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Mom's plea to find stolen laptop containing photos of dead son
Donna Snell is making a plea to the thief who broke into her car earlier this month in Vancouver: Keep the busted old laptop, but please return the irreplaceable photos of her son Alex Carpenter, who...
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Toddler dies in Spokane fire, his dog huddled at his side
SEATTLE — A toddler who died in a house fire was found with his dog and teddy bear next to him and authorities believe the dog tried to protect the boy, a spokesman for Spokane’s fire department said...
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One injured, 18 displaced in Nanaimo fire; man dies in blaze at Qualicum...
One person was injured and 18 people were displaced after fire broke out in a five-unit apartment building in downtown Nanaimo early Sunday. One unit was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on the...
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Experts sound alarm as B.C. heads towards 740 drug overdose deaths
An overhaul of B.C.’s “dysfunctional” addiction-treatment system must become top priority as drug users struggle to stay alive through an overdose crisis, recovery experts say. In the first nine months...
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Tug boat grounded near Bella Bella not the first to strike shore this year
An environmental activist says a tugboat leaking diesel fuel into the ocean near Bella Bella is not the first American-owned tug to run aground in the Inside Passage this year — and he’s afraid it...
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Exchange students fighting for lives after being hit while crossing Nanaimo...
Two exchange students are fighting for their lives in hospital after they were struck while dashing across a Nanaimo highway on Friday night. According to police, the 15-year-old girl and 17-year-old...
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Free range and fancy free: Thousand-dollar chickens live like pets
A chorus of squawks and a shower of feathers greet Matthew Nelson as he unlatches the coop door and dives inside. The chickens don’t stop shrieking the fowl-ish equivalent of “Intruder!” until he is...
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Sahotas face another class-action lawsuit from Downtown Eastside tenant
Another class-action suit has been filed in B.C. Supreme Court against the Sahota family, who own the Balmoral Hotel in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In a notice of civil claim filed in the court last...
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Sexual health advocates battle to ease abortion pill hurdles before Canadian...
Sexual health advocates are intent on making Canada the most permissive country in the world for a heavily regulated abortion pill expected to hit shelves next month. Mifegymiso has been available...
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Anger grows over CMHC trespass signs on Mt. Seymour trails
The Gore-Tex gloves are off in the fight for Mt. Seymour’s trails. From dog walkers to hikers and bikers, event planners and sports retail shop owners, outrage is growing over the Canada Mortgage and...
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Vancouver eyes dikes, even a sea gate, to handle rising ocean levels
The City of Vancouver is floating the idea of constructing a sea gate — a storm surge barrier — under the Burrard Bridge to prevent future flooding of Granville Island and the False Creek Flats, from...
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Abbotsford police says possible human remains found on rural property
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over an investigation into human remains found in Abbotsford. The Abbotsford police say that a person found what appears to be human remains in a...
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B.C. groups seek hundreds of millions in 2017 federal budget
OTTAWA — B.C. groups are trying to paint an inspirational vision of the province’s future as they stretch their open hands toward the nation’s capital in anticipation of the 2017 federal budget. The...
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Confederation arts project will highlight Canada's national parks
A boat tour through Thousand Islands National Park narrated by two artists. Sculptures that allow visitors at four national parks to listen to the earth. Postcard books examining the themes of...
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Chinese-language forest tours to educate more B.C. residents on conservation
When environmentalist Ken Wu was a child, his father gave him a book that blew him away: an illustrated natural history of Canada. One photograph, of four couples dancing on top of an enormous stump,...
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Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise program has no enforcement; official partners...
The Vancouver Aquarium boasts Ocean Wise as a program to help businesses and consumers make environmentally friendly, sustainable seafood choices — from barnacles to barramundi — harvested locally or...
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Strike will park West Vancouver's Blue Buses Monday morning
Transit buses will not be running in West Vancouver on Monday after last-minute negotiations between the district and the union representing West Vancouver Municipal Transit drivers and mechanics broke...
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B.C. killer Kelly Ellard's prison pregnancy spurs calls for policy review
Conservative MP Tony Clement said the federal government should review the policy that allowed infamous killer Kelly Ellard to get pregnant while serving a life sentence for murder. Clement, public...
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Surrey unveils new Public Safety Strategy
The City of Surrey has unveiled a new public-safety strategy meant to address a broad range of issues, from crime reduction to disaster preparedness to homelessness. Few details are available about the...
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B.C. coast needs policy, not platitudes, to deal with derelict vessels: NDP
OTTAWA — A Trudeau government-supported motion to be voted on this week includes only “platitudes” to deal with the serious and growing problem of derelict vessels on Canada’s coastline, according to...
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