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TransMountain pipeline expansion: Communities sign up for $8.5m in benefits
The federal government’s decision on expanding the TransMountain pipeline, expected no later than Dec. 19, will be an early Christmas present for an as yet unknown recipient. As opponents hope for a...
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Phoenix payroll chaos: Prison guards struggling to make ends meet
The prison guards who watch over some of Canada’s most dangerous criminals are the latest to see their pay lost to glitches in the federal government’s new automated national payroll system. Kent...
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REAL SCOOP: Jamie Bacon makes special court appearance Friday
We got a media notice from the B.C. government Thursday afternoon telling us that Jamie Bacon would be making a special court appearance Friday at 2 p.m. No other details were provided. Maybe we’ll...
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Vancouver Sun Garden Collections make for a vibrant spring
When spring sends winter packing, the first thing we want to see is a sign that the earth is awakening and reviving and on its way back to a glorious renewal. Spring-flowering bulbs deliver this...
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Police arrest man armed with two live grenades in East Vancouver
A Surrey man is in custody after being found in possession of two live grenades during a traffic stop in East Vancouver Thursday night. After responding to a 911 call about a suspicious person near...
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U.S. alleges Vancouver-linked PacNet group has laundered hundreds of millions...
The U.S. government has named a little-known Vancouver financial company as a “significant transnational criminal organization” that it alleges has worked for 20 years with “direct mailer” scammers to...
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Atheist Rev. Gretta Vosper case causing 'vitriol.' Goes to final hearing.
United Church Rev. Gretta Vosper, who writes books about the superiority of atheism, will get a final review of her clergy status, says a panel. The sub-executive of Toronto Conference requested...
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Vancouver residents on False Creek complain about increased SkyTrain noise
Residents of Vancouver’s Northeast False Creek are issuing a formal complaint to TransLink over SkyTrain noise, saying it is undermining their quality of life. Paul Altilia, who has lived in False...
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A Rocktober race calendar for turkeys, trotters, tree huggers and party people
Starting with sweet chicks and a storied speedway, and finishing with spooky seawall shufflers, welcome to what the fun folks at Oasis would likely call Rocktober’s road racing calendar in the Lower...
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U.S. Coast Guard searching for missing B.C. mariner
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a British Columbia sailor last seen by a fellow mariner leaving Hilo, Hawaii, in his boat on Aug. 1. Lt. Donnie Brzuska said in a release on Friday that Paul Lim...
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B.C. man stuck in China for 3 months due to mysterious travel ban
For Mark Ma, what was supposed to be a whirlwind 10-day visit with relatives in northeastern China in June descended into a three-month-long nightmare. Ma, a Burnaby resident who owns a home-renovation...
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E-commerce's 'big, bold' Shoes.com: Model or a mess?
Shoes.com has been hailed as the hottest startup in the country, raking in awards and constant praise from the business press. But a Vancouver Sun investigation has revealed an e-commerce darling in...
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Douglas Todd: The paradoxical world of Zunera Ishaq
A year ago, debate over Zunera Ishaq’s niqab helped kill the best chances the New Democratic Party ever had to form the national government. Leaders’ debates last September led francophones to drop...
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REAL SCOOP: Targeted hit in Maple Ridge, IHIT investigating
Ridge Meadows RCMP responded to a shots fired call near 243 Street and 102 Avenue about 2 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, they found a 32-year-old man with gunshot wounds. He was transported to...
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Manhunt on for killer after Burlington mall shooting leaves five dead
Police were still searching Saturday morning for a gunman who authorities said fatally shot five people at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, before fleeing toward I5 on foot. People fled,...
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B.C.'s child-care squeeze 'so much more stressful than it has ever been'
Jamie Garrett, an east Vancouver mother of two school-age children, often feels like she works just to pay for child care. Ironically, the 38-year-old single mom is employed in early childhood...
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Shooting leaves one dead in Maple Ridge
Homicide detectives are investigating after one person was killed in a targeted shooting in Maple Ridge early Saturday morning. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says shortly after 2 a.m., the...
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The royals tour B.C.: Red carpet, royal watchers ready and waiting in Victoria
VICTORIA – Even before the sun rose Saturday, royal watchers were gathering on the lawn of the B.C. legislature early awaiting the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Early birds staked out...
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Lougheed Highway closed at Mission after crash
The Lougheed Highway is closed in both directions near Mission following a crash involving a logging truck on the Hatzic Bridge. Crews estimate the road won’t be reopened until 3 p.m. In August, a...
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North Vancouver's Catherine Lindley is still spry at 106
Catherine Lindley’s eyes sparkle as she goes down memory lane, she easily makes her way around her new apartment without a walker or cane, and follows Canadian and American politics keenly. She’s a...
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