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TransLink passengers facing overcrowded buses, trains and more time in traffic
Metro Vancouver transit passengers are facing chronic overcrowded conditions on bus, rail and West Coast Express — and not just during peak commuting hours but all day, according to TransLink’s latest...
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Two Vancouver Sun reporters named finalists for Webster journalism awards
Two Vancouver Sun reporters have been named finalists for the 2016 Jack Webster Awards. Reporters Kim Bolan and Stephen Hume have each been selected as finalists in the category of excellence in legal...
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B.C. NDP wrestles with gender equity rules for candidates
VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP continues to wrestle with confusion caused by strict gender equity rules for its political candidates. Leader John Horgan said Wednesday that retiring male MLAs, like the...
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Mechanic on Evergreen Line tunnel laid off for raising safety concerns:...
The companies responsible for building the Evergreen Line tunnel laid off a worker because he raised safety concerns that posed a “continuing source of grief” for them and then lied about the reason...
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REAL SCOOP: IHIT looking for information in the hours before Chilliwack murder
Homicide investigators told us Sept. 2 about a double shooting in Chilliwack that left a 52-year-old woman dead and a young man fighting for his life. Now we have the identity of the woman and police...
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Vaughn Palmer: Poof, the magical wand of B.C.'s pre-election 'ferry'
VICTORIA — When Premier Christy Clark announced restoration of a tourism-friendly ferry service on the Central Coast this week, she insisted the replacement should not be confused with the one her...
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Survey finds out who's feeling healthy in Metro Vancouver
Seventy-three per cent of West Vancouver residents report having good or excellent health, something claimed by half as many people — 34 per cent — living in Central Surrey and Vancouver’s Strathcona,...
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Prison must provide more documents in suit by injured gangster
Officials with the Correctional Service of Canada must provide more information to lawyers for a gang-linked inmate permanently injured in a 2012 prison attack. B.C. Supreme Court Judge Peter Voith...
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Security guard testifies Nanaimo workplace shooter like a 'zombie'
NANAIMO — A veteran security guard testified he watched a zombie-like man walking towards another man in the parking lot of a Vancouver Island sawmill with his right arm outstretched before hearing an...
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Mental health services failed First Nations teen who hanged himself: Report
B.C.’s child welfare system failed a 16-year-old aboriginal boy on southern Vancouver Island, who faced a long wait for mental health services and hanged himself in the woods near his suburban high...
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Bike share manager accused of conflict of interest
The head of Vancouver’s advisory council on active transportation defended herself Thursday from allegations that her work with Mobi puts her in a conflict of interest. Tanya Paz has volunteered on the...
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B.C. indigenous leader Shane Gottfriedson 'a guy who wants to get stuff done'
OTTAWA — A B.C. First Nations leader, coming from a region of the province known for producing aboriginal rights trail-blazers, is at the centre of two unique efforts to generate economic activity on...
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Man with 'gunbrella' sparks flurry of 911 calls in Delta
In his defence, it did rain that day — but this one won’t be going to court anyway. A man who sparked a bunch of 911 calls in North Delta early Wednesday now admits it was a “stupid” idea to walk...
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Vaughn Palmer: Horgan keeps options, mind open on divisive Kinder Morgan...
VICTORIA — Opposition leader John Horgan sounded like a politician keeping his options open this week when addressing speculation that the federal government will approve twinning of the Kinder Morgan...
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More Chinese cases target property in B.C., say lawyers
Lawyers in Vancouver say they are seeing a substantial increase in B.C. court cases filed by Chinese companies seeking to seize real estate assets from Chinese immigrants in B.C. The Chinese plaintiffs...
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Police look into allegation Surrey 'creep catchers' targeted an RCMP officer
Surrey RCMP say they are investigating an incident involving a local “creep catchers” group that was broadcast live on social media and allegedly targeted a police officer. On Wednesday at about 10...
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Whistler tops for binge-drinkers, while smokers gather in Strathcona
There’s a reason Whistler’s called a party town, recording top-of-the charts in binge drinking. But those residents are still more active than others in B.C., possibly because they’re young enough to...
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New foundation aims to protect B.C.'s grizzly bears
A close encounter with a grizzly bear and her three cubs two years ago led B.C. developer and philanthropist Michael Audain to his latest charity — a foundation dedicated to ensuring the iconic bear’s...
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Two lion statues stolen from Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden
There was more than one culprit involved in the after-hours burglary of two rose quartz statues at Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, the attraction’s executive director believes....
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Musqueam band loses court bid to have land leased to Shaughnessy golf club...
The Musqueam band has lost a court bid to have reserve lands that are leased to the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club assessed as residential lands. The private club has leased the 162 acres of land...
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