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B.C. athletes chase Rio Olympics dreams
With less than 100 days until the Rio Olympics, The Province spoke with six B.C. athletes about their hopes for this summer, including a 2012 medallist returning for another go, teenagers who will...
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B.C. children's watchdog demands retraction from legislature Speaker
VICTORIA – B.C.’s child and youth watchdog is demanding the Speaker of the Legislature retract comments that she was in contempt of Parliament, as an ugly war of words between the two prominent figures...
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Insurer stops covering HIV prevention drug
Health insurer Pacific Blue Cross is no longer covering a controversial medication that can prevent the spread of HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS. Letters went out in late April to fewer than 10...
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Vancouver cops heavy-handed in takedown of motorcyclist, witness says
The owner of a motorcycle accessories store says Vancouver police were heavy-handed in their response to an alleged speeder who they aggressively took down in the back parking lot of his Fraser Street...
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Metro Vancouver gang killer wins chance for early parole
A man convicted of first-degree murder in a high-profile gang case has won the right to have a jury decide whether he should get early parole under the “faint hope” law. A jury found Simon Kwok Cheng...
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New online resource helps British Columbians find residential care for seniors
A new online resource that tracks the availability of nursing home beds in British Columbia shows more than 150 beds remain empty despite ongoing waiting lists for seniors. The website called...
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B.C. crews chase Fort St. John wildfire as it crosses border into Alberta
Fort St. John — Weather continues to be the main challenge for crews fighting a series of wildfires in northeastern B.C., including a large blaze that has crossed the provincial boundary into Alberta....
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Vancouver adds first permanent DC fast charge station for electric vehicles...
Vancouver’s first fast charge station for electric vehicles is expected to be eight to 10 times faster than charging at home. The new fast charger at Empire Fields on East Hastings by the Trans-Canada...
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REAL SCOOP: Police face tech obstacles in criminal cases
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson was in B.C. in late March speaking to the Vancouver Board of Trade, as well as the Vancouver Sun’s editorial board. One of the things he stressed was that police face real...
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Chinese-Canadians students bring charitable causes home
Vancouver — For Grade 9 student Tony Dai, the story started with a chance meeting during a volunteer stint at B.C. Children’s Hospital last year. “My big brother Bill and I, we started with helping...
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Daphne Bramham: A 'jewel' in need of polishing, Granville Island gets some...
In the Liberal Party of Canada’s darkest electoral days in British Columbia, there was always one triumph that loyalists could point to. Granville Island. Vancouver Centre MP Ron Basford was minister...
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Drones becoming 'a real threat' to B.C.'s whales, say tour operators
West coast whale watchers are worried drone operators are flying too close to orcas. With the season just beginning along the coast of B.C. and Washington, tour operators say untrained pilots put the...
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Third man charged in 2014 gang murder in Richmond
B.C.’s anti-gang agency announced charges Friday against a third suspect in the October 2014 targeted murder of Theoren Poitras in Richmond. Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special...
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Warm winds propel forest fires in northeast B.C., prompt expanded evacuation...
Weather continues to be the main challenge for crews fighting a series of wildfires in northeastern B.C., including a large blaze that has crossed the provincial boundary into Alberta. The Siphon Creek...
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Vaughn Palmer: Ujjal Dosanjh on his excommunication from NDP
VICTORIA — As former Premier Ujjal Dosanjh tells it in a just-published memoir, one of the biggest challenges he faced on taking office in early 2000 was his own New Democratic Party. The party and...
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Lombardo's Pizzeria returns to Expo 86 pricing
If you’re looking for great east side Italian pizza at a cheap price — 1986 cheap — Lombardo’s Pizzeria and Restaurant has a killer of a deal coming up. In tribute to Expo 86, which kicked off 30 years...
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Water's Edge: Paddling Metro Vancouver's scenic shores
One does not embark on a 10-day paddling trip without considering those who went before. First Nations plied these waters for millennia in dugout cedar canoes described by the Bill Reid Centre at Simon...
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Site C protesters to dismantle camp outside BC Hydro office
Opponents of a major hydroelectric dam project in northern British Columbia were packing up a protest camp outside BC Hydro’s Vancouver office. The decision came more than a week after the utility...
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Deeper and deeper into green-on-green
Green-on-green is the style of planting I am currently experimenting with in different parts of the garden. I feel it is going well. I have even started to buy green garden furniture – bench,...
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Fatal accidents drive home need for B.C. motorcycle safety awareness
A fatal accident in Richmond last week involving a motorcyclist didn’t deter a group of B.C. riders from taking part on in a group ride this Saturday for International Female Ride Day, but was a stark...
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