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B.C. Hydro spent $17.5 million to not buy power
It cost B.C. Hydro $17.5 million last year to ask eight Independent Power Producers of biomass energy to turn off production because their power was not needed, a sizeable figure that B.C.’s energy...
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Grieving fiancée hopes wedding suit goes to a good home
Rene Bourgault was just a month away from getting married when he died in a rafting accident on the Kicking Horse River near Golden last summer. Now, eight months later, his fiancée has decided to give...
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Vancouver patio season warming up for the long summer
Unseasonably warm weather this week had Vancouver restaurateurs scrambling to get their patios in top shape for sun seekers. At Displace Hashery in Kitsilano, staff prepared the restaurant’s 95-seater...
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Grants totalling $7M doled out to more than 300 B.C. artists and arts groups
A total of $7 million is being doled out to more than 300 artists and arts groups by the B.C. government. The B.C. Arts Council announced Saturday that following its most recent round of adjudications,...
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Globe-trotting North Vancouver Grade 5 teacher to set sail on National...
It’s hard to top teacher Kristen Gill’s stories of what she did on her summer holidays. In the parking lot at North Vancouver’s Montroyal Elementary is her heavily-modified Toyota FJ, which has taken...
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Police look for links between sex offender and UBC assaults
Police say they will be looking into any links between a convicted sex offender arrested Saturday at UBC and sexual assault cases on the Point Grey campus. Jason Anthony White, 45, was arrested at a...
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‘I’m just the messenger’: Meet the personal secretary for some of the poorest...
VANCOUVER — Andy Mori works the evening shift behind a horseshoe-shaped counter at the Carnegie Community Centre in the Downtown Eastside. His job is to direct visitors, be a sounding board for patrons...
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More Metro Vancouver seniors facing homelessness in their golden years
When Mark Bennett moved into the Lookout Society’s homeless shelter, he was relatively lucky. Being in a wheelchair, he got his own room and could keep his 13-year-old German shepherd Nova by his side....
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My room with a view
My room with a view A lot of people design their garden from inside their home looking out of a window. And I think it is a great idea because that is very often the best way to view the garden . . ....
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Photos: Snapshots of the #NewVancouverSun
It’s no big secret The Vancouver Sun has rebranded. From the print product to the digital offerings, we’ve undergone a major facelift. We took to social media to ask readers how they were enjoying...
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Delays and interference plague ministerial email records
VICTORIA — B.C. cabinet ministers will no longer be able to delay the release of public records through deliberate stalling or inaction, as part of changes coming to the province’s Freedom of...
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Pilot walks away from crash landing near Abbotsford Airport
A pilot walked away from a crash landing Sunday near the Abbotsford Airport with no serious injury. A small aircraft made a hard emergency landing about four nautical miles north of the airport late in...
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B.C. real estate council issues licence conditions for Vancouver-area firm
The Real Estate Council of British Columbia has issued licence conditions to a Vancouver-area brokerage under investigation for alleged violations of the province’s real estate regulations. The council...
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Burrowing owls released on First Nations reserve
Six chubby little burrowing owls were welcomed into the wild this weekend with drumming, singing and prayer as the Upper Nicola Band hosted its first reintroduction of the endangered birds. Under sunny...
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PavCo's old boss hired to lobby her old company
Former B.C. Pavilion Corporation boss Dana Hayden has registered to lobby PavCo and three B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers to sell land near B.C. Place Stadium to a Vancouver condo developer. According...
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McKenna to B.C.: Great job on climate, don't rest on laurels
OTTAWA – Canada needs the B.C. government, which is hedging on whether to follow an expert panel’s recommendation to hike carbon taxes in 2018, to remain a climate action leader, says federal...
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Vancouver Art Gallery Auction raises $1.2 million
Jeff Wall’s The Pine on the Corner fetched $275,000, $105,000 more than its appraisal, at the Vancouver Art Gallery Auction on Saturday at the Fairmont Pacific Rim. Contributing to the $1.2 million...
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BC Hydro borrows millions more to pay government dividend
VICTORIA — BC Hydro is borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars to meet the provincial government’s demands for an annual dividend. The Crown power corporation owes around $852 million to the...
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Busting Airbnb rentals a tricky process for Metro Vancouver cities
Some bylaws are pretty easily enforced. Spotted drinking, smoking or spitting in public? You can be busted on the spot. Suspected of renting your home on short-term rental service Airbnb? It could take...
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'It could have been anybody': Trial begins for youth accused of murder near...
Karim Meskine was devoted to three things: family, religion and soccer. On the evening of Dec. 17, 2013, the 18-year-old had a job interview, after which he planned to go to soccer practice. He was...
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