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Kids, parents rally in support of East Vancouver school damaged by fire
Vancouver school board officials are working to determine whether a school damaged by fire Friday will be safe enough to welcome back staff and students after Labour Day. A fire at Sir Guy Carleton...
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Investors close to buying Sooke Harbour House and hotel
VICTORIA — Internationally renowned Sooke Harbour House restaurant and hotel has gone on the market for $6.5-million under a court-ordered sale to pay off a $3-million mortgage. However, a B.C....
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Stanley Park Causeway lanes expected to reopen early Monday
The two southbound lanes of the Stanley Park Causeway shut down due to water main repairs are expected to reopen at 5 a.m. Monday. A southbound stretch of the causeway, which links downtown Vancouver...
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Complaints about evictions soar in B.C.'s hot rental market
Patty Gazzola had rented her Commercial Drive-area home for 29 years by the time she was evicted in the spring. The 69-year-old Vancouver woman was told by her landlord that her house had been sold...
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Prince William, Kate, the kids to hit Haida Gwaii, Vancouver, Victoria,...
A sea journey in a traditional carved Haida canoe will be a highlight of this fall’s B.C. and Yukon visit by Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The eight-day trip...
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Two charged with first-degree murder in case of missing Mission man
Hope Bowe can’t bring herself to hate the two young men who have been charged in connection with the murder of her grandson, who disappeared almost six years ago. “I wish I could hate the two boys who...
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Doctors called to action over health effects of climate change
Vancouver — Climate change is the greatest global health threat of the 21st century, one of Canada’s leading advocates on the subject, Dr. James Orbinski, told physicians attending the Canadian Medical...
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Search called off for hiker missing near Chilliwack
A search for missing hiker Gordon Sagoo has been called off. Sagoo, 50, was reported missing on August 14 after he failed to meet his hiking group at their designated meeting point after hiking Baby...
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Careful research key to making PNE prize home a hit
Cynthia Kwon was feeling nervous on Saturday morning. It was a couple hours before gates opened on the first day of the Pacific National Exhibition and Kwon, the fair’s manager for gambling, didn’t...
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Is it algae or glacier melt that's causing green waters in southern B.C.?
The green water that stretches from the southern Gulf Islands, up the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound north to Desolation Sound, is proving to be a bit of a mystery. According to Nicky Haigh, the...
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One year after tragedy struck, the Kurdi family is still in pain
Their photograph looms large over Tima Kurdi’s living room; it is one of the first things visitors see when they enter the house. Two beaming little boys, once full of life, who in death brought the...
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Farnworth calls for investigating CLBC's contract after sex offender housed...
The NDP is calling on B.C.’s auditor general to conduct an independent investigation after a potential conflict of interest case involving the Mission property housing convicted sex offender James...
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More volunteers sought for survey of conditions at B.C.'s seniors facilities
The province’s seniors advocate is still looking for volunteers to carry out an extensive survey of the 27,000 seniors living in care facilities across B.C. “This is the first time in this province...
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Five years after Lillooet landslides, heartsick homeowners fight for...
LILLOOET — Lacey LaRochelle had a minor triumph last week: she made it through a conversation about her ruined house without breaking down in tears. The occasion was a council meeting here in her...
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Son of former MLA Judi Tyabji charged with assault
The son of former MLA Judi Tyabji is facing a charge of assault in connection with an incident at the offices of a First Nation band in Powell River. RCMP Sgt. Kevin Day said a charge was laid after a...
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Students in limbo as officials assess fire damage at Sir Guy Carleton
Vancouver school board officials are considering sending students from Sir Guy Carleton elementary to neighbouring schools this fall, after a fire ripped through the historic building Friday night, two...
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Convicted killer arrested while on parole in Abbotsford, could face new charges
When Anita Johnstone-LeFranc heard that the man who killed her sister 18 years ago — and was released on day parole last year — had been arrested, she was devastated, but not surprised. “It always was...
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Canadians' growing tax burden: By the numbers
Government-funded goods and services eat up a lot of cash. After paying, through taxes, for their share of schools, health care, defence, policing, libraries, roads, bureaucrats’ salaries and the like,...
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National Pharmacare: Health minister Jane Philpott tells doctors she can't...
Federal health minister Jane Philpott said Tuesday a national Pharmacare program is likely years away because of more pressing priorities like primary care, improved health for indigenous people,...
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Noise complaints arise as trains whistle homeless near Newton tracks
Some Newton residents have been sleeping a little less soundly due to an increase in the frequency and length of train whistles in their neighbourhood. “We’ve had a significant increase in complaints...
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