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New tests show no marijuana in Colorado town's water
DENVER — Authorities said Saturday that new tests show there is no evidence of a marijuana chemical in a Colorado community’s tap water and they believe the initial tests were false. Warnings not to...
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REAL SCOOP: Man seriously injured in Abbotsford shooting early Saturday
Abbotsford Police are investigating a shooting that left a young man in hospital with serious injuries. Const. Ian MacDonald said that about 2:10 a.m. Saturday Abbotsford Police “received several 911...
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Discovering Coquitlam's inspiring garden
What a pleasant surprise it was this week to stumble across the Inspiration Garden in central Coquitlam while bike riding with my grandchildren. The garden is located in the centre of the municipality,...
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Chinese immigrant advocate Lilian To honoured with street moniker
Lilian To once left a family vacation in Los Angeles in order to fly back to Vancouver to attend a one-day S.U.C.C.E.S.S. board meeting. “And then flew back to join us at the parade, where the...
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B.C. must pay injured U.S. youth $2.2 million after lamp post fall
VICTORIA — The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the B.C. government to pay $2.2 million in damages to a young Phoenix man who was severely injured when he climbed onto a wall overlooking Victoria’s Inner...
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'Disordered eating' rates troubling among young lesbians, bisexuals, gays: study
VANCOUVER — Gay, lesbian and bisexual youth are continuing to purge, fast or take diet pills to lose weight while rates for such behaviour among heterosexual youth have decreased, a University of...
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Man in hospital after Abbotsford shooting
Police in Abbotsford are investigating a shooting that put one man in hospital early Saturday. Around 2 a.m., several people called 911 calls reporting gunshots and a car accident near Blue Jay Street...
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Mounties search for owner of capsized boat in Richmond
Mounties in Richmond are searching for the owner of a capsized boat located Friday night by the Canadian Coast Guard in Richmond. RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Annie Linteau says the three-metre boat with the...
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Downtown Eastside tent city feeds a need with field kitchen
Tent city protesters on the Downtown Eastside are planning to set up a sanitary field kitchen in order to feed their community in the weeks and months to come. Friday afternoon Potluck Cafe Society...
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Obituary: Journalist Tom Gould worked for The Sun, headed CTV News
Prominent journalist Tom Gould, whose career spanned more than 50 years in the news industry including a stint as the Ottawa correspondent for The Vancouver Sun, has died at the age of 84. Gould, who...
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Boy, 11, missing at Yoho National Park after falling into river
FIELD, B.C. — Parks Canada is leading an extensive search for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who has been missing since falling into a river in southeastern British Columbia. Two boys fell into the Yoho...
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Girl, 12, missing from White Rock
White Rock RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding Hailey McClelland. The 12-year-old was last seen Friday afternoon, but not reported missing until Saturday at 4 p.m. She is described as...
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Two injured in Surrey shooting
Two people are in hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooting in Surrey Saturday night. Police were called to a report of shots fired in the 14300-block 90A Avenue at approximately 10:19 p.m. Police...
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Paddleboards race in Surrey to help teens and kids with mental illness
About 200 paddle boarders took to the waters off Crescent Beach in Surrey to raise money for a new mental health facility in the Fraser Valley. The inaugural Champion of the Crescent Stand Up Paddle...
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Pokemon Go inspiring love connections, building community in Vancouver
“Winnie from the SeaBus” is not a Pokemon, but for a Pokemon hunter name Murray, she tops his most-wanted list. After a pleasant Pokemon-hunting encounter, Winnie and Murray went their separate ways....
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Man dead after 'targeted attack' in Surrey
Cops are investigating a Saturday night shooting in Surrey that left one man dead and another in hospital. Police responded to a report of shots fired shortly after 10:15 p.m. Saturday night in the...
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The Tragically Hip plays to sold-out crowd in Vancouver
After the kickoff concert in Victoria, B.C., The Tragically Hip performed to another sold-out crowd at Rogers Arena. The Man Machine Poem Tour marks the band’s final tour after lead singer Gord Downie...
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Hair free for life isn’t impossible after all
You’d never know it by looking at her, but at one point in her life, Jennifer Desloges had a full beard. “It was terrible – I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror. I always wondered if people were...
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Free ride is over for Granville Island bike thieves
Thieves will be disappointed to hear officials are stepping up to put the brakes on out of control bike theft on Granville Island. The tourist hot spot and beloved haunt for many Vancouver residents...
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Speed of change among biggest fears in Grandview-Woodland
A few days before the City of Vancouver’s proposed new community plan for Grandview-Woodland was made public last month, the anxiety got to Kent Munro. “I was having sleepless nights,” the city’s...
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