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Vancouver hopes to turn downtown parking stalls into daycare
Vancouver city staff are looking to turn part of an under-used downtown parking lot into a daycare. It may be an unconventional move, but one staff say makes sense in a city strapped for space and low...
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Cougar charges at hikers on Blackcomb Mountain trail
When the hair on her dog Dazy’s back stood up, Lauren Sampson figured there must be a bear nearby. It wasn’t enough to upset the Whistler resident and her friend Stacey Anderson, who were out for a...
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B.C. takes first step toward redevelopment of Riverview lands
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government is taking the first steps toward redeveloping the Riverview lands in Coquitlam. The Provincial Health Services Authority has issued a formal request seeking companies...
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B.C. Mountie surprised by settlement of her sexual harassment lawsuit
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Mountie whose sexual harassment lawsuit against the RCMP prompted similar cases across the country has reached an out-of court settlement with the force. Cpl. Catherine...
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DNA evidence doesn't prove accused is murderer, says his lawyer
A lawyer for one of two men accused of fatally shooting a man in the middle of a busy Vancouver street is challenging an assertion by the Crown that DNA evidence collected at the crime scene proves the...
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Reena Virk's convicted murderer, Kelly Ellard, denied day parole
In a prison visitation room with butterflies painted on the walls and brightly coloured children’s toys piled in a corner, convicted killer Kelly Ellard publicly admitted for the first time that she is...
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Vancouver students win more awards for discovering bacteria that destroys...
Two young Vancouver students who discovered bacteria capable of destroying plastics have been awarded five more prizes by The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The latest awards for...
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Former Kelowna resident describes terror of fleeing fire in Fort McMurray
A former B.C. resident living in Fort McMurray, whose parents had to flee their home during the 2003 firestorm in Kelowna, thought she was going to die as she tried to escape the flames Tuesday. “It...
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Sex assault trial begins of Richmond man accused of posing as modelling agent...
The Crown is alleging that a Richmond man posed as a modelling agent or model and manipulated a series of young women who were aspiring models into attending photo shoots where he then sexually...
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Surrey residents 'dumbfounded' by plan to rezone properties beside Green...
SURREY, B.C. — Keep your bulldozers away from our trees, City of Surrey. That was the message city council heard from speakers who voiced opposition at a public hearing this week concerning a city...
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REAL SCOOP: Shooting in East Vancouver late Tuesday
The Lower Mainland’s gang violence continues with a shooting in East Vancouver late Tuesday. Vancouver Police Sgt. Randy Fincham said one man was injured in the targeted shooting near Oxford and...
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REAL SCOOP: Anti-gang cops find suspected drug lab during White Rock search –...
Police remained on the scene Wednesday of a clandestine drug lab inside a rental home just half a block from the White Rock waterfront. The entire 800-block of Parker Street was behind police tape...
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Man charged in targeted Prince George shooting
A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with a targeted shooting in Prince George last Friday. RCMP said an adult male was found suffering from one gunshot wound in a parking lot at 12:20 a.m....
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Surrey RCMP find 500 firearms with expired registrations
Surrey RCMP is safeguarding 500 firearms and 3,000 rounds of ammunition after visiting licensed owners whose registrations for their prohibited and restricted guns expired more than a decade ago. Most...
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Smyth: Premier Clark hikes B.C.'s minimum wage, but the NDP wishes she hadn't
Premier Christy Clark is hiking B.C.’s minimum wage by 40 cents to $10.85 an hour starting Sept. 15, with another increase next year, pushing the minimum wage to a projected $11.25 in 2017. “We can...
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B.C. to boost minimum wage to $10.85 an hour
Victoria — Premier Christy Clark is pledging to raise B.C.’s minimum wage, saying she considers it a higher priority to help working British Columbians earn slightly more than to increase the welfare...
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Expo 86 memorabilia: Beer, visors and blow-up dolls
Vancouver – Expo 86 was crazy on big things. The world’s biggest hockey stick. The giant Canadian flag. The mammoth Swatch. Alas, you can’t take a 20-storey high hockey stick home in your carry-on...
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MEDICINE MATTERS: Unlike Ontario, no $6 million doctors in BC, but 180 who...
By PAMELA FAYERMAN Eric Hoskins, the Ontario health minister, dropped this eye-opener at a press conference a week or so ago: of the more than 500 doctors in that province who bill the provincial...
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B.C. to send social workers to Alberta to help Fort McMurray evacuees
British Columbia will soon begin sending social workers and health care workers to Alberta to help evacuees fleeing the Fort McMurray fire, Premier Christy Clark said Thursday. B.C. may not be able to...
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Lawyer defending teen accused in New West beating death points to conflicting...
A lawyer for the teen accused of killing Karim Meskine said his client should not be convicted of murder, in part because key Crown witnesses colluded and lied during their testimony. “If someone is...
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