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Fentanyl crisis: UBC naloxone kits unclaimed due to drugs 'stigma'
Free kits of naloxone are going unclaimed at the University of B.C. because students don’t want to identify as illicit drug users, experts believe. The complimentary kits of the potentially lifesaving...
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Open house slated for proposed Broadway-Commercial Drive development
An open house will be held Oct. 8 into the proposed redevelopment of the Safeway lot east of the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station, which has been identified as a key site in the Grandview-Woodland...
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AIDS Walk: Organizers shift focus to helping HIV survivors thrive
An annual charity walk Sunday in support of people living with HIV in B.C. has changed its theme for 2016 to focus on boosting its benefactors’ health and happiness. In its 31st year, the event has...
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FlipOut Pinball Expo delights Vancouver wizards of all ages
The Vancouver FlipOut Pinball Expo, running Friday through Sunday, has Holiday Inn Downtown packed with more than 100 pinball machines set to free play. Pinball wizards young and old can catch...
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Landmark hotel likely to be demolished for condo development
The Empire Landmark hotel has been a West End icon since it went up in 1973. It’s tall (42 storeys, 120 metres), thin, and has a nifty revolving restaurant/bar on top that offers breathtaking views....
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Royal visit: Duke, duchess delight thousands in Victoria
The royals brought no shortage of magic to the rapturous crowds gathered in Victoria on Saturday, but only a handful got to see little Prince George, dressed in a robin’s egg blue sweater and navy...
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No one injured when helicopter crashes in Langley field
Everyone walked away uninjured from an emergency landing of a helicopter in a farmer’s field in Langley this weekend. Mounties aren’t calling it a crash, but rather an aeronautical incident,” where a...
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The Royal Blog: Huge crowd on hand as William and Kate arrive in Vancouver
Royal fever moves to Vancouver as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge bring their royal caravan to the B.C. Mainland. Check back here regularly throughout the next week as we follow the Will and Kate...
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REAL SCOOP: Two wounded in South Surrey shooting
The gun violence continues in the Lower Mainland. Surrey RCMP issued a release Sunday saying a man and a woman had been injured in a targeted shooting in the 4200-block of 152nd Street. “The male and...
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Targeted Surrey shooting sends two to hospital
Two people are in hospital after an apparent targeted shooting in Surrey on Sunday. Surrey RCMP were called to a home in the 4200-block 152nd Street after learning of the incident. When police arrived,...
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Epic Homes set to launch Bertrand Creek – a rare new single-family community...
Those seeking a quiet, family-oriented community close to nature, yet still accessible to all the conveniences of an urban lifestyle will now have a rare opportunity to buy a new single-family home in...
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Burnaby to host World Taekwondo Junior Championships in November
The city of Burnaby is hosting the 2016 World Taekwondo Junior Championships in November. The world junior championships are one of the highlights of the sport’s competition calendar, and the event...
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Royal Visit: Vancouver embraces Duke and Duchess with warm welcome
Vancouver came together Sunday to give the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a welcome so warm that it felt like a truly Canadian embrace — respectful, enthusiastic and multinational. Vancouver showed up...
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Royal Visit: Lucky few get the royal handshake and chat
Thousands lined the streets of Vancouver on Sunday dreaming about a quick chat with a duke or duchess, or a royal handshake, but just a lucky few actually saw their dreams come to fruition. But the...
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No new trial for B.C. serial killer because judge wasn't biased: appeal court
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected a serial killer’s application to have a new trial based on a belief that a judge implied his lawyers behaved unethically. Cody Legebokoff...
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Royal Visit: Driving rain and wind diverts plans for royal tour on B.C.’s...
BELLA BELLA – Plans to show off one of British Columbia’s most beautiful areas to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been scuttled by miserable weather. The aerial tour of the Great Bear Rainforest...
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Royal Tour: B.C. Indian Chiefs won't participate in reconciliation event...
VICTORIA — A ceremony involving the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meant to symbolize the reconciliation of British Columbia’s Aboriginal Peoples has been rebuffed by a First Nations group. Grand...
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A look at where the royals are going Tuesday
Here are details for Tuesday of the royal tour by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge: — Prince William and Kate travel to Kelowna, where they will mark the conclusion of the 10th anniversary of the...
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Royal Visit: Duke and duchess visit the Great Bear Rainforest
BELLA BELLA — Long before Prince William was born, his great-great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, presented a royal staff to a chief of B.C.’s Heiltsuk Nation. The gift was said to be a...
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Historic brooch worn by Duchess of Cambridge made by Langley jeweller's father
A jeweller in Langley has a personal connection to a historic diamond maple leaf brooch that the Duchess of Cambridge is wearing on part of her visit to B.C.: It was made by his father before the...
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