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Massive transit overhaul for Metro Vancouver gets green light
Metro Vancouver’s transportation funding stalemate ended Thursday with an agreement between three levels of government that will pour millions of dollars into capital funding for the first phase of the...
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Santa Ono open about his Christian faith
The new president of the University of B.C. is open about being a Christian, an Anglican to be precise. Church for Vancouver, a website headed by Flyn Ritchie, discovered some archived articles in...
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Video: Walking along Kitsilano Beach with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks about the housing crisis, marijuana legalization and oil sands pipeline with The Sun’s Ottawa correspondent Peter O’Neil.
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In the Garden: Plant gifts for dads who like to barbecue
Today is a special day for gardens and gardening across Canada as it is the start of the annual national three-day Garden Days event. The event has been organized by the Canadian Garden Council, with...
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Charges against teenaged Kamloops motorcyclist after high school prank falls...
Kamloops — School officials in Kamloops are not laughing about one student’s ill-advised prank. The superintendent of the Kamloops-Thompson School District says a youth rode his motorbike through the...
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Quotes from Bonnelle Strickling, philosopher-therapist (1941-2016)
Vancouver’s outspoken Bonnelle Strickling wore at least two hats — as a Langara College philosophy instructor and as a Jungian psychotherapist in private practice. She died this month due to illness,...
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New initiative aims to boost owner builder knowledge of home construction
The Province of British Columbia is introducing a new examination for owner builders as part of its ongoing program to improve the quality of owner-built homes and protect consumers. Owner builders...
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Rule changes in Ontario could spark disruption in Vancouver's hot real estate...
Metro Vancouver realtors will likely fall in line with major data sharing changes that have been forced on Toronto realtors in a competition ruling, Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board President Dan...
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Tunnel just one component of the $1.43-billion Evergreen Line SkyTrain project
The tunnel boring machine began its work in Port Moody in March 2014 on a 2.2-kilometre tunnel that ends in Coquitlam. Work continued with some interruptions for difficult soil conditions until its...
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West End real estate takes off on value of densification plan
Recently a developer approached the strata council of 1188 Cardero in the West End of Vancouver about buying the property. As part of the city’s West End plan, the site has been rezoned for a building...
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Evergreen tunnel's built, but WorkSafeBC fight continues
It was Dec. 2, 2014 and the temperature hovered around the freezing mark at the Port Moody construction site where crews were working on the Evergreen Line tunnel. Crane operator Julio Serrano was...
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Justin Trudeau preaches pot patience: 'We need to do this right' on legalization
Pot legalization activists who are frustrated that Canadians — especially youth — are still getting arrested and stuck with criminal records for simple possession need to be patient, says Prime...
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Lost memories reveal the extraordinary life of David Nixon
David Nixon’s extraordinary life has taken him from the Cold War tension of Southeast Asia to the armed conflicts of post-colonial Africa. But his memories of that life have been stolen from him twice:...
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Video: Justin Trudeau weighs in
Justin Trudeau weighs in on housing prices, foreign buyers, marijuana legalization and pipelines in an exclusive interview with The Vancouver Sun.
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Concept drawings released for new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver
As concept drawings are released for a brand-new St. Paul’s Hospital to be built just north of Vancouver’s Pacific Central Train Station, Paul Landry, a senior vice-president at Providence Health Care,...
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VSB set to announce schools for potential closure
The Vancouver School Board is set to announce a preliminary list of schools for possible closure on Monday. The district needs to close as many as 21 schools to balance its budget and to get its...
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Douglas Todd: 'Men’s work' often comes with high risk
“It’s Father’s Day / and everybody’s wounded.” — Leonard Cohen, from First We Take Manhattan When Leonard Cohen referred in his famous song to...
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Should British Columbians care about Brexit? Five things you should know
On Thursday, Britons head to the polls to decide whether the United Kingdom should leave the European Union. The world is watching amid fears of an economic slump and tension between European...
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Vancouver's largest garage sale shows swap culture is making a comeback
The patter of rain on the roof of the canvas tent is like a drumroll as Gisselle Vivanco pulls a shoebox from beneath a stack of clothes. Inside the box, a pair of mint-condition black L.A.M.B. heels....
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Surrey students plan city's first Pride Prom
About 100 LGBTQ high school students and their friends are expected Monday night at Surrey’s first-ever Pride Prom. Students and teachers in the Gender and Sexuality Alliance at Guildford Park...
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