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NDP: Refugee-help groups not receiving necessary money
Metro Vancouver is home to nearly 2,000 newly arrived Syrian refugees, but some of the community groups that could be helping them get settled are hamstrung by a lack of government funding, according...
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Vaughn Palmer: Expect Liberals to fill time on pre-election to-do lists
VICTORIA — When the B.C. legislature adjourned after the brief summer session, Speaker Linda Reid sent members off with best wishes for a safe trip home and expectations that the house will “see you in...
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Tugboat needed for massive west coast marine cleanup
What’s been billed as the biggest marine cleanup in Canadian history may not be completed unless a tugboat can be hired to haul an estimated 40 tonnes of marine debris from Vancouver Island to the...
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Vancouver leads the world in property value increases … again
Vancouver’s surge in house prices of 36 per cent over the past year was by far the highest in the world, but the new 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers is expected to slow the growth, according to a...
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B.C. mom Alison Azer's year without her kids: 'It's dark, really dark'
It was a year ago that Comox Valley mother Alison Azer said goodbye to her four children as they left on a court-sanctioned European vacation with their father. She hasn’t seen them since. “The amount...
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B.C. Corrections officers' union says jail violence on the rise again
The union representing B.C. Corrections officers says the latest death at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre is part of the escalating violence in the province’s jails. Dean Purdy, of the B.C....
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One seriously hurt in Coquihalla crash involving multiple vehicles
Update: British Columbia Highway 5 is now open to southbound traffic. A Drive BC tweet warned motorists to expect delays and asked them to obey traffic control personnel. The Coquihalla Highway was...
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The doctor is online, anytime — it's the freewheeling world of eHealth
On-demand telehealth is in growth mode in B.C. with a handful of businesses putting patients in video contact with a doctor over smartphones, home computers or in specially equipped consultation rooms....
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Vaughn Palmer: Hydro deferral 'rat' keeps getting bigger
VICTORIA — Five years ago this summer the then-auditor-general, John Doyle, waded into accounting swamps at B.C. Hydro and emerged with a horror story to frighten ratepayers and taxpayers alike....
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Vacant Vancouver home destroyed in suspicious fire
A vacant home was destroyed in a suspicious fire Saturday morning in Vancouver. The blaze on south Granville near 58th Avenue was called in at 5:48 a.m., said Battalion Chief Jim Booth. The boarded up...
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B.C. judge tosses search warrant for suspected marijuana grow operation
CAMPBELL RIVER — A Vancouver Island judge has tossed out a search warrant for a suspected marijuana grow operation, deriding the police information used to obtain the warrant as “thin gruel.” B.C....
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Canoe culture makes triumphant return to Musqueam Band after 30 years
It was 1985 the last time the Musqueam people watched a canoe carved freshly by one of their own launch onto the Mighty Fraser. That changed Saturday with a lively ceremony to send off a 36-foot cedar...
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Motorcyclist killed in collision with Alex Fraser Bridge barrier
Delta police are investigating the death of a motorcyclist who collided with a barrier near a southern on ramp to the Alex Fraser Bridge. Police said in a press release that they responded to a call...
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Douglas Coupland's Golden Tree sculpture unveiled in Vancouver
Vancouver writer and artist Douglas Coupland received a warm response during the unveiling of his 13-metre bright gold sculpture of Stanley Park’s iconic Hollow Tree on Saturday. Vancouver officials...
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Sex offender's move reveals tension between reintegration and public safety
MISSION — When the sun shines, the gas station near sex offender James Conway’s new home is a magnet for Slushie-seeking kids. With a school bus stop and two Pokestops down the street, the Mission...
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John Montalbano: Former UBC chair's dilemma intensified by confidentiality...
The TV crew tracked John Montalbano to the University of B.C. parking lot. The chair of UBC’s board of governors told the reporter, on camera, he could not comment on the sudden resignation of...
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Topless Trudeau causes a stir with international media
Sightings of a shirtless Justin Trudeau are causing something of a stir across Canada and internationally this summer. The prime minister was most recently photographed shirtless while taking a break...
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Shut down of Victoria homeless camp puts spotlight on poverty, activist says
By Linda Givetash A court order forcing dozens of homeless to pack up and dismantle Victoria’s tent city on Monday hasn’t diminished the attention the controversial site has drawn to the growing...
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Paddle to the Arctic: The Rapids
Leaving Norman Wells has a different feel than leaving previous communities. Scattered throughout the river near town are six artificial islands with oil pumps on top. The silhouettes of the pumps...
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First Nations groups stand up to anti-farm salmon activists
It was a star-studded launch. B.C.-based biologist Alexandra Morton was elbow-to-elbow with Pamela Anderson of Baywatch fame and environmentalist and broadcaster David Suzuki for the announcement of...
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