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Video: Orlando shooting shocks locals
Residents from Vancouver’s West End were moved to tears Sunday just hours after the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Dave “Davey” Decarlo, 62, got up Sunday morning planning on...
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TransLink uses 'defusers' to help bus drivers cope with tragic accidents,...
It could be an assault, a serious traffic accident, or even a suicide on a transit bus, but when his phone rings, Dave McKay knows there’s a bus driver out there in need of help. McKay is a front-line...
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NDP calls out B.C. government on real estate council reappointments
The B.C. NDP has slammed the government’s reappointment of two members to the board of the Real Estate Council of B.C. NDP housing critic David Eby called it a lost opportunity for change at a time...
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University of B.C. expected to appoint Santa Ono as new president
University of Cincinnati president Santa J. Ono is expected to be named the new president of the University of British Columbia on Monday. Ono checked into a downtown Vancouver hotel on Saturday. He...
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'It's pain. Confusion': Emotions run high at Vancouver vigil for Orlando victims
Before the crowds came, before candles were lit and flags held aloft, Chad Walters had a sombre task. He checked his mobile phone again, so many times he has lost count, to see if the city of Orlando...
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Burn Fund Centre helps survivors and their families
Recovering from any kind of injury is often challenging, but for burn survivors, the road to healing can be very long. It’s not just lasting physical scars that need great and ongoing care; so too do...
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'Border Security' TV show canned after federal watchdog finds privacy...
Canada’s border agency is pulling the plug on the controversial reality TV program “Border Security” after the federal privacy commissioner found the agency violated the rights of a construction worker...
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Smoking, drinking costs a fortune, men's health expert from UBC says
Men could make themselves richer and a lot healthier by cutting back on a few vices, says a report released Monday by the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation. Knowing the personal financial costs of...
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Majority of Canadians support granting residency to Iraq War resisters
Like much of the rest of the world, Rodney Watson has spent a lot of the last week thinking about the world’s most famous war resister. But Muhammad Ali’s televised memorial service Friday had...
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Challenging search in B.C.'s Jervis Inlet ends with recovery of teen's body
Sechelt — Operators of a Christian retreat say they are doing all they can for the family of a South Korean teenager who drowned while attending the camp north of Vancouver. A post on the website of...
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Housing a challenge for the elderly, says B.C. seniors' advocate
Half of all complaints to the Office of the Seniors’ Advocate in 2015 were about health care, including many concerns that seniors are released from hospital before adequate home supports are in place....
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B.C. community coroners get first raise in 12 years
VICTORIA — B.C.’s community coroners have received a raise of $7 an hour, their first pay increase since 2004. A cabinet order released late last week authorized the raise, which will bump the pay for...
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UBC's new president not scared off by governance crisis
The governance crisis faced by UBC over the past year did not scare off its new president, Santa Ono. In fact, it made him more interested in the university’s top job. “What has occurred here has...
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B.C. Mountie charged with theft after guns taken from evidence locker
LILLOOET, B.C. — A British Columbia Mountie has been charged with theft after guns and other items were allegedly taken from an evidence locker. A statement from the RCMP says an internal audit and...
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Daphne Bramham: Did SFU fumble reports of rape by male student?
A male student at Simon Fraser University is being investigated by police after three female students within the last six months reported being sexually assaulted by him. The student is no longer on...
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WorkSafe BC says film company at fault after Maze Runner star injured on set
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s work-safety agency says a film production company “failed” to ensure the safety of workers on the set of “Maze Runner: The Death Cure”’ when actor Dylan O’Brien was...
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Big names in philosophical theology in Vancouver from July 10 to 17
If you’re one of those people who are curious about cutting-edge philosophy and metaphysics, now is your chance to spend time with luminaries in the field, from July 10 to July 17th in Vancouver. The...
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IHIT called in after man shot dead in Burnaby
Homicide detectives have been called in to investigate a fatal shooting in Burnaby Monday night. RCMP were called out to the 3900-block of Forest Street after receiving reports about shots fired...
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Vancouver mayor in favour of vacancy tax on empty homes
Mayor Gregor Robertson wants to see a punitive tax on the thousands of empty homes that sit empty in Vancouver. The intent of the tax would be to encourage owners treating their homes like an...
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Women from rural Syria believe childbirth is their only role, specialist...
Female refugees arriving in Canada from Syria desperately need educating about their rights, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Syria’s second-largest city told a medical conference in Vancouver on...
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