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RCMP to review action of officers after arrest of elderly couple caught on...
Coquitlam RCMP is conducting a review of the actions of several police officers after a video emerged of an elderly couple being arrested. The video shows an elderly man being dragged down some stairs,...
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Vaughn Palmer: Horgan pumps up the bold to sway voters
VICTORIA — Opposition leader John Horgan was in Surrey this week promising that a New Democratic Party government would close the funding gap for light rail and expanded bus service in Metro...
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Excess space, tight labour contracts constrain VSB: audit
Excess space and constraining labour contracts are the two biggest factors that make it tough for the Vancouver School Board to balance its budget, a special adviser’s report has found. After the...
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IHIT identifies victim butchered and dumped in Langley
As hundreds of bikers gather for the funeral of Hells Angel Bob Green in Vancouver on Saturday, homicide investigators continue to search for clues in the “barbaric” murder and mutilation of a...
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Douglas Todd: Medicare access to psychotherapy is just smart economics
Canadian politicians like to talk about this as being a compassionate country. But when it comes to providing health care, most politicians realize they have to go beyond rhetoric to consider economic...
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Expand B.C.'s supervised sites beyond overseeing only injection drugs,...
VANCOUVER — Harm reduction advocates are calling on the government of British Columbia to expand the scope of its safe-injection facilities beyond supervising only intravenous drug use, but medical...
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'Compassionate roommate' ad draws hundreds of applications from around world
A Coquitlam man recovering from cancer is sifting through hundreds of applications after advertising for a “compassionate roommate” to live with him rent-free in his two-bedroom apartment for a wage of...
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Bull elk horns in on cattle community in heart of Fraser Valley
First came the provincial government’s reintroduction of Roosevelt elk from the Sunshine Coast to a series of wilderness watersheds from the Squamish River Valley to Harrison Lake. Then the elk...
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Police keep close eye as hundreds gather for Hells Angel funeral
Hundreds of bikers, friends and relatives of prominent Hells Angel Bob Green made their way to south Vancouver’s Fraserview Hall Saturday afternoon for a celebration of his life. Green was murdered in...
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City of Vancouver purchases Obasan author's house
In a $634,000 deal, the City of Vancouver will purchase the Historic Joy Kogawa House from The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) as the non-profit land trust continues to sell properties to rid itself of...
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Two young men killed in Friday-night shooting in Surrey
Two young men are dead after a shooting Friday evening in Surrey. Police were called to 159th Street and 110th Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. and found 19-year-old Ashim Raza and 24-year-old Vikram Toor...
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First Nations fear wildlife harmed by diesel spill on B.C. coast
VANCOUVER — First Nations say they’re afraid that diesel fuel spilled from a sunken tug off British Columbia’s central coast is affecting their food supply and other wildlife. They point to the...
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Hundreds attend Vancouver funeral for slain Hells Angel Bob Green
They came on Harleys, in cars, in trucks and in stretch limos. Hundreds braved the miserable weather to pay tribute to slain Hells Angel Bob Green at a memorial service in South Vancouver on Saturday....
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REAL SCOOP: Family, friends and biker brothers mourn Hells Angel Bob Green
The weather was absolutely miserable Saturday morning as Hells Angels made last minute preparations for the memorial service in south Vancouver at Fraserview Hall. While flowers and wreaths were...
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Adults shamed for speaking their indigenous language hold key to linguistic...
VICTORIA — There’s a generation of indigenous people across Canada who were once shamed for speaking their own language. Now people who didn’t learn their mother tongue from their parents are key to...
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Black bear sow caught on camera catching fish in Coquitlam
An amateur photographer got the shot of a lifetime Saturday during a walk in a Coquitlam park. Andrew Weststeyn and his wife had gone for a morning hike alongside a creek that meanders through Gilley’s...
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Mosaic conference to help immigrants kickstart careers
The Metro Vancouver immigrant services organization, Mosaic, is hosting a free full-day conference in Surrey on Nov. 5 to help immigrants and new Canadians kickstart their careers. Finding a suitable...
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'It's an un-fun circus': Americans in Lower Mainland on presidential election
Linda Ledbetter has lived through Watergate, hanging chads, the birther movement, but never did she dream she’d see an American presidential election like the 2016 campaign. “Never, ever, ever,” the...
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Bikers, hikers free to use Seymour Mountain trails after CMHC allows use
Hikers and mountain bikers in North Vancouver are elated after being told that they can again use Mt. Seymour land jointly owned by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. and the province of B.C. After...
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MEC's Halloween runners have zoom with a view at historic speedway, senior...
Kathie Schellenberg was in a spooktacular mood Sunday morning, welcoming witches, pumpkins, lizards, ducks and super heroes to Campbell Valley Park’s Historic Speedway in Langley. Race director Kathie...
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