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Sun's online database lets readers look up serious incidents at seniors' homes
B.C. residents can, for the first time, find out which publicly funded seniors homes have the highest number of serious incidents in their facilities, such as abuse and neglect, patients going missing,...
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Surrey RCMP station damaged by bullet
Even Surrey RCMP isn’t immune from recent gun violence. A bullet hole was found in the exterior of the RCMP’s Guildford Community Police Station at 10395 148th St. early Tuesday. “This morning a...
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Vancouver linked to Panamanian company at centre of global furor
The Panamanian company Mossack Fonseca, which is at the centre of a global furor over a massive document leak revealing how thousands of people and entities use offshore tax havens, had a foray into...
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Whistler Blackcomb announces 'largest and most exciting' investment in...
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. has announced plans for what it calls its largest and most exciting investment in the company’s history: a $345-million investment that includes a new lift, an indoor...
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Video: How a family of seven makes condo living work in Vancouver
Dad Adrian Crook explains how he makes his two-bedroom-plus-den condo work for a family with five kids.
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John Mramor: Baby steps turned into many kilometres
I look back to day one of our clinic where the clinic coordinator started us off on what seemed to be an arduous, never-ending journey, and wonder why I was so skeptical of myself. Now the journey is...
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B.C. care homes provide anti-depressants, antipsychotics to clients without...
New data from B.C.’s Seniors Advocate shows residents in the majority of care homes in the province are still being prescribed anti-depressants and anti-psychotics without having a diagnosis for those...
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Fall from grace: The Canucks went from heights to depths in four short years
The Canucks’ fall from grace has been as stunning as it has been swift. From President’s Trophy winners four years ago and a win away from being Stanley Cup champions five years ago, the team today has...
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Daphne Bramham: Panama Papers tell us only dummies pay taxes
Politicians, dictators, warlords, CEOs, celebrities and garden-variety rich people don’t pay taxes. Only dummies like me do. Aided and abetted by an army of lawyers, accountants, bankers and service...
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Drunken B.C. parents drop the gloves at kids hockey tourney
Osoyoos police say they are “dumbfounded” by the behaviour of hockey parents involved in a drunken brawl at a youth tournament Saturday. RCMP received a report April 2 about a large fight involving...
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A lively and local smartphone app
Canadians are among the top online users in the world at about 33 hours a month and, increasingly, smartphones are the digital device of choice rather than desktop computers and tablets. This trend in...
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Injecting common painkiller an alternative to heroin, Vancouver study finds
Offering a legal painkiller to chronic heroin addicts can help them stop using street drugs and reduce the crime that goes along with it, concludes a Vancouver-based study released Wednesday. The...
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The three-bedroom challenge
Space is in short supply in Matthew and Courtney Emerson’s two-bedroom Kitsilano condo. They would love to have a play area for their young son, office space for the adults, and room to grow if they...
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Vancouver pot activist taken into custody after seed give-away in Calgary
CALGARY — Vancouver marijuana activist Dana Larsen has been taken away by Calgary police after a rally and pot seed give-away at a city hotel. Larsen was in the city Wednesday with his “Overgrow...
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Josie the Bernese mountain dog saved from freezing pond thanks to B.C. Mounties
Josie was a pussycat throughout the whole ordeal, but things were pretty dicey — and icy — for a while there. A worried caller contacted Mounties in the Fraser Lake region of northern B.C. Thursday...
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Teachers and coaches crying foul with VSB's athletic coordinator on chopping...
Soccer coach Mike Allina is one of many voices crying foul over the Vancouver Board of Education’s proposal to cut its only athletic co-ordinator from the lineup, a game plan he calls “a disaster.”...
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Vander Zalm slams span plan, says twinning tunnel cheaper
Former premier Bill Vander Zalm has slammed the province’s planned replacement span for the George Massey Tunnel, saying a second tunnel would be cheaper than building a $3.5-billion bridge. “The...
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The Netherlands to lead off Vancouver's 2016 fireworks festival
The lineup of the 2016 Honda Celebration of Light was announced Thursday, with Royal Fireworks representing The Netherlands leading off the event on July 23. They will be followed by Howard’s...
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Weekend jail urged for drunk driver who hit elderly Squamish woman
A Pemberton man who pleaded guilty to a drunk-driving incident in which he collided with an elderly Squamish woman and then fled the scene should receive a short jail term to be served on weekends, his...
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Vancouver mayor's discretionary fund doubled in one year
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson dramatically expanded the use of his discretionary office fund last year, using it to hire former and future political staff members as consultants, give work to a...
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