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Survivors of plane crash in B.C. mountains tell their harrowing story
Vern Hannah, Zbigniew Jedynakiewicz and a Polish tourist had intended to take a short sightseeing flight from Pitt Meadows to Pemberton in a vintage aircraft, part of an exercise to give Jedynakiewicz...
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Former Metro Vancouver gangster shot to death in Toronto
A former Metro Vancouver gangster was shot to death in Toronto Tuesday afternoon in a brazen attack that surprised even local police. Sukh Deo, 34, was inside a white Range Rover when two men started...
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REAL SCOOP: Former Metro Vancouver gangster Sukh Deo gunned down in Toronto hit
The Deo brothers have been known to police in Metro Vancouver for more than 15 years. The family used to have Bindy Johal as a neighbour in Queensborough. In 2005, the victim of a gang kidnapping was...
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REAL SCOOP: Murder victim Sukh Deo was facing drug charges in Ontario
The Toronto Police Services continued to be tight-lipped Wednesday about the murder the day before of a former Metro Vancouver gangster. But word of the death of Sukhvir Deo spread across the country...
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Gas shortage in B.C. Interior to last at least another 10 days: Suncor
Petro-Canada gas stations could be refuelling by the end of next week, the parent company said Wednesday. A problem at Suncor Energy’s Edmonton refinery that reduced gasoline production should be fixed...
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$120-million plan to turn Playland into 'world class theme park' heads back...
A $120-million, 10-year plan to turn East Vancouver’s Playland into a “world class theme park” could take a big step forward next week if Vancouver councillors OK cash for detailed design work and a...
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Mom of B.C. boy bit by dog says execution of canine not ideal, but no other...
The mom of a young boy who was bit by a dog in the northern community of Mackenzie said she doesn’t want to see the dog put down but believes they’ve been left with no other options. These are photos...
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Nurses, pharmacists can help in assisted dying: B.C. justice branch
VANCOUVER — When Dr. Ellen Wiebe performed her first assisted death of a new legal era on Tuesday, she did it without the help of a nurse. The Vancouver doctor, who has become a champion of the right...
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MEDICINE MATTERS: Skills surgeons need include athletic ability, hand-eye...
BY PAMELA FAYERMAN Spots in medical school or post-graduate specialty training programs are really hard to get. Those who screen applicants have to always be dreaming up new ways to select the cream of...
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The Province Cares: Little Charlie doing her best to help others despite her...
Little Charlie-Anne Ehlert has more than her share of health problems. Charlie was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 at just six months of age. It’s a terminal condition and she was...
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B.C. college official 'went way beyond mandate' by registering as a lobbyist
The president of a college in northern B.C. says he has no idea why the school’s interim executive director of communications quietly registered himself as a lobbyist last month given the government’s...
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Ian Mulgrew: Ivan Henry gets multimillion-dollar vindication
Seven years after his release from prison Ivan Henry finally received his vindication — $7.5 million worth. He arrived at B.C. Supreme Court on Aug. 31 last year accompanied by his family and a flock...
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Searchers scour remote area of B.C.'s Sunshine Coast for missing young man
VANCOUVER — A search is resuming for a person missing in the turbulent waters of the Malibu rapids northeast of Powell River. Sunshine Coast RCMP Const. Harrison Mohr says the young man fell into the...
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B.C. man admits leading cross-border drug-smuggling operation, knows 'how bad...
A B.C. man being sentenced in Seattle Friday for leading a major drug-smuggling ring says he’s turned his life around since the charges were laid against him in 2009. Sean Doak wants U.S. Federal Court...
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Universities get working on sex assault policies
UBC is out of the gate first following an edict from the province that post-secondary institutions have sexual misconduct policies in place by May 19 of next year. After complaints from students that...
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Daphne Bramham: Talk about sexual assault is good, but what will the premier...
Brava to Premier Christy Clark for speaking out about an attempted assault on her when she was only 13 and about other incidents of touching and groping when she was still a girl. “Our silence makes it...
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Man exposes himself to two women in Surrey
Surrey RCMP is asking the public to be aware of a man who exposed himself to two women in the Clayton Heights area of Surrey Thursday. Police said the first incident happened at 9 a.m. at 185th Street...
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Delta's missing $7 million eagle statue a tale of theft, suspicion and intrigue
No one was supposed to know about the decoy. Now, the secret is out. On Thursday, Ron Shore confirmed he was carrying with him a second, less-expensive eagle statue the night his $7-million golden...
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Butterfly species making comeback in B.C.
A butterfly species once thought to be lost from Canada is once again taking flight. Over the past few weeks 88 adult Taylor’s Checkerspot butterflies have emerged from their cocoons at the Greater...
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Coal industry conference confronts challenging economic conditions, public...
Invoking images of falling, drowning, and dying, presenters at the conference of the Coal Association of Canada this week in Vancouver did not ignore the challenges facing the coal industry, but...
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