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Kamloops: The unexpected hub for B.C. online learning
Questions have been raised recently about a government contract that gives the Kamloops school district business company the exclusive right to market B.C. online courses abroad. The deal was signed in...
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Get the raw data for Vancouver Sun’s campaign donation series right here
A couple weeks ago, The Vancouver Sun ran a five-part series about campaign finance in B.C. The series identified the Top 20 donors to both the BC Liberals and BC NDP and looked at the 60+ companies...
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Hundreds attend Widdifield funeral under watchful eye of police
Hundreds of family, friends and associates of slain gangster Craig Widdifield gathered in south Surrey Friday to remember the young father gunned down April 24. There was a heavy police presence at the...
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Parents say rules that banish them from B.C. schools are unfair
A law that allow principals to bar certain parents from schools is expected to be discussed again this weekend by delegates to the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC) annual general...
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Police say Hells Angels violating traffic laws on Vancouver Island ride
Biker cops pulled over dozens of Hells Angels on Vancouver Island Saturday afternoon. Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement, said CFSEU, along with RCMP officers on...
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Parents in conflict with schools need advocates, grieving mother says
The mother of a teenage girl who committed suicide after being expelled from her school’s gifted program says parents and students in conflict with their schools should have access to an advocate....
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B.C. decertifies offshore school; third hit for Vancouver businessman
An anonymous email alerted me late last week to the de-certification of a B.C. offshore school in China. When I contacted the Education Ministry, spokesman Scott Sutherland confirmed that the B.C....
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Spending cuts at Capilano University: Q and A
Stories about proposed cuts to arts programs at Capilano University prompted a number of questions from readers, which I forwarded to the university for answers. Here is the response from CapU public...
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Murder charge laid in Maple Ridge mall shooting
A 29-year-old Maple Ridge man has been charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Claude DeGuire outside the Haney Place Mall last week. Edward Marke Antonsen appeared in Port Coquitlam...
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Meet the team that markets B.C. education abroad
We now have a bit more information about the seven people hired recently to promote B.C. as an international education destination for K-12, post secondary and language training. But the ministry...
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Police say massive grow-op linked to the Hells Angels
The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit raided four rural Mission properties and found 10,000 marijuana plants – some of them in an underground bunker concealed with a fake horse paddock. Sgt....
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Wife looks for answers after husband’s suicide in Kent prison
Kim Lahn wept uncontrollably Monday as she thumbed through photographs of family outings with husband Jesse in March. “This one is in Stanley Park. That’s on Lonsdale Quay,” she said, as her young...
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Questions from parents for B.C. political parties
The organization that speaks for B.C. parents provincially has asked the four political parties to answer 17 questions before the May 14 vote. They are as follows (with some additional information from...
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Lessons about gender identity: New Westminster secondary school
A woman who transitioned from male to female in 2010 will be speaking to students, parents and trustees Tuesday night during a board of education meeting at New Westminster secondary school. Rachel...
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Deleted tweets: What B.C.’s politicians don’t want you to see
Since May 2012, the Sunlight Foundation — a U.S. group that advocates for government transparency — has been running a site that archives all tweets deleted by U.S. politicians. The project has so far...
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Abby cop facing charges he lied on search warrants, trafficked drugs
The Abbotsford Police Department is reviewing dozens of search warrants that were obtained on bogus information from an officer now charged with breach of trust, obstruction of justice and conspiracy...
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North Van trucker gets 12 years for U.S. conspiracy linked to HA
A North Vancouver trucker convicted of smuggling pot for a criminal group linked to the Hells Angels was sentenced in Seattle Tuesday to 12 years in prison. James Postlethwaite, 60, was convicted in...
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Forensic audit ordered for Coquitlam school district
Coquitlam school trustees voted 7-1 Tuesday night in favour of a forensic audit to find out why the district’s finances are in such bad shape. Only Port Coquitlam trustee Judy Shirra was opposed. The...
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Police believe Richmond man may have been killed
Homicide investigators are asking for the public’s help to find out what happened to missing Richmond resident Kiem Cuong (Steven) Yip. Yip’s concerned family called police Monday saying he had not...
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Educators seek injunction to stop Capilano U cuts (UPDATED)
Post-secondary educators are asking the court to delay a decision about deep spending cuts at Capilano University. The vote by the board of governors is set for May 14, but many say it should be...
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