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Seniors want to keep working in 'unretirement'
A few times a week, 66-year-old retiree Ditmar Rufenach spiffs himself up, dons an orange apron and lives out a little fantasy: he works at Home Depot. Rufenach is part of a growing number of seniors...
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Video: Cam Wake's message rings loud and clear
Former BC Lion, current Miami Dolphins star linebacker, plans to tell Orange Helmet awards crowd that his secret to success is simply about hard work and dedication.
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Video: Celebration of Light featuring Netherlands, Australia and United States
Vancouver’s spectacular fireworks festival is returning for a 26th year at English Bay. This year’s participants are July 23rd, Royal Fireworks representing Netherlands, July 27th, representing...
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A look at Anime Revolution's first White Day with Tokimeki Maid Cafe at Ki...
repost from March 19, 2016: Anime Revolution, a popular anime convention with a maid cafe (Tokimeki Maid Cafe) in Vancouver, celebrated their first White Day, and I got invited to enjoy this romantic...
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BCSC investigates secret stock accounts in Panama
Panama, the country under the spotlight for harbouring offshore tax havens, is also home to secret stock-trading accounts held by British Columbians under investigation by the B.C. Securities...
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BCTF urges province to test school water for lead
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is urging the provincial government to ensure schools have safe drinking water. There is concern about lead in school drinking water — a teacher in Kitimat had water...
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Guilty pleas in Chilliwack hit-and-run case
A Chilliwack man has pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with a hit-and-run that injured a pedestrian last year. Gerard Nikolayevich Barten, who is in his early 20s, entered the pleas on...
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More cameras and police resources to combat Surrey gun violence
Surrey will get 75 new street cameras and policing resources from around the Lower Mainland to combat rampant gun violence that’s resulted in 32 shootings so far this year. And Surrey RCMP will now be...
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Man pleads guilty in shooting outside Maple Ridge pub
A Maple Ridge man has pleaded guilty to one criminal offence in connection with a shooting that took place outside of a pub two years ago. William Cody McKenna appeared in B.C. Supreme Court on...
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VSB releases revised budget proposal
The Vancouver school board has updated its budget proposal for next year after the government announced a boost in funding earlier this week. The new funding, plus another annex that will close, mean...
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Elderly Vancouver woman victim of attempted home invasion
Vancouver police are investigating an attempted home invasion Thursday night at the home of an 86-year-old woman. Police said that shortly before 10 p.m., the woman was dropped off at her home near...
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BCTF urges changes to grad requirements
Teachers would like to students in B.C. to start learning French in kindergarten, to take fine arts and applied skills right up to Grade 11 or 12 and get age-appropriate sexual health education from...
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West End condo tower facade designed to be 'ephemeral'
Reflective shingles on the facade of a proposed new residential tower on the West Georgia corridor are intended to make the building as ephemeral as possible, according to the Japanese architect who...
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Boom-time for residents, businesses in Hollywood North
Alison Bridger has rented out her house in the burgeoning film and television industry in Metro Vancouver. Langley Township’s Hilltop Diner proclaims itself as “home of the famous pies.” But in recent...
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Shaw service disrupted in Surrey due to damaged fibre connection
In the true definition of first world problems, many Shaw customers in Surrey have been without Internet, cable television and home phone service since the early morning hours of Saturday. Those left...
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Archbishop of Canterbury discovers his real father was Winston Churchill's...
The Daily Telegraph By Charles Moore and Gordon Rayner The Archbishop of Canterbury has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Sir Winston Churchill’s last private secretary after taking a DNA test...
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The biggest cheerleading and dance competition outside of the USA
The 10th Annual Sea to Sky International Cheerleading & Dance Championship will once again unite thousands of cheerleaders from the USA & Canada.
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Vancouver filmmaker captures historical, 'emotional character' of abandoned...
Corbie Fieldwalker is watching Vancouver crumble through the lens of a digital camera. While on a stroll last July, the filmmaker and a friend stumbled upon a house left to rot in Point Grey, a...
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Firefighters battle wildfire west of Quesnel
B.C. firefighters are battling a wildfire that broke out Friday west of Quesnel. Seventy-five firefighters with B.C.’s Wildfire Service are attacking the blaze, located about five kilometres northwest...
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LNG and Site C: The B.C. NDP's labour problem
EMBARGOED UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING They are the two biggest megaprojects in B.C. — one in the public sector and one in the private sector. B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam, under construction on the Peace River...
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