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Run 4 Mercy ignores downpour to rein in funds for young women in dire need
ALDERGROVE — Before we discuss Saturday’s temptation to build another Ark, or those splashy, muddy trails and Sound of Music-like hills at Aldergrove Regional Park, let me just say, sincerely, thank...
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Crash victims steal vehicle of passing Kamloops driver who stopped to help
By Adam Williams Kamloops This Week A serious collision between two vehicles in Kamloops Friday afternoon turned into a manhunt after passengers from one of the wrecked vehicles stole the vehicle of a...
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B.C. government once again goes to court to shut down Victoria tent city
VICTORIA — The B.C. government will head back to court next week to try to evict the residents of a homeless camp at the Victoria courthouse. Housing Minister Rich Coleman said a fire inspection this...
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B.C.'s Nightingale, Lamb re-elected to Tories' national council at Vancouver...
The federal Conservative Party on Saturday re-elected two candidates from B.C. to the national council. Don Nightingale and Scott Lamb were among four candidates from this province running for two...
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‘It feels like murder': The devastating impact of fentanyl in B.C.
Opioid overdose will kill 800 people in B.C. this year if the death toll continues at its current rate. In the first three months of 2016, fentanyl was detected in half of 200 opioid-overdose deaths....
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Delta brews hit high note again as Four Winds wins beer of the year at...
Four Winds Brewing Co. has stormed the Canadian Brewing Awards for the second year running, winning the coveted Beer of the Year award at a ceremony in Richmond on Saturday night. The Delta-based,...
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Advocacy group vows to provide more housing for Vancouver's senior artists
By Glenda Luymes It began with the death of an artist in a basement suite in the suburbs. After learning of a colleague’s death far from the Vancouver arts community, actors Joy Coghill and Jane Heyman...
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The Tesla of go-karts arrives in B.C.
The fumes and the roar of what sounds like lawnmower motors on steroids are part of the nostalgia of go-karting. But from where I stand the air is fresh and the noise is much more futuristic; like the...
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Orphaned black bears saved by B.C. conservation officer to be tracked by GPS...
VANCOUVER — Two orphaned black bears whose lives were spared when a conservation officer refused to kill them are being prepared for release as early as mid-June after nearly a year of rehabilitation...
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Daphne Bramham: Fishing family helps keep Vancouver's waterfront heritage alive
This is one of the rare cities in the world where a fishing fleet and its fishermen remain a viable part of the community. This weekend was Harbour Days with fish barbecue by donation, a band and, on...
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Protesters undeterred by start of Site C dam construction
On the Peace River — Mark Meiers doesn’t shy from conflict. The hard-nosed, square-jawed Fort St. John area ranch owner points his six-metre-long jet boat towards a series of shoreline signs he’s never...
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Alleged attack highlights lack of protection for foreign farm workers
A worker on a south Surrey farm claims he was punched repeatedly in the head by a supervisor and then brushed off by his employer, police and the Mexican consulate when he complained. The details of...
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Drought hits hard, early on Vancouver Island
Cowichan River stewards are taking emergency measures to ration the water supply, calling it the new “worst year” for early drought conditions. Cowichan Lake, which feeds the river, is about 46 per...
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Encounters with monster plants
Not everything is cute and tiny in the plant world. Recently, I have had some memorable encounters with some of horticulture’s monster plants. Like Amorphophallus titanium, also known as the Titan...
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Police investigate after dog walker finds body in North Vancouver creek
Police are investigating a “suspicious death” after a body was found in North Vancouver Sunday. According to reports, a dog walker spotted the body in Lynn Creek near a train bridge west of the Second...
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Surrey man accused of running 'terror camp' near Mission
A Surrey man is accused of running a “terror camp” near Mission that’s plotting attacks in the Punjab, according to an India news report. An article published Monday in the Times of India cited a...
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UBC student embarks on star trek, discovers four exoplanets
When Michelle Kunimoto tosses her mortarboard into the sky Monday, perhaps it will spin toward the four planets she just discovered. Kunimoto, 22, should feel proud of the four years she spent at the...
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Daphne Bramham: Paraguayan children prove the power of music
A decade ago, it would have been inconceivable that a 10-year-old girl like Cinthia Servin would be playing a violin, let alone playing with an orchestra before sold-out crowds in Vancouver. It is...
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Mayors, province haggle over transit funding
Metro Vancouver mayors say they don’t understand why the B.C. Liberals have refused to pledge financial support to the region’s 10-year, $7.8-billion transportation plan, saying the move threatens to...
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Statue of golden eagle worth $6 million stolen during Delta robbery
It was, says Ron Shore, like something out of a movie scene. As day turned to night on Sunday, the unidentified thief chose a nondescript residential street in Ladner to make his move, badly injuring...
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