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B.C. realtor suspended for accepting referrals from unlicensed brokerage website
A B.C. realtor has been suspended after it was found he had conducted more than a dozen sales referred to him by an unlicensed Chinese-language website that offered Lower Mainland listings to foreign...
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Vancouver rolls out recycling to the streets with colourful bins
It’s about to get a lot easier to go green in Vancouver. And yellow and blue, too. A fleet of new recycling stations, colour-coded for easy use, are being dumped on busy sidewalks in the city’s West...
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Husband plotted the demolition of modernist Vancouver mansion, wife alleges
It was a sprawling modernist home designed by a quietly famous architect. And now it’s gone, a casualty of an alleged plot against a Vancouver woman by her estranged husband. The 10,000-sq. ft. house...
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Vancouver students displaced by fire will move to another school
Carleton elementary school students and teachers will have to change schools after a fire damaged their school, but at least they can stay together, the Vancouver school board said Friday. Carleton...
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Vancouver's Ross Street Sikh temple damaged by early morning fire
South Vancouver’s Gurdwara Sahib Sikh is likely to be closed for at least two months following a fire early Friday morning. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services was called to the temple, which is at 8000...
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Ian Mulgrew: Ex-premier Harcourt pumped about legalizing pot plan, likes PM's...
Former premier-turned-pot-proponent Mike Harcourt couldn’t have sounded happier and more optimistic than if he just blew a big blunt. “I did use marijuana in the ’60s and early ’70s but haven’t used it...
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Gang associate given five-year term for conspiracy to murder
A United Nations gang associate has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder gangster Randy Naicker, and has been sentenced to five years in prison. Sheldon Paine, 28, entered his plea and was sentenced...
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Photos: Pets rescued after Strathcona building catches fire
Residents whose homes caught fire Friday in Strathcona got some relief when firefighters were able to rescue pets from their building. The fire ignited at a two-story home in the 500-block of Prior...
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Man charged with assault in alleged hate crime at Vancouver SkyTrain station
Vancouver police have arrested and charged a man with assault and uttering threats following an alleged hate crime incident on Aug. 20 at a SkyTrain station. Police say a 23-year-old man and his mother...
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On National Dog Day, slick CBS report gives Vancouver's Angus his 15-minutes...
Local news media coverage about Angus, the BC springer spaniel being used at Vancouver General Hospital for superbug-sniffing duty caught the attention of CBS News in New York. A crew from there flew...
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Douglas Todd: Foreign students make a big impact on Vancouver
Foreign students are changing Metro Vancouver like no other city in Canada. As the University of B.C. prepares to welcome 28 per cent of its first-year contingent as foreign students, Metro Vancouver’s...
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Study casts doubts over Fraser River sturgeon fishery
A new international study is raising serious questions about a lucrative catch-and-release sport fishery for threatened white sturgeon in the lower Fraser River. The Canadian-led study, published in...
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Return to school a challenging milestone for Syrian refugees
For most kids, the start of school evokes some combination of excitement and dread. Anticipation around who the teacher will be, whether friends will be in the same class and how the next 10 months of...
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ICBC plans safe-driving campaign after blaming increase in crashes for rate...
ICBC is set to launch a safe-driving campaign aimed at stemming the growing number of crashes in B.C., which it has cited as the reason for seeking a rate hike. Adam Grossman, a spokesman for the Crown...
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More reports of ‘zombees’ in B.C.
Two more cases of zombie bees have been documented in B.C. — but a provincial hive inspector says fears of the phenomenon are overblown. Cases of “zombees”, which are infected by a killer parasite,...
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Vancouver horror short wins prestigious film prize
The Vancouver filmmakers behind a locally funded and filmed horror-comedy short have caught the attention of one of the biggest names in horror. I Love You So Much It’s Killing Them won best short film...
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Crews need at least a week to plug Stanley Park water-main leak
Metro Vancouver crews may be closer to plugging a major leak in a key water main that runs under Stanley Park, but it will be at least another week until they can stop the flow of water. Every day for...
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Attack on Vancouver taxi driver highlights job's dangers
The third time Gurmail Singh’s drunk passengers opened the door of his moving taxi to get some fresh air, the veteran cab driver had had enough. It was around 2:45 a.m. last Sunday, and Singh pulled to...
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Couple married 65 years separated by care home wait list
On their 50th wedding anniversary, Domenic and Raffaella Lucchesi renewed their vows. Fifteen years later, it is not death, but a wait list, that has separated them. About five months ago, Raffaella,...
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Metro Vancouver air ambulances can continue to land at hospitals
Helijet’s air ambulances are being allowed to continue landing at Vancouver-area hospitals, after being issued an exemption order by Transport Canada. The company had stopped landing at hospitals...
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