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Water's Edge: Small and cheap(er) seaside properties in Metro Vancouver
If you don’t mind the border crossing, the place you should buy oceanfront property near Vancouver is, of course, Point Roberts. There is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom, waterfront house for sale on the...
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REAL SCOOP: Van Kalkeren sentence to be handed down May 27
Hells Angel associate Kevin Van Kalkeren will learn later this month how much time he’ll serve for his role in a massive international cocaine importation scheme. His two-day sentencing hearing...
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Business leaders warn housing crunch will threaten business, tech industry
Before Luis Aguiar accepted a job at Vancouver Shipyards last fall, he was given a stark picture of what Metro Vancouver had to offer, including its scorching hot housing market. His prospective...
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Review: The Who delivers the hits in Rogers Arena visit
Roger Daltrey went on record last year calling The Who Hits 50! Tour the legendary English rock band’s long goodbye. Longer still after the band was forced to reschedule its original date when the...
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Screams for help on Vancouver's West Side draw police attention Thursday night
Vancouver police are investigating an incident which led to a man screaming for help and what appears to be evidence of injury – but not the man himself. Around 11 p.m. Thursday, calls to police from...
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Bellingham mall to accept dollar at par to lure cross-border Canadian shoppers
American retailers are hoping cross-border shopping incentives — such as offering discounts and accepting the Canadian dollar at par — will entice Canadians to make the journey south this May long...
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Hells Angels associate caught in reverse sting was "a bumbler," lawyer says
A Hells Angel associate convicted of trying to smuggle half a tonne of cocaine into Canada was “a bumbler” with no experience in dealing with cocaine, his lawyer said Friday. Ian Donaldson told a B.C....
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Thousands attend inaugural virtual reality expo in Vancouver
Your partner hands you a gun, and suddenly from all around in every direction, bandits pop out from saloons and second-floor balconies, guns a slinging, ready to take you out. This wild west showdown...
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Historic Vancouver house gets temporary reprieve from demolition
A historic Vancouver house has been given temporary heritage protection while the city determines whether it merits conservation. Built in 1922, the “Electric Model Home” has been vacant for three...
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Anti-pipeline activists paddle to protest Kinder Morgan expansion project
Paddling anti-pipeline activists formed a flotilla Saturday at the Kinder Morgan terminal in Burnaby. The protest was part of “Break Free from Fossil Fuels,” a global day of action co-ordinated in...
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Vancouver's 4/20 attracted more complaints than Halloween, Pride Parade and...
Last month’s 420 marijuana smoke-in at Sunset Beach sparked more complaints to Vancouver city hall than last year’s Pride Parade, Celebration of Light finale and Halloween combined. The Mayor and...
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Man injured in drive-by shooting in Surrey
Police in Surrey are investigating a targeted shooting after a man was shot multiple times at 75th Avenue and Scott Road. The injured man was found in a silver SUV riddled with bullet holes by police...
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Expo 86: When Vancouver wooed the world — 30 photos, 30 years later
World fairs come and they go. But few places have enjoyed — or endured — as much of a legacy as Vancouver has from its stint hosting the 1986 World Exposition. Expo 86 came at a time when B.C. was...
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Everest's greatest ever female climber works at a 7-Eleven
Mount Everest has revealed many secrets down the years. But among the annals of celebrated triumphs and glorious failures, one of the great Everest achievements has remained a mystery — until now....
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100 homeless as fire destroys White Rock apartment complex
White Rock resident Pat Watkins lost her home and has a husband in hospital with a broken leg due to a massive fire in downtown White Rock on Sunday. Watkins and husband Bruce evacuated their Ocean...
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Delta teen who fatally stabbed sister for stealing his rap music declared not...
A Delta teen who fatally stabbed his teenage sister and tried to kill his teenage cousin has been declared not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. The teen, who can only be identified by...
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White Rock water levels 'dangerously low' after huge fire
A massive fire that broke out in a condominium construction site in White Rock Sunday has led to a torrent of water problems for area residents. Fighting the flames had put such a demand on the small...
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Saltspring Islanders get mellow to save concert series
Call it the tempest in the Tree House. A drawn-out wrangle between three levels of government on Saltspring Island has forced the Tree House Cafe, a favourite patio venue in Ganges, to cut its annual...
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Tokyo connection keeps memories of the Vancouver Asahi baseball team alive
Yobun Shima was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, and lived in Tokyo for most of his life, working for a shipping company until he retired a decade ago. That’s when he started tracing his family’s...
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Wildfire prompts evacuation order in northeastern British Columbia
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — An evacuation order has been issued for residents in the vicinity of a wildfire in northeastern British Columbia. The 150-square-kilometre Beatton Airport Road fire is burning...
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