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Glass ceiling still in place for public sector employees
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have introduced a gender-balanced cabinet “because it’s 2015,” but that equality does not extend to public servants in B.C., where the vast majority of the...
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Vancouver to host housing experts from around the world
It became clear by the halfway point of Vancouver’s 10-year housing and homelessness strategy that the plan wasn’t about to resolve the city’s growing affordability crisis. Next week the city is...
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Woman says dad died after resuscitation order she didn't approve
Lori Wang will never forget the image of her 84-year-old father gasping and choking on his own blood while in cardiac arrest, and her desperate attempts to get staff at Richmond General Hospital to...
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Anti-immigration party registers for B.C. election
Emboldened by growing anti-immigration sentiment in the United States and Europe, a B.C. man has registered a political party devoted to “Canada’s traditional identity” in advance of the provincial...
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Back-alley tent in Vancouver offers safety for addicts in bid to curb overdoses
Sarah Blyth was weary of rushing to counteract an overdose every time someone screamed “Narcan!” from a nearby alley in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, so she joined other activists to set up a...
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B.C.'s Welfare Food Challenge participants must eat for a week on $18
The annual Welfare Food Challenge kicked off Sunday. More than 100 participants from across B.C. have signed up to try to eat on a total of $18 for the week. Vancouver city Coun. Andrea Reimer, MP...
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Surrey teen's death from fallen tree traumatizes family, friends
Lisa Kelly wept openly on the phone Sunday, overcome with grief for Shakir Salaam, the boy she had taken in, and thought of as one of her own. Salaam, 16, was killed Friday as he hung out with two...
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Tempest in a teapot as third storm fizzles on South Coast
“Where’s the storm?” was the question on many people’s lips as the third in a series of three tempests — a remnant of a powerful typhoon — to hit the B.C. South Coast failed to live up to its hype....
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Invermere mayor claims mysterious minority status to win NDP nomination
VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP’s gender equity policy for election candidates is again causing confusion, after the mayor of Invermere won a party nomination race over a female rival by claiming a minority...
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B.C. duo to declare runs for federal Tory leadership
OTTAWA — The Conservative Party, which was decimated in Canada’s three largest cities and lost much of its B.C. power base in 2015, are about to get two new leadership campaign entrants who vow to fix...
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Housing costs consume majority of disposable income in B.C., according to new...
Once British Columbians pay for essential costs such as food, taxes and child care, nearly half of their leftover income is consumed by housing, according to a new tool that measures home...
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Senior Hells Angel Bob Green murdered in Langley
A senior member of the B.C. Hells Angels, Bob Green, has been murdered in Langley. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed that Green, 56, was the victim of a suspicious death they were...
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Family of murdered Manjit Panghali tries to mend
Ten years ago, photos of Manjit Panghali embracing her adorable three-year-old daughter, Maya, broke hearts across the country as details of the young mother’s disappearance and murder at the hands of...
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B.C. education minister Bernier fires Vancouver school board
Just hours after B.C. Education Minister Mike Bernier fired the Vancouver school board, labour groups and parents were lining up behind the turfed trustees, further polarizing a mess both sides insist...
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B.C. residents favour pot shops for legal marijuana sales: poll
British Columbians are split on how recreational marijuana should be sold once it’s legal, but stand-alone shops like the dispensaries that line Vancouver’s streets are the most popular option,...
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Listeria outbreak: Richmond food-poisoning victim dies in hospital
One of six people hospitalized after eating processed meat contaminated with listeria has died. The six cases have been linked to food sold at Foody World in Richmond, said Claudia Kurzac, manager of...
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Fund managers top B.C. public sector salary list
The agency responsible for investing money on behalf of government pension plans is home to almost a third of the 100 highest-paid public employees in B.C. and seven of the top 10. The B.C. Investment...
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City unveils new designs for temporary paths throughout Arbutus greenway
City of Vancouver staff have unveiled their designs for temporary paths that will be built throughout the Arbutus greenway in the coming months. When work crews started to pave the former rail...
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Vaughn Palmer: Venting at Victoria over VSB firings may be forgotten by 2017...
VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government’s pre-emptive strike on the Vancouver school board has provoked much speculation about political consequences for the governing party and its opponents. Martyrdom...
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Global effort reveals 200 DNA locations implicated in MS
The largest-ever genetic study of multiple sclerosis has revealed dozens of new genetic markers associated with the disease, according to a presentation to the American Society of Human Genetics. The...
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