The council says wearing a niqab is a personal choice just like wearing a very short dress. "Niqab during citizenship does not undermine any Canadian, Western or Christian values," the council stated in the news release.
VANCOUVER — There was grief and outrage on the streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Saturday, as hundreds gathered to remember aboriginal women who have died or gone missing.
VANCOUVER — An avalanche warning is in effect for parts of British Columbia's south central interior, including the backcountry in South Columbia, Kootenay-Boundary, South Rockies and Lizard Range and Flathead regions.
VANCOUVER — A man who was convicted of killing three women and a teen girl in central British Columbia has filed an appeal.
Karyn L. Freedman, a philosophy professor at the University of Guelph in Ontario, received the prize for her book "One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery."
VANCOUVER — The coroners service has identified a man who died in Chilliwack, B.C., after Mounties used a conducted energy weapon.