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Two dead, three hurt after 'horrific' car crash in downtown Vancouver
Two people are dead and three others injured in a serious crash that shut down a busy downtown Vancouver intersection on Monday. A white SUV heading north on Seymour Street veered off the street just...
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Vancouver longshoreman pleads guilty to cocaine conspiracy in New York
Just as his elder brother before him, Vancouver longshoreman Alvin Randhawa has pleaded guilty to being part of a cross-border cocaine smuggling ring. Randhawa entered the guilty plea on Aug. 15 in...
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NDP leader John Horgan offers fix to Surrey school district's portable problem
With the first day of school less than a week away, overcrowded schools and the proliferation of portable classrooms in Surrey was a hot political topic on Tuesday. Surrey is the largest school...
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City of Vancouver exits the curbside recycling business
In about a month’s time, the City of Vancouver’s recycling collectors will pick up their final loads of paper products and containers, then hand their jobs over to Multi-Material B.C. The non-profit...
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Vancouver artists evicted from Downtown Eastside studios
An estimated 30 artists, musicians and other tenants are being evicted from a warehouse on the Downtown Eastside. Many are scrambling to meet Wednesday’s deadline to remove all their art supplies and...
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Doctor's group gives B.C. a failing grade for not banning cosmetic pesticides...
B.C. is failing to protect citizens by not banning pesticides, says a report released Tuesday by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. CAPE rated B.C. — along with Alberta and...
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With hooves to match, big as life Clydesdales draw PNE crowds
For nearly 30 years the McGibbon family and their Carlaw Clydes have been a fixture at the Pacific National Exhibition. Their big, heavy draft horses, with hooves the size of plates and muscles for...
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Touring NDP forum hears seniors 'are not just patients' in B.C.
Care home staffing, a loss of holistic health care treatment, and the need for community-based seniors services were among some of the issues highlighted by citizens at a seniors’ forum hosted Tuesday...
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B.C. sets sights on clean tech, digital media to create jobs for next generation
The B.C. government said Tuesday it plans to focus on clean technology, life sciences, digital media and advanced manufacturing in the next stage of its B.C. Jobs plan in a bid for economic growth and...
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REAL SCOOP: Twins get 2 years for role in UN murders
The general public may not have heard much of the Murphy twins – David and Ryan – 42-year-old brothers who were involved in the United Nations gang for years. Neither had a criminal record before...
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Marijuana grow-op cost $135,000 in damages: B.C. property owner
OTTAWA — A Coquitlam woman says she has incurred $135,000 in damage to her rental property due to a medical marijuana grow-op licensed by Health Canada without her knowledge or consent. And she says...
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Why are Canadian cell phone rates among highest in world?
Traveling in Europe one comes face to face with the exorbitant cell-phone rates we’re charged in Canada, the land of the true north, strong and anything-but-free. Even outside Europe, it turns out,...
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Half a million families going hungry in B.C., report says
The bank account is empty. There are two days left until payday. There are hungry children to feed and only crackers, peanut butter and a can of soup in the cupboard. In 2011-12, this was the reality...
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Wildfire prompts evacuations in Lytton
Some residents of the Lytton area were told to leave their homes on Wednesday and others are on alert because of a wildfire burning south of town. Nine homes in the Lytton First Nation are under an...
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Vancouver police officers cleared in fatal 2015 shooting in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER — The civilian body that investigates police-involved injuries and deaths in British Columbia says it will not seek charges against a Vancouver officer involved in a fatal shooting. A report...
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Man strips nude at B.C. gas station after bear spray accident: police
PENTICTON — Mounties in Penticton say they got quite an eyeful last week after a man peeled off his clothes and began washing himself with milk after inadvertently spraying bear spray down his pants....
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REAL SCOOP: Two men with UN links to be released from prison
I just received parole board documents for two people who’ve had United Nations gang links over the years. Both are getting out of prison. And both have had special conditions imposed by the Parole...
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Bus passengers injured in 2014 Coquihalla Highway crash file lawsuits
Several dozen passengers injured when a tour bus flipped into a ditch on the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt are suing B.C.’s transportation ministry and others for damages. The individual lawsuits...
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B.C. NDP to lose MLA Maurine Karagianis to retirement
VICTORIA — Veteran NDP MLA Maurine Karagianis says she’s retiring from provincial politics, leaving party leader John Horgan without one of his top lieutenants for next year’s election but also opening...
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Hanjin Shipping receivership affects Seaspan Corp's charter operations
The financial insolvency of Hanjin Shipping, the world’s seventh-largest container line, reached Canada on Wednesday, affecting not only British Columbia’s container shipping ports but also Vancouver’s...
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