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From quiz kid to trivia king: Meet Vancouver's only full-time quizmaster
For many, binge-watching Netflix, YouTube and movies all day long seems like a dream. For Mike Whitaker, it’s a full-time gig and it has made him Vancouver’s trivia king. Whitaker, who is in his early...
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Cloverdale rodeo 2016
An old fashion Canadian outing that never gets old. Cloverdale rodeo is a reminder of kind and gentler bygone era.
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West Country Garden Tour: Trebah and Glendurgan
Trebah and Glendurgan are two of the most famous ravine gardens in Cornwall. We got to visit both on our way from Mullion Cove to Mawnan Smith where we checked in to our next hotel, Burdock Vean, named...
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ATVs, shotguns, parties and fatalities: 'Lawlessness abounds' at Stave Lake...
The first time Angela Ramos travelled Burma Road, she was shocked to see all the crosses. Ramos had never heard of the gravel road, or the mudflats to which it leads, until the rainy night in March...
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Little if any heroin left in Vancouver, all fentanyl: drug advocates
VANCOUVER — For Hugh Lampkin, fentanyl’s surge to all but replace heroin on the Vancouver drug scene calls to mind a curious image: a rainbow. “Traditionally, heroin comes in about four different...
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Vancouver-bound flight diverted in Hamburg for passenger's medical issue
VANCOUVER — Lufthansa officials say a Vancouver-bound flight from Munich was diverted to Hamburg after a passenger suffered a medical issue. Airline spokesman Michael Lamberty says flight LH476 was...
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Three dead after weekend car crashes in Surrey, Chilliwack
Emergency crews were kept busy over the May long weekend with a pair of fatal car crashes in the Fraser Valley. Three people were killed in two separate traffic accidents in the Lower Mainland Saturday...
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Explosions, fire rip through Saanich townhouse development
A loud explosion and fire, with flames reported to be 25 metres high, was reported in a new townhouse development in Saanich on Sunday evening. The fire was at 4009 Cedar Hill Road, just north of the...
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West Country Garden Tour: Heligan to Caerhay's
Our garden tour of Cornwall continued with a visited to The Lost Gardens of Heligan, near St. Austell. This is a garden that fell into neglect and was lost under overgrowth for decades until it was...
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Mostly quiet in Whistler on Victoria Day long weekend
Whistler RCMP had braced for a hectic Victoria Day long weekend, but the traditionally rowdy three-day period turned out to be quieter than anticipated. Sgt. Rob Knapton said the detachment had fewer...
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Demands for annual lead testing of B.C. school water fall short of Ontario law
B.C. is moving to an annual program that tests the safety of school drinking water, but it still falls short of a more aggressive law in place in Ontario. Education Minister Mike Bernier said he’s...
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Vietnam war refugees who fled small village reunite in Vancouver 40 years later
In 1978, when Alan Truong was 22, he left his small village in Vietnam in a nine-metre boat crowded with nearly 100 refugees. He was one of about two million Vietnamese boat people, as they came to be...
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B.C. woman aims to appear on Extreme Huntress reality show
Cassandra Oosterhof would like to make it two in a row for B.C. women. Oosterhof, of Chilliwack, is one of five B.C. women vying to become a finalist in the reality show Extreme Huntress, a contest won...
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Daphne Bramham: Attempts to bring B.C.'s child watchdog to heel have only...
The polite language of legislation — advocate, monitor, review, investigate — somewhat obscures the role of independent watchdogs. They poke, prod, provoke and shame. They are single-focused. They...
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Cloverdale Rodeo draws 100,000 people over four days
More than 100,000 people packed the Cloverdale Fairgrounds on the Victoria Day long weekend — the largest crowd in recent years for the long-running Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair. “It’s been a...
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IHIT withholding most murder victims' names in 2016
Ray Jopowicz had links to organized crime and spent years in a U.S. prison after being caught handing 43 kilograms of cocaine to a Canadian trucker in California. He was captured on wiretap setting up...
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IIO investigates Vancouver Island rollover
B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating after a motor vehicle rollover left two people injured on Vancouver Island on Sunday. The incident occurred just after 12:50 a.m. Sunday after West Shore RCMP...
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Extreme makeover: Volunteers renovate home for Aldergrove single mom
Monday was a very good day for Sarah Scarrow. The 47-year-old Aldergrove single mother, whose paycheque goes mostly toward paying her mortgage, arrived at her house at 5 p.m. Monday with her three...
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West Country Garden Tour: Tintagel to Padstow
In Tintagel, we hiked up to the ruins of the castle overlooking the rugged Cornish coast. On the way, we recounted the story of Tristan and Isolde, the story of the lovers that features Tintagel and...
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Harbour seals in Strait of Georgia healthier than Puget Sound
Levels of two “persistent organic pollutants” in harbour seals have declined dramatically over the decades, but remain considerably higher in Washington state’s Puget Sound than in southern B.C....
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