Yasmine Ghania

Reporter

Yasmine Ghania is an Egyptian-Canadian reporter with CBC News, currently based in Vancouver. She covers the courts, sex crimes and more for local and national audiences. She previously reported in Ottawa, Toronto and all over Saskatchewan and was a finalist for a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Reach her at yasmine.ghania@cbc.ca

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2024 REPLAY

Property owner was fined over $11K by strata for installing heat pump

A Richmond, B.C., man who was fined more than $11,000 for installing a heat pump in his strata lot had the sum reduced in June by a tribunal, which said the case involved an invalid agreement, an improper meeting and bylaw violations.
2024 REPLAY

Property owner was fined over $11K by strata for installing heat pump

A Richmond, B.C., man who was fined more than $11,000 for installing a heat pump in his strata lot had the sum reduced in June by a tribunal, which said the case involved an invalid agreement, an improper meeting and bylaw violations.

Who can call themselves a chocolate master? Lindt trademark case shows it's complicated

Swiss chocolate giant Lindt is in a sticky trademark dispute with a Canadian chocolate shop.

Former B.C. youth support worker found guilty of sexually assaulting boy, 14, in government care

The worker was warned multiple times about the inappropriateness of his relationship with the teen, according to the decision from the B.C. Supreme Court.

Doctors call for more scurvy testing in B.C. in light of vitamin C deficiency data

Nearly 700 people in B.C. have been reported to have a vitamin C deficiency in the past decade, according to data obtained by CBC News, prompting doctors to raise questions about the prevalence of scurvy — a life-threatening disease thought to be a thing of the past — in the province.

Carjacking suspect who allegedly sped across B.C.-U.S. border illegally entered the States before

A man allegedly armed with a machete, accused of stealing a pickup truck, speeding through the B.C. side of the Peace Arch border and leading police on a wild chase last week also illegally entered the United States in 2020, CBC News has learned.

Alleged carjacker refused to stop at B.C.-U.S. border, leading to interstate highway chase: police

Authorities say an alleged carjacking on the B.C. side of the Peace Arch border led to a long police chase down a Washington state highway Thursday before the driver, who was found to have a machete, was arrested.

Public hearing called into police beating death of Myles Gray in Vancouver

B.C.'s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) will be holding a public hearing into how Vancouver police conducted themselves in relation to the death of 33-year-old Myles Gray in 2015.
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Taylor Swift gave Vancouver — and the world — what we needed

After five continents and about 150 concerts, the singer-songwriter performed her final show of the record-breaking Eras Tour Sunday night in Vancouver, admiring the passion and kindness fans have showed throughout the nearly two years of touring.

What the death of the 7-Eleven stabbing suspect in Vancouver means for the investigation

The investigation into a man who allegedly injured two people in a violent incident in Vancouver’s downtown Wednesday will be “limited,” according to police.