Vancouver city staff work on strategy to address violent crime
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Vancouver city staff are now working on a strategy to address the spike in violent crime that’s been hampering the city.
Vancouver city staff are now working on a strategy to address the spike in violent crime that’s been hampering the city.
Public safety has become a major issue in recent months and was the subject of a marathon special city council meeting.
The original meeting took place April 28, but reconvened Tuesday evening to allow for more speakers to voice their concerns.
More than 60 passionate advocates spoke Tuesday alone, representing the views of residents, businesses and frontline workers.
One social worker described how she was recently accosted and spat on by a homeless woman at St. Paul’s Hospital.
Jennifer Foster said she was shaken, but also concerned where that woman might end up.
“I know hospitals, especially downtown, are often a revolving door for people who are homeless,” said Foster as she addressed council by phone.
Six suspects are facing a combined 30 charges after police say they busted a “violent” criminal network that was targeting luxury vehicles across the Greater Toronto Area and shipping them to Africa.
A fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday is drawing attention to the strict protocols that pilots, groundcrew and air traffic controllers follow to land planes safely.
Epcor says a chlorinelike smell or taste to Edmonton’s water is the natural result of treating spring runoff and that the water is still safe to drink.
Almost 13 years after the City of Calgary suffered its historic flood, six properties along the city’s Elbow River are now being sold.
Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an overnight shooting at a business in the city’s Cloverdale area.
Nearly 15,000 full-time equivalent positions will be cut in federal departments over the next three years, as part of the federal government’s plan to find $60 billion in savings by 2029.
Police in Timmins have released photos of an 18-year-old suspect wanted for shooting a man to death last November.
A crossing guard is being treated for serious injuries after he was struck by a vehicle during the morning commute in Barrhaven.
British Columbia’s river forecaster has rescinded the high streamflow advisories that covered southern parts of the province after heavy rains last week.
It’s an extra long March Break for some students in Nova Scotia following a spring snowfall.
Ontario to seize ownership of Toronto Island Airport lands and declare it is a special economic zone
Premier Doug Ford says the provincial government will be seizing ownership of city-owned lands at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport and declaring it a special economic zone, invoking new powers that will allow it to override environmental and other regulations.
Saskatchewan’s highest court has dismissed an appeal in the case of a years-long land dispute between the Village of Buena Vista and local landowners.
A participant in the 18th Annual Montreal Lake Walleye Derby is alleged to have violated derby rules over the weekend.