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Petition calls for sponsors of Vancouver vloggers to pull funding after...
Social media has come down hard on a local group of globe-trotting vloggers who are facing arrest warrants in the U.S. for allegedly straying off a marked path during a recent visit to Yellowstone...
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Video: NEB gives Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion conditional approval
But even with 1257 conditions attached to the approval, a spokesman for the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation says it will not give up the fight to kill the controversial project. Gordon Hoekstra reports.
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B.C. Mounties' cruisers robbed in Alberta hotel parking lot
AIRDRIE, Alta. – Thieves made off with ammunition and other items after breaking into the cruisers of two RCMP officers from British Columbia. The break-in took place in the parking lot of a hotel in...
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Metrotown residents fight to save their homes from demolition
Metrotown residents are calling on the city of Burnaby to declare an immediate moratorium on the demolition of rental apartments and to find homes for those who have been evicted, saying the move is...
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Washington man en route to Abbotsford arrested for attempted enticement of...
A 39-year-old Ferndale, Washington man was arrested on his way to the B.C. border early Friday as he tried to reach Abbotsford to have sex with a person he believed to be a 12-year-old girl, the U.S....
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B.C.'s Elaho Giant, a centuries-old Douglas fir, is dead
The life of an ancient colossus of the B.C. wilderness appears to be over. The Elaho Giant, a centuries-old Douglas fir growing in the Upper Elaho Valley, was caught in a wildfire last June. Although...
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Washington man arrested enroute to sex rendezvous with 12-year-old Abbotsford...
U.S. police have arrested a Ferndale man they allege was en route to what he thought was a sex rendezvous with a 12-year-old Abbotsford girl. The ‘girl’ was a undercover agent. U.S. Attorney Annette L....
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Police investigate stranger attack on woman in East Vancouver
Vancouver police are investigating an apparent stranger attack on a young woman Thursday morning in East Vancouver. Police said Friday that at about 4:30 a.m. an 18-year-old woman was walking along...
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Victoria increases police budget for monitoring tent city
Victoria police will receive a $113,000 budget increase to cover the costs of monitoring the tent city set up on the courthouse lawn. City council held a special meeting Friday and voted unanimously to...
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Video: What are the dangers of lead in drinking water?
SFU professor Bruce Lanphear talks about dangers of lead and other toxins in drinking water.
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Where has lead been found in B.C. schools?
A survey by The Vancouver Sun and results compiled by the province show that 17 of B.C.’s 60 school districts have found elevated lead levels in at least one water source. Here are some of the results:...
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Video: Amazing Isamu Yamamoto
Good things come in small packages, Isamu Yamamoto is no exception. This amazing 13 year old with only 5 years of experience can perform incredible skateboard tricks that most older more experience...
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As lead found in school water across B.C., province moves to annual testing
More than a quarter of B.C.’s school districts have found lead in drinking water that exceeds safe limits, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Test results have reached as high as 10 times the safe...
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A naked woman, two male suspects and a police standoff at a store on Robson...
Two men are in custody and a woman — who was found naked by police — is being treated in hospital following a bizarre standoff at a downtown Vancouver cellphone shop. Police were alerted Friday just...
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Testing just a first step to solving lead problems in B.C. schools' water
Annual testing of lead levels in B.C. schools is just the first step to saving possibly millions in health care costs down the road, according to a public health expert. A recent survey of B.C. schools...
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Kitsilano coast guard base boosts crew numbers for busy summer months
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver coast guard base reopened by the federal Liberal government is increasing its staffing levels during the summer months. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says starting this May long...
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B.C. man charged with bribing officer at U.S. border
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Authorities say a man from Nanaimo, B.C., tried to bribe his way out of trouble at the U.S. border with Canada. Charges say the man was caught crossing the border with marijuana and...
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B.C. now requires universities to have sexual assault policies
VICTORIA — British Columbia has become the second province in Canada to require post-secondary institutions to have policies to prevent and respond to sexual violence. The Sexual Violence and...
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Parental leave changes will further rich-poor divide: report
OTTAWA — New research shows Canada’s parental leave program leaves out two-fifths of mothers, many of them low-income, and points to a stark divide between families that are “parental-leave-rich” and...
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Activists paint stark picture of affordable housing in Downtown Eastside
Housing activists used paint brushes Saturday to illustrate their disappointment in a lack of welfare-rate housing in the Downtown Eastside. Protesters assembled for a “paint-in” on a lot at 58 W....
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