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B.C. man's storybook Thailand trip ruined by horrific accident, $170,000...
Life had really turned around for David Connelly. At 40 years old, a long struggle with addiction and depression was finally behind him. He’d found a new job in Victoria. And he was ready to reconcile...
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Environmental group ramps up protection effort for western toads threatened...
The Wilderness Committee is seeking immediate protection for 700 hectares of forest land in the West Kootenay following a new video showing countless western toads — a species of concern — crawling...
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Metro call centre flooded with unprecedented volume of false 911 calls from...
B.C.’s main emergency call centre was flooded with an unprecedented volume of false 911 calls Tuesday night, as an “unfortunate glitch” redirected hundreds of calls from surprised Rogers customers to...
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Trudeau in lose-lose position on pipelines: UBC prof
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has put himself in a position where he can’t avoid a “massive” setback to his political standing in at least one of three provinces: B.C., Alberta and Quebec,...
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Nice weather, yes, but where can Vancouver's swimmers swim?
Despite having (arguably) the best weather in the country, Vancouver has fewer outdoor swimming pools than any other major city in Canada. That low water mark, along with long summer lineups, crowded...
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B.C. Boys Club Network takes steps to emphasize plight of Syrian refugees
About 200 boys from around the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley hit the seawall in West Vancouver on Tuesday to raise awareness of the plight of Syrian refugees. Coming from as far afield as...
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'It's a rippling effect': Home prices and sales soar in Metro Vancouver's...
The suburbs are hot. New sales figures show the heat of the housing market isn’t confined within Vancouver’s city limits, with suburban areas showing the largest increases in average home prices over...
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Brain tests should be as routine as blood work, researchers say
Simon Fraser University researchers developing a more accessible way to monitor brain health hope that a vital-sign brain test will eventually be as routine during a doctor’s checkup as taking a...
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SFU student named one of National Geographic's 2016 Emerging Explorers
A Simon Fraser University student who gained worldwide recognition in 2013 for her archaeological explorations for the Rising Star expedition near Johannesburg, South Africa has been named one of the...
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Ten students awarded full-ride UBC scholarships for overcoming challenges
Ten gifted students — including seven from B.C. — have been awarded full-ride scholarships from the University of B.C. for overcoming their own challenging circumstances in order to give back. The 10...
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Brace for more housing shortages, warns Vancouver real estate guru Bob Rennie
For more than a dozen years, Bob Rennie, Vancouver’s real estate guru, has annually taken the temperature of the city’s housing market and offered a numbers-numbing report to the Urban Development...
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B.C. has 'moral obligation' to develop LNG industry, says government advocate
VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark’s hand-picked advocate for liquefied natural gas says British Columbia has a “moral obligation” to develop the industry to save the lives of Chinese residents dying of...
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Province to spend $40 million to build new nursing homes, update older ones
A 10-year plan by Vancouver Coastal Health to add more seniors’ nursing home beds and upgrade older facilities was welcomed by care providers and the seniors’ advocate. The health authority announced...
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New VSB budget proposal saves about 30 jobs
About 30 jobs will be saved in Vancouver schools, according to a revised budget proposal released by the Vancouver school board after the education ministry’s announcement earlier this week that school...
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B.C. will require grizzly hunters to remove meat, predicts wildlife federation
B.C.’s largest hunting and fishing organization said Thursday it expects the province to require hunters to remove edible portions of a grizzly bear carcass. The regulation is already in place for...
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Douglas Todd: Time to end the honour system in B.C. property purchases
It’s time to end the “honour system” involving B.C. property purchases. Immigration and tax specialists say Metro Vancouver’s soaring house prices are being fuelled in part by people not telling the...
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New refugee centre opens its doors in Vancouver
Refugees arriving in Vancouver will spend their first weeks in a one-of-a-kind facility that brings many of the services they need under one roof when the new Welcome House opens its doors next week....
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As the whistles stop, New Westminster residents hope to get more sleep
For years, New Westminster residents have complained about the nighttime whistle-blowing of trains as they rumble through the Fraser River city. As the city grew more dense along the river and in...
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My perfect four-year-old watering system
Gardeners get their first real test of summer this weekend as temperatures soar into the high 20s (probably nearer to 30 inland) here in Greater Vancouver. It is a time to pay a little more attention...
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Dairy farm pinpointed as cause of nitrate pollution in Okanagan Valley watershed
After months claiming sources of nitrate pollution in an aquifer from which several hundred residents in the Okanagan Valley draw their drinking water were too difficult to pinpoint, Mary Polak’s...
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