Elizabeth McSheffrey

The city alleges some of the recoating work was never done, with no caulking and penetrating sealer applied in all places it should have been.

Reviews of missing persons reports and exchanges with other law enforcement agencies have failed to turn up a name for the woman, Vancouver police said Tuesday.

British Columbia's public safety minister won't spill details on efforts to resolve an ongoing wine spat with Alberta, other than to confirm his staff are in direct talks with the prairie province.

The city alleges some of the recoating work was never done, with no caulking and penetrating sealer applied in all places it should have been. The rubber troughs — meant to protect the structural steel members from runoff, water and debris — “do not function as intended, in that they overrun and clog, and otherwise allow for unintended amounts of runoff to flow onto unintended locations,” it claims.

The victim, a 40-year-old newcomer to Canada, was standing near Davie and Thurlow streets around 3:45 p.m., when a stranger snatched the cane from his hands.

The union representing more than 9,000 rail workers across the country is raising concerns about safety following three freight train collisions in B.C. in less than two months.

Police seized 3.5 kilograms of cocaine, about $160,000 in cash, one vehicle, Hells Angels paraphernalia, and several firearms during the bust.

The Transportation Safety Board is now looking into two train derailments that happened in B.C. within two days. Both trains were operated by Canadian Pacific/Kansas City Railway. Kimberly Davidson reports

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Advocates and family members of Missing Women are calling on the RCMP to halt an application to destroy some 14,000 exhibits from the investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton. Grace Ke reports.