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Burnaby Mounties investigate early-morning shooting
Mounties in Burnaby are investigating a shooting early Thursday in the Metrotown area. RCMP say the incident happened at 5:30 a.m. in the 7200-block of Arcola Street. There is no word yet on whether...
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Surrey senior's dignity suffering with low staffing in nursing home, family says
The family of an 87-year-old Surrey woman living in a nursing home says she is not getting the help she needs, particularly in the evenings when there are fewer staff. Hilda Casey moved to Rosemary...
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Video: Are you watching the Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games?
Reporter Dana Gee hits the streets of Vancouver to find out if people are watching the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Jogger uses rock to battle cougar after attack on Vancouver Island logging road
VICTORIA — A Vancouver-area man used a rock to battle a cougar during a recent wild-animal attack on a remote logging road on Vancouver Island. The attack has prompted British Columbia’s Conservation...
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Pulling timely airborne moves with the Breitling Jet Team
When you squeeze into the cockpit of an L-39C Albatros, your view is about the same as it would be in a MiG fighter jet. Right down to the Cyrillic wording on the instruments, the Soviet-era military...
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Patients get green light to grow their own medical pot in Canada
Local pot advocates applauded the federal government Thursday after it announced new rules that will allow patients to grow medical marijuana for their own use, or designate a grower to do so for them....
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No more salmon sports fishing on the lower Fraser River, DFO says
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has taken the extraordinary measure of shutting down all sports salmon fishing on the Lower Fraser River because of a lower-than-anticipated return of sockeye. The closure...
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B.C. anglers concerned sport being targeted despite measures to save Fraser...
Anglers are expressing frustration over the closure of recreational salmon fishing on British Columbia’s Lower Fraser River, saying they’re already taking measures to preserve weak sockeye stocks. The...
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Counsellor finds 'Willie Pickton' shooter on menu of Surrey restaurant
A counsellor for some of the B.C. families of missing and murdered indigenous women was shocked to see a family restaurant in Surrey offering a “Willie Pickton” liquor shot on its menu recently....
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Vancouver police report scam callers ‘spoofing’ department’s own phone number
Vancouver police are receiving reports that suspected fraudsters are claiming to be police officers when phoning residents seeking personal information. As well, they say, the culprit or culprits have...
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Children's lawyer will help B.C.'s most vulnerable kids, Turpel-Lafond says
A 16-year-old girl is sexually assaulted while living in government care. Her attacker is arrested and charged, throwing the girl into the centre of a long trial in a legal system she doesn’t...
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ICBC considers cash for referral joint venture with vehicle sellers
VICTORIA — The Insurance Corp. of B.C. is floating the idea of working with vehicle sellers who would pay ICBC a referral fee for customers. It would be aimed at ICBC customers who want a replacement...
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Queue-jumping drivers snarling Annacis Island traffic
Metro Vancouver — Neil Johnston’s commute between his job on Annacis Island and his home in New Westminster should take 15 minutes — but there are times when it takes him up to four hours to get home....
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Ian Mulgrew: Vancouver police not coy, but disingenuous on StingRay use
The Vancouver Police Department must be taking lessons from former U.S. President Bill Clinton or lawyers for Tony Soprano about parsing statements to ensure plausible deniability. In a jaw-dropping...
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Opinion: Foreign buyer real estate surtax's one-week window hurts sellers
Kudos to the provincial government for introducing a tax on foreign buyers of residential real estate in Metro Vancouver. The tax is significant enough, and targeted enough, to help cool the negative...
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Vancouver nightclub assault now homicide after woman dies of injuries
Vancouver police are investigating the city’s fifth homicide this year after a 28-year-old woman died from injuries sustained early Thursday during an assault outside a nightclub. Shortly before 2...
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Court rules discount on home price appropriate following fire
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has ruled that a couple should receive a $137,000 discount on a property they’d purchased, because of a fire at the house that they weren’t informed about. “The plaintiffs...
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B.C. grocery wars: Market battle for your bargains
Vera Bottarel takes her bargain hunting seriously. To make sure she’s getting the best deal on her groceries for her and her husband, the New Westminster pensioner puts on her sturdy walking shoes and...
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'This is what makes a bomb dog': canines sniff out explosives, narcotics
Ron Field walks backward, watching closely as the German shepherd, Razor, sniffs the mirrors, doors and tires of a battered white Chrysler LeBaron. An occasional whine escapes as he searches, but as...
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Douglas Todd: Defending Canada's 'slipping' sovereignty
Metro Vancouver’s rapidly rising housing prices should not be touched by governments, said high-profile realtor Layla Yang. “This is Vancouver and Canada — and it’s a free-market economy. No one can...
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