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Gang violence hits rural Langley as dismembered body found
Don Wrightman has seen a lot of things since moving into his comfortable rural Langley home on Robertson Crescent 47 years ago, but says having a dismembered body dumped outside his front driveway is...
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Ian Mulgrew: WHL being back-checked for possibly violating lobby law
The Western Hockey League did not register as a lobbyist before leaning on B.C.’s cabinet to exempt major junior players from the minimum wage law, the provincial watchdog says. Erin Beatty,...
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Northern B.C. resource towns' mobile home residents struggle amid energy boom
Promises of pipelines and LNG plants in northern B.C. have some landowners seeing gold, but housing advocates warn that the prospect of a boom is causing housing problems for seniors and other...
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Hells Angels prospect hurt in targeted shooting in Burnaby
For the second time in 10 days, a person linked to the Hells Angels has been shot in Metro Vancouver in a targeted attack. The Vancouver Sun has learned the victim of a shooting early Wednesday in...
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Students rally to rebuild East Vancouver playground
The playground at the northeast end of Clark Park is quite modest, a small slide and monkey bars. But to the students from Stratford Hall school across the street, it’s a treasure, the place where they...
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Tsawwassen's mega-mall no Garden of Eden
Since I was in Tsawwassen visiting friends at the weekend, I decided to pop into the new $600 million, 180 store Tsawwassen Mills mega-mall to see what all the fuss was about. What I immediately...
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Riding faster while commuting increases inhalation of pollutants
Active commuters beware: Pushing yourself hard while walking or biking on city streets can dramatically increase the amount of airborne pollutants you take in, according to a new study from the...
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Police watchdog finds Coquitlam RCMP not at fault for death of man in custody
COQUITLAM — British Columbia’s police watchdog has concluded the death of a man in custody last week was not the fault of Mounties. RCMP responded to calls of a break-in at a home in Coquitlam on Oct....
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Kelly Ellard's lawyer says pregnant killer thinking about her victim's family
A lawyer for jailed killer Kelly Ellard said the young woman has been thinking a lot about the family of her victim Reena Virk ever since finding out she is pregnant several months ago. Lawyer Sarah...
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Vancouver Sun and Province to move to new office in 2017
The Pacific News Group, which includes the Vancouver Sun and Province newsrooms, is relocating to a new home in East Vancouver next year. On Thursday, PNG president Gordon Fisher shared the news with...
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Anti-poverty protesters disrupt Vancouver housing conference
When you choose to hold a city-led, invite-only housing conference in a municipality mired in an affordability crisis you can expect to take a few licks. For the City of Vancouver, those came early...
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Mounties catch suspect after manhunt for border-jumping motorcyclist
Langley RCMP have arrested a 49-year-old man involved in a bizarre border-jumping incident Thursday involving two motorcyclists. Cpl. Holly Largy said the incident began at about 12:30 p.m. when...
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B.C. leads country in midwife-assisted births
B.C. has the country’s leading rate in in midwife-assisted births, resulting in estimated government savings of $4.6 million in less than two years, a new report says. Midwives were involved in 9,175...
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New Trudeau Senate appointee Yuen Pau Woo has both his fans … and panned in B.C.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, by appointing to the Senate a prominent B.C. advocate for closer Canada-China relations and the construction of oilsands pipelines, has predictably triggered...
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Traffic flowing again on Highway 1 in eastern B.C. to Alberta after rock slide
FIELD, B.C. — One lane of the Trans-Canada Highway in eastern British Columbia leading to Alberta has reopened. The highway was closed in both directions since Monday, when a rock slide occurred when...
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REAL SCOOP: Identity of man slain and dismembered to be released Friday
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Thursday that investigators had identified the man murdered and dismembered and dumped on the side of a Langley road. The identity will not be made...
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Teen received threatening phone call before fatal stabbing, friend says
A friend of a teen who was fatally stabbed after being swarmed by a group of youths in Whistler said the victim received a threatening phone call several hours before the attack. Nicholas Popovic...
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City of Vancouver plans for bike lanes on Commercial Drive and in front of...
Arguments over a pair of proposed bike lanes in Vancouver have grown into the latest skirmishes spurred on by the city’s arduous campaign to become a cycling capital. On Commercial Drive, plans to add...
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Police recover stolen comic books including the rare Fantastic Four: Issue No. 1
Most of the valuable comic books stolen during a break-and-enter at an East Vancouver home October 17th have been recovered, Vancouver police said Friday. Police said that shortly after the theft,...
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Harvest Power garners record number of odour complaints from Metro Vancouver...
Metro Vancouver has received a record number of complaints from people upset about a foul odour coming from a Richmond compost facility. On Thursday, the regional body, which is responsible for...
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