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B.C. mom accused of abduction cites fear for toddler's safety
The mother accused of parental abduction after she fled Canada with her two-year-old daughter said she will not turn herself in because she fears for her child’s safety. In a 20-page letter sent to the...
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Christian saint's revered 'rib' comes to Vancouver
Would you like to see the rib and skin of Anthony of Padua, a 13th century Portuguese friar? Even though they’re not everyone’s spiritual cup of tea, millions are drawn to revering “relics,” which...
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Pipeline approval would cause 'war in the woods' style backlash, Vancouver...
Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could become Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver’s only Green party councillor said Tuesday. Adriane Carr’s comments...
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MEDICINE MATTERS: A family's anguish as nursing home continues feeding...
The photo above is difficult to view. To all those offended by the photo of an emaciated Margot Bentley, I offer apologies. But it’s critical to this post and the issues involved in the tragic case...
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Highway 99 closure near Lillooet impacting First Nations communities
The Xaxli’p First Nation is divided as three of its communities have been cut off from the main reserve in Lillooet, with last week’s closure of a section of Highway 99 known as “Ten Mile Slide” due to...
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Ian Mulgrew: Mother's veil of tears an indictment of health-care wait lists
The constitutional challenge to B.C.’s medicare law has been given a human face — the weeping, sorrow-racked mien of a mother who watched her son become a hunchback and then a paraplegic. Throughout...
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De Courcy Island farm, once heart of cult, on market for $2.19M
The bucolic 105-acre De Courcy Island farm, once the centre of a bizarre cult led by swindler Brother Twelve, is on the market for $2.19 million. Tales of lost gold treasure, murder, sex,...
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"Whoops, wrong person": Nurse mistakenly tells man his mother died
WINNIPEG — People don’t usually die from a sprained ankle, even when they’re nearly 100 years old. But that’s what happened to Dan Nemis’s mother — if only for a few terrible, grief-stricken seconds....
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Family of B.C. man killed by RCMP still waiting for investigation report
The sister of a Canadian military veteran who was gunned down by an RCMP emergency response team is expressing frustration with the time it’s taken for the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for...
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Kelowna's soggy pianos looking for new life as landscape art
Five decorated upright pianos are available for free in Kelowna, but don’t expect to tickle their ivories. The pianos are among several set in outdoor spaces across the city as part of its Pianos in...
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Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell to seek re-election
VICTORIA — After weeks of indecision over her political future, Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell says she has decided to seek re-election next year. Stilwell, the B.C. Liberal MLA for...
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Man and woman shot dead in Courtenay, two men arrested
Two people are dead after a shooting at a home in Courtenay early this morning. Comox Valley RCMP said they found a man and a woman dead in a home in the 2300-block of Urquhart Avenue around 3:10 a.m....
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Video: Remembering renowned architect Bing Thom who changed our world
Vancouver architect Bing Thom, famous for designing buildings around the world, died at age 75, on October 4, 2016. Thom suffered a brain aneurysm while on a trip to Hong Kong according to a statement...
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Highway 99 near Lillooet reopens after landslide
Highway 99 east of Lillooet has re-opened to single-lane alternating traffic following a landslide last week. B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone says engineers, construction...
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B.C.'s Clark urged to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline for failing key condition
VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is being challenged to reject Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal because it can never meet one of her five conditions to...
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Tagging point of infection that contributed to orca's death off Vancouver Island
The Associated Press SEATTLE — A satellite-linked tag fired into an endangered Puget Sound orca by federal biologists led to a fungal infection that contributed to the whale’s death, scientists said...
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Pete McMartin: First Nation embraces retail with huge Tsawwassen Mills mall
It was 9:45 a.m., 20 minutes before opening. Kathie Lewis was shouting at the crowd. “I would ask that you do NOT rush for the doors!” she shouted, her voice hoarse. “Please do it in a mannerly way,...
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New health centre, housing to be built in Downtown Eastside
The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation has come forward with an offer to help build affordable housing in the Downtown Eastside in a new partnership with the city that also includes Vancouver Coastal...
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Drop in Vancouver home sales started before new tax: CMHC
A report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says home sales in Vancouver were already slowing before the plunge in recent months in the wake of a new tax on foreign buyers. In its housing market...
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Courtenay man charged with murder in deaths of man, woman
A Courtenay man has been charged with two counts of murder after two people were shot and killed at a home in the Vancouver Island city. Police said the 42-year-old man arrested at the home also shot...
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