Ashley Joannou
About Ashley Joannou
Reporter with The Canadian Press
Yukon First Nation declares state of emergency over opioid crisis
A small Yukon First Nation says it's dealing with an "opioid emergency" that is terrorizing citizens and families with violence, crime, overdoses and death.
Creative ways should be used to fight hate as reports double during pandemic: BC rights commissioner
British Columbia should have been able to anticipate a spike in hate to some degree during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to protect the people who became targets, the provincial human rights commissioner says.
Pink sea urchins are inching into shallower B.C. waters as climate changes
Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower waters, in what researchers say is an indication of how rapidly climate change is affecting ocean life.
B.C. bus crash probe to examine previous crash and icy road
British Columbia's transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another involving the same operator days earlier.
B.C. Christmas Eve bus crash kills father with young family in India and three others
Truck driver Kalwinder Singh says he knows the Okanagan Connector well, and regards the British Columbia highway as among the worst roads in North America.
Urinal mats, blow up toys still wash up on B.C. shores after 2021 spill
When Jill Laviolette started picking debris off Cape Palmerston beach on Vancouver Island following the container spill from the MV Zim Kingston freighter, the inflatable dinosaur and unicorn toys she pulled from the sand looked nearly pristine.
Afro-Indigenous woman wins $150,000 in human rights discrimination case
An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency.
Vancouver city council springs for more police, mental-health nurses
Vancouver City Council approved up to $16 million for 100 new police and 100 mental-health nurses on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, part of the campaign platform of newly elected Mayor Ken Sim.
B.C. NDP candidate booted from leader's race; David Eby to become premier
One of two candidates running for the British Columbia NDP leadership has been disqualified, clearing the way for former attorney general David Eby to become premier of the province.