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B.C. backs down from charging welfare recipients methadone fee in face of...
VANCOUVER — Faced with a potential class-action lawsuit, the British Columbia government has ended its practice of deducting money from the welfare cheques of recovering addicts receiving treatment...
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Man dies after suffering medical distress on Grouse Grind
VANCOUVER — A man has died after collapsing on a popular trail on North Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain. North Vancouver RCMP Corp. Richard de Jong says it happened at around 8 p.m. Wednesday night. He...
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Nudists call for fewer clothed visitors at Vancouver's Wreck Beach
By Peter Goffin Canada’s clothing-optional beaches are at the centre of a turf battle between nude bathers and their clothed counterparts. Visitors to Wreck Beach in Vancouver and Hanlan’s Point in...
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Internet ban a punishment, Supreme Court rules
New technologies and apps pose such a new risk to children that retrospectively increasing the punishment for sexual predators was warranted, the Supreme Court of Canada says. In a seven-judge majority...
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Housing affordability: Why Burnaby and Vancouver are worlds apart
They may wear the same social democratic cloth and run left-leaning councils, but Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson have vastly different ideals when it comes to housing...
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B.C. winemaker arrested in China for allegedly smuggling icewine
An award-winning Canadian winemaker has been arrested in China for allegedly smuggling tens of millions of dollars’ worth of icewine into the country, Chinese media reported Thursday. John Chang,...
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Vancouver's Trump hotel tries again on pool bar, nightclub approval
A revised proposal for a pool bar and nightclub at the Trump hotel and tower is set to return to Vancouver city council next week. The hotel’s first application was turned down at one of the more...
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Brain freeze: Alleged drunk driver crashes ice cream truck into Surrey ditch
A man has been arrested and could be charged after allegedly driving an ice cream truck into a ditch while drunk in Surrey on Thursday. “It is extremely, extremely rare,” said Staff Sgt. Murray...
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Vaughn Palmer: Liberals begin pre-election transition into action figures
VICTORIA — New Democrat Spencer Chandra Herbert had been picking up signals for a while that a growing number of B.C. Liberals agreed with his call to explicitly recognize transgender rights in the...
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Homeless senior wants to die after being rescued from North Vancouver fire
It was a heroic tale of rescue and survival. Lilly Tufts, an 88-year-old woman stranded on the third-floor balcony of a burning North Vancouver apartment building, was carried to safety after...
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Missing Surrey kid found safe
Mounties in Surrey say they have found a 12-year-old boy, missing since Thursday afternoon after failing to return home in Surrey. RCMP say John Komagum, who left after an argument with his parents,...
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Vancouver Fireworks festival begins this weekend
Downtown Vancouver will be buzzing this weekend as sunny skies, the Tragically Hip concert, and the fireworks are sure to draw huge crowds. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the annual...
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Photos: Hundreds gather on Robson Street for Pokemon Go event
From a distance it looked like a street festival. There was music, balloons, and hundreds of people mingling shoulder to shoulder Thursday on Robson Street behind the Vancouver Art Gallery. They were...
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Traffic delays expected on Sea to Sky Highway this weekend
Drivers can expect traffic delays this weekend on the Sea to Sky Highway because of the Ironman Canada triathlon. B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation says there will be closures on Highway 99 between...
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REAL SCOOP: Long-time Hells Angel loses appeal; Clubhouse a Pokemon Go gym
There has been a lot of Hells Angels news this week involving both current members and past members. I reported on the sudden death of West Point member Bjorn Sylvest and the fact that former White...
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VPD's new mental health strategy draws praise
The Vancouver Police Department has released a mental health strategy that is being described as important, progressive and thoughtful by local organizations. “I really do want to commend the VPD for...
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Random acts of kindness 'non-stop' at softball championships in Surrey
The world can seem an unfriendly place, from the Republican convention floor in Cleveland to the sidewalks and promenades in Munich and Nice. What a contrast, then, to see people from 31 countries do...
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Tragically Hip review: Victoria embraces Canada's Poem-town heroes
The Tragically Hip July 22 | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (Victoria) VICTORIA — What will Canada do without Gord Downie? That was the question hanging in the air at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on...
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Stephen Hume: Sierra Club calls for a moratorium on old growth logging
High rates of logging old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island will lead to an ecological and economic collapse in a generation unless provincial government policy changes, warns a new Sierra Club...
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Ian Mulgrew: VPD attitude to information freedom needs to be triple-deleted
The lack of institutional respect for Freedom of Information legislation and the public’s right to know in this province is getting ridiculous. The triple-delete, don’t-commit-anything-to-writing...
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