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Vancouver car towing rates jump 22 per cent
Vision Vancouver councillors voted Tuesday to hike towing rates and release fees in the city by 22 per cent. The decision increases tow rates for vehicles up to 3,628 kg (most cars, trucks and vans) to...
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Vaughn Palmer: 'Quick wins' amounted to little for NDP
VICTORIA — When New Democrat Adrian Dix went to the police following the last election over the B.C. Liberal quick wins scandal, he believed he was handing over evidence that could shake the government...
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Three-time world champion Patrick Chan to open skating school in Vancouver
A change of scenery and a promising new business venture have lured Patrick Chan to Vancouver. The three-time world figure skating champion and his coach Kathy Johnson are building an arena in nearby...
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West side schools also at risk of closure, VSB report shows
West side schools will not be safe from expected closures even though most of them are full or nearly full, a new Vancouver School Board report states. That’s because, when officials tally enrolment...
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B.C. list details underfunding for cleanup after mines close
Teck, the coal and copper mining giant, is responsible for nearly 60 per cent of the $1.2-billion in underfunding for the cleanup of mines when they close in B.C., according to figures obtained by The...
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Costs for 420 marijuana protest pegged at $148,000
A review of costs associated with the 420 marijuana protest event last month showed that it cost the city nearly $150,000. A joint release from the city of Vancouver, the Vancouver park board and...
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Daphne Bramham: Let's raise the bar for new Canadians, not lower it
Welcome to Canada! Now, here’s what we expect. We expect you to at least have the intention of living here and not treat a Canadian passport as an insurance policy. We expect that your commitment to...
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White Rock knew years ago it had a firefighting water deficiency
White Rock officials were aware for nearly a decade that their water storage system was inadequate and could not meet the demand for fighting a sustained fire. Reports completed in 2009, 2012 and 2013...
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B.C. refugee groups angered by suggestion food bank usage 'cultural'
Local settlement groups are incensed by a suggestion by Canada’s immigration minister that Syrian refugees’ reliance on food banks is partly cultural, arguing that delayed and insufficient government...
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Video: A look at Vancouver cartoonist Doug Savage
The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival is taking place this weekend, May 21–22 2016 at the Roundhouse. From mainstream comics to webcomics, VanCAF (which is admission free) will include a wide variety of...
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Vaughn Palmer: Opposition hints at deeper meaning behind quick win scheme
VICTORIA — For the second day running, the New Democrats went fishing during question period Wednesday for something to further embarrass the B.C. Liberals over the latest legal developments in the...
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Trump hotel denied bid for cousin of Vegas nightclub
“There’s an old saying that what goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas.” That was the assurance from a representative of developer Joo Kim Tiah to Vancouver city councillors that a proposed nightclub at the...
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EgyptAir flight with 69 aboard disappears from radar over Mediterranean
An EgyptAir flight that was en route to Cairo from Paris disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, the company said in a tweet Wednesday night. In a tweet written in Arabic, EgyptAir said the...
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Commons erupts as opposition accuses Trudeau of elbowing NDP MP
OTTAWA — The House of Commons erupted in pandemonium Wednesday as opposition MPs angrily accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of “manhandling” the Conservative whip and elbowing a female NDP MP in the...
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First Nations vow to fight Trans Mountain despite NEB approval
The First Nation question — can aboriginal opponents stop Kinder Morgan’s $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — looms large after the project passed a major hurdle with approval Thursday...
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Ottawa approves Chinese firm Anbang’s $660-million stake in Vancouver’s...
The deal by China’s Anbang Insurance Group to pay around $660 million for a controlling stake in downtown Vancouver’s Bentall Centre was eye-catching for its dollar value, which triggered a federal...
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Horse-drawn controversy: Animal advocates call for ban on tourist carriages
Montreal’s temporary ban on horse-drawn carriages has some animal rights activists calling for Vancouver to follow suit, but those who care for the animals in Stanley Park say fears about cruelty are...
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Woman arrested after holding Delta probation officer hostage
A 49-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly pulling a knife on her probation officer and briefly holding her hostage. Police went to the Delta probation office in the 8200-block 120th Street on...
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Beatton Airport Road wildfire leaves a patchwork of damage
FORT ST. JOHN — A forest fire is not an even-handed force of nature. From the perspective of an Airbus 350 helicopter, the Beatton Airport Road fire emerges as a patchwork quilt, as diverse as farm...
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Vaughn Palmer: Health firing damage control continues unabated
As the B.C. legislature approached the scheduled adjournment of the spring session this week, Opposition MLA Adrian Dix had another go at challenging the botched handling of those firings in the B.C....
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