VANCOUVER — Efforts were progressing Sunday to remove the remaining globs of bunker oil that spilled into Vancouver's English Bay last week as the Coast Guard continued to answer criticism of how it responded to the situation.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at about 2 a.m. Monday (in the 10,000 block of Cornerbrook Crescent). Police say the cause of the fire is not yet known but officers are treating it as suspicious.
Balpreet Singh, spokesman for the World Sikh Organization of Canada, said the group is calling on Modi to address escalating attacks on minorities including Christians and Muslims in India. The group also wants the two governments to address attempts to marginalize Canadian Sikhs as extremists and denial of visas for Sikhs in Canada
VANCOUVER — Efforts were progressing Sunday to remove the remaining globs of oil that spilled into Vancouver's English Bay last week as the Coast Guard continued to answer criticism of how it responded to the situation.
PENTICTON, B.C. — A majority of the 12 jurors who on Saturday convicted John Ike Koopmans of two counts of second-degree murder believe he should serve consecutive prison sentences of at least 15 years.
VANCOUVER — Crews shifted focus on Saturday to cleaning the shoreline after the toxic spill in Vancouver's English Bay, as questions continued about whether the city's shuttered coast guard station could have meant a speedier response.