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Teenage motorcyclist killed in collision with car in Coquitlam
A teenager is dead after his motorcycle collided with a car in the middle of a Coquitlam intersection this weekend. The 17-year-old biker was struck by a vehicle making a left turn at Pinetree Way and...
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Vaughn Palmer: NDP election strategy targets Liberal fundraising
VICTORIA — When the auditor-general last week cited the B.C. Liberals for a decade of regulatory neglect prior to the breach of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine, the New Democrats drew a...
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REAL SCOOP: Gang associate allegedly waved gun in Vancouver restaurant
Two gang associates with links to Alberta and Ontario are back in Vancouver Provincial Court this week after a disturbing incident at a Yaletown restaurant May 1. Vancouver Police were called after a...
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Water's Edge: Shapes, sizes and values of oceanfront condos revealed
Along Metro Vancouver’s tony waterfront, condominiums are no longer the poor man’s starter home. Many are now the rich man’s mansion, minus the grass and plus the concierge. There is a condo at the...
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Water's Edge: Park life and sulphur piles in Burrard Inlet, where homes...
For 15 minutes I pinball around the offices of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation — “People of the Inlet” — until a decision is made allowing me to launch my kayak from a small rocky beach next to the...
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Video: Comedians organize series of shows creating a dialogue around sexual...
Emma Cooper and Heather Jordan Ross are comedians who have organized a series of shows by comedians who are also survivors of rape in an effort to find new ways to talk about this taboo subject. After...
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What makes for a successful pot shop appeal in Vancouver?
Vancouver pot shops have won seven-for-10 at the city’s board of variance since March, having brought forward successful arguments for second cracks at marijuana business licenses. While it’s a tidal...
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REAL SCOOP: B.C. gang associate arrested again on gun and drug charges
It was August 2014 when the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit announced details of the arrest of United Nations gang associate Robert Cletus Traverse on a large rural property north of Dawson...
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First doctor permanently and forcibly thrown out of B.C. Medical Services...
Dr. Gustavo Jose Carvalho has been in trouble with legal and regulatory authorities for serious improprieties almost from the time he was licensed to practice medicine in B.C. in 1990. Now, after an...
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Tug-of-war competition raises awareness of impoverished B.C. kids
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson barely stood a chance Tuesday in an annual tug-of-war meant to raise awareness of childhood poverty. Pulling for Inner City Kids is an annual event that took place at...
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Vaughn Palmer: Liberals finally make real commitment to openness
VICTORIA — Call us curious, skeptical, even downright mistrustful of government. For whatever reasons, British Columbians are more likely than other Canadians to file a request under freedom of...
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Water's Edge: A fresh look at Vancouver's postcard locations
It is a calm sunny morning at Third Beach in Stanley Park and not even an introduced eastern grey squirrel is bouncing around for free peanuts. About the only thing stirring in the corner parking lot...
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Water's Edge: Fun facts on oceanfront park life in Metro Vancouver
You can skimboard at Jericho Beach, ride your bike along the Richmond dikes and hunt for crabs at Ambleside park in West Vancouver. How has Metro Vancouver done at keeping access to the ocean open to...
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Pete McMartin: Greenest city? Vancouver's conflicted relationship with trees
In December 2006, when a windstorm slammed into Vancouver on Hanukkah Eve, the public’s attention focused on the blow-down that felled hundreds of trees in Stanley Park. A much greater destruction...
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City issued $250 tickets to 78 Vancouver pot shops for violation
Bylaw inspectors have issued nearly $20,000 in violation tickets to Vancouver pot shops that do not meet the city’s regulatory scheme, according to the latest numbers from the city. While 28 shops...
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Vaughn Palmer: For de Jong, housing price solution lies in supply
VICTORIA — B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong lost no time this week discounting the latest report to blame Chinese buyers for fuelling the crisis in housing affordability in Metro Vancouver. “I do...
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Seniors in subsidized care homes to be surveyed on quality of life
On the heels of releasing a provincewide report on long-term care homes in British Columbia, B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie announced this week her office will now survey residents living in...
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NPA wants to know costs of shutting down pot shops
Vancouver city councillor Melissa De Genova wants city staff to report each month on its progress and the costs of shutting down non-compliant pot shops. Scores of marijuana dispensaries were ordered...
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TransLink to test new barriers to prevent bus driver assaults
A safety barrier used in New York City buses to protect drivers from assaults by unruly passengers is expected to be tested by TransLink this summer. TransLink officials say the barrier will come...
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Man in serious condition after east Vancouver shooting
Vancouver police continue to investigate a shooting in East Vancouver Wednesday afternoon that sent one man to hospital. Police said that at 3 p.m., officers were called after reports of gunfire near...
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