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Terror trial outcome delights one expert, appals another
While driving his children to Florida on holiday from North Carolina’s Duke University, Professor Omid Safi pulled over Friday to celebrate the release of convicted Canada Day bombers John Nuttall and...
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Vaughn Palmer: Trudeau begins premier's 'get-to-yes' goal with Site C permits
VICTORIA — There was no overlooking the sense of relief among the B.C. Liberals this week at news that the federal government had green-lighted permits necessary for construction to proceed on the...
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Video: Davie Street Party
The Take back the streets for Pride Weekend in the heart of the Davie Street Village in Vancouver. Photos: Vancouver's Take back the streets for Pride Weekend street partyRevellers step out for Take...
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Foreign buyers rush to beat B.C. implementation of new tax
In January, Shinna Zhang and her husband moved to Metro Vancouver from London, England. They entered Canada on her husband’s work permit. Zhang, who didn’t want her husband’s name to be used because he...
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For aboriginals and people of colour, LGBTQ2 community not always a...
When activists marching with Black Lives Matter temporarily disrupted Toronto’s Pride parade earlier this summer, some of the people in Natasha Adsit’s life were furious. Acquaintances in Vancouver’s...
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3 dead, 1 hurt in shooting north of Seattle
MUKILTEO, Wash. — A gunman killed three and injured a fourth person early Saturday in a suburban Seattle home where young people had gathered, police said. The suspect was pulled over and arrested...
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Impact on RCMP unclear after entrapment ruling
VANCOUVER — It’s unclear what the impact on law enforcement will be in the wake of a landmark court decision that slammed the RCMP for investigative methods it used during an elaborate undercover...
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Guest of honour offers wise food for thought, Road Runners eat cake,...
Former UBC grad Nanci Guest has played a role in helping Olympians and even Canuck rookies perform at a high level by eating properly. Nanci Guest, the lead dietitian for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics,...
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Vancouver doctors use novel Chinese heart valve to save woman
At age 88, Johanna Eisenhuth had long felt her health declining and had to use every ounce of energy just to make it to the grocery store near her Victoria home. A leaky aortic valve was regurgitating...
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How to watch the spectacular Perseid meteor shower over B.C.
Every year in August the night sky is lit up by the Perseid meteor shower and this year promises a bigger show than usual. Those dazzling streaks of light aren’t literally shooting stars, obviously, so...
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Video: Disney fireworks display
Disney fireworks display a great start for long weekend.
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Artificial Reefs: A Canadian company perfects that sinking feeling
It began as a seemingly simple but grand scheme nearly 30 years ago. Take some old ships, scour their bilges of oil, remove physical and environmentally hazardous objects and then sink them. And then...
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Victoria police believe missing pregnant woman could be at risk of harm
Victoria police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing pregnant woman believed to be at risk of harm. Magdalena Botea is eight months pregnant. Her family and investigating officers are...
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Vernon wildfire: Evacuation order rescinded
The City of Vernon rescinded its evacuation order for residents of Adventure Bay Sunday morning after firefighters contained an aggressive wildfire east of the community. The fire started shortly after...
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Charlie's Tree in Surrey has fallen
A tree named after a World War I veteran fell onto Highway 1 in Surrey and caused a minor accident and traffic backup Saturday night. The 300 year-old Douglas Fir acquired the name ‘Charlie’s Tree’,...
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Justin Trudeau becomes first PM to march in Vancouver Pride Parade
Wearing a mint green shirt and loose white pants, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau coasted through a crush of fans and photographers at the start of Sunday’s Vancouver’s Pride Parade. Trudeau radiated an...
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More woe at East Vancouver's problem-plagued Regent Hotel
Residents of a problem-plagued single-room occupancy (SRO) building in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Sunday demanded the city take action to get the elevator fixed. The elevator at the Regent Hotel...
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5 things about Vancouver's 2016 Pride Parade
There was plenty of colour, and more than a few life lessons to experience at Sunday’s Pride Parade in Vancouver. 1. Pride in Sobriety: Brook Schmidt, of Kamloops BC is living in Surrey, where she is...
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High-risk sex offender on the move to Mission
A serial predator who has maintained a pattern of sexual offences against young girls is planning to live in Mission. B.C. Corrections issued a public notification on Sunday warning area residents to...
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Deadline looms for campers at Victoria's tent city
Campers anxious to move from tent city to new supportive housing units before an Aug. 8 deadline are still waiting to hear who will move, and when. Plans to start moving the campers from the Victoria...
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