alexandra Youngberg says the cuts will mostly affect reference services, “We’re the only … Continue reading →