Big numbers are being reported for B-C's cruise industry. The Port of Vancouver says its final cruise ship of the 2023 season is setting sail today.
It says the 2023 cruise season in Vancouver has been the port's biggest season on record, with an estimated 1.25-million passengers this year.
It says that marked a 54 per cent increase in the number of visitors in 2022.
The port says 332 ships docked between April and October this year.
On June 18, Hardeep Singh Nijjar phoned his eldest son for the last time, to say he was on his way home for dinner. Nijjar is now at the heart of a diplomatic crisis between India and Canada, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that intelligence services were investigating "credible" information about "a potential link" between India's government and the killing.
Police in Vancouver say a woman is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a park ranger who was working in the city's Oppenheimer Park. They say the 39-year-old was arrested yesterday morning.
New Westminster Police are seeking witnesses after a person was assaulted by a group of young people onboard a bus. Police say the victim suffered minor injuries from the incident, which happened around 6:30 p-m Sunday.
Canada is helping to finance two new nuclear reactors in Romania, which that country's energy minister says will help diminish Russia's ability to use its energy exports as a weapon. Canadian Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson signed the $3-billion deal with his Romanian counterpart, Sebastian Burduja, in Ottawa today.
British Columbia's attorney general says the community is reeling over news that the Canadian government is investigating a link between the shooting death of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the government of India, although insiders say it's not a surprise. Niki Sharma says the link is shocking and every B.C. resident has the freedom to express their political views without the threat of violence and harm.
Vancouver police say 15 people have been charged with mischief for riot-like violence when a headline performer suddenly pulled out of a music festival at the P-N-E last summer. Police say the resulting mayhem and property destruction caused an estimated 300-thousand dollars damage at the P-N-E amphitheatre and in the surrounding neighbourhood.