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Coquitlam woman killed in high-speed accident in Richmond
Police are investigating a high-speed crash in Richmond Sunday morning that left one woman dead. Mounties say a Honda Civic heading east on Westminster Highway and a westbound Audi R8 collided at the...
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Ian Mulgrew: Court orders major junior hockey clubs to reveal finances
Canadian and Western Hockey League teams have been ordered to reveal their finances in a player’s class-action lawsuit for failure to meet employment standards. In a big win for the major junior...
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Dog spooked by firecrackers killed on SkyTrain tracks
When Ali Fluevog was nursing her first baby, her dog Maggie, a black lab-Chow rescue pup, got up faithfully each night, curled up at her feet, and kept a watchful presence in the dark hours. She was...
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Kids of B.C. families with precarious immigration status face health-care...
Each time little Leo coughs, Jorge and Diana’s hearts sink at the thought of medical bills they can’t pay. After Jorge’s aunt was stabbed to death during a botched robbery, he fled Mexico with dreams...
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Vancouver School Board should sell land, renegotiate contracts: audit report
Major changes could be ahead for Vancouver’s schools if the city school board’s appointed official trustee, Dianne Turner, follows the recommendations of a recent audit report. Special adviser Peter...
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MEDICINE MATTERS: Crown prosecutors now reviewing potential cases of fraud by...
My front page story about the fact that no fraud charges have as yet been laid against overbilling doctors leads to this follow-up with news that there are actually several cases under review by Crown...
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Metro Vancouver breaks October record for days of rain
The record-setting rainy weather is forecast to continue into the first week of November, according to Environment Canada. “There is not much change in sight as we start off the month,” said Matt...
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B.C. gets a failing grade for flood preparedness
British Columbia is one of the least prepared provinces to deal with a major flood, according to a recently released national report called Climate Change and the Preparedness of Canadian Provinces and...
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Missing North Vancouver man has family, friends worried
A mother is distraught and friends distressed over a 37-year-old man who was last seen getting out of a taxi near his North Vancouver home around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday. Leigh Luyt had been out with a...
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City councillor argues Vancouver needs more public washrooms
Coun. Elizabeth Ball wants to see more public washrooms built in Vancouver. For Ball, such a movement would ensure older residents and those with medical problems could leave their homes with ease. But...
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Ironic: 28 days of rain, but Metro Vancouver still wants us to think about...
As we come off an October record for most rainy days — 28 — Metro Vancouver residents are being urged to conserve water in a new public awareness campaign. “The irony is certainly there,” said North...
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Trudeau government wants to bump up number of immigrants to B.C.
OTTAWA — B.C. will receive between 39,000 and 42,000 immigrants and refugees annually under the Trudeau government’s ambitious plan unveiled Monday to bring in a minimum 300,000 newcomers to Canada...
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Accessory to Maple Batalia murder deserves six years in jail, Crown says
The Crown is seeking a six-year jail term for a man who was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Maple Batalia of Surrey. In May, Gursimar Bedi, 26, was convicted for his...
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Vaughn Palmer: VSB is so much different than other boards, report shows
VICTORIA — When the B.C. Liberals pre-emptively fired the Vancouver School Board two weeks ago, they held back a government-ordered audit of the troubled district because of an outstanding concern...
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Infant suffers paralysis as Enterovirus-D68 bug stages comeback
Forty-one British Columbians, including an infant who has suffered arm paralysis, have contracted the Enterovirus-D68 bug this year. A spokesman for the B.C. Centre for Disease Control said Tuesday...
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Ian Mulgrew: Trinity Western’s legal win sets up Supreme Court showdown over...
B.C.’s top court has set up a Supreme Court of Canada showdown between the fundamental freedoms of religion and equality by giving a ringing endorsement to a proposed evangelical law school. In a...
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Skytrain's Expo, Millennium lines return to normal service after afternoon...
SkyTrain’s Expo and Millennium lines experienced delays Tuesday afternoon after a large part of the system shut down due to a mechanical issue. They were back up and running by 3 p.m. TransLink...
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REAL SCOOP: Violent beginning to November
It was a violent beginning to November across the Lower Mainland with fatal stabbings in Abbotsford and Vancouver and another slaying in Maple Ridge. It started in Vancouver when police were called to...
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Provincial trustee body calls for byelection of VSB trustees
The B.C. School Trustees Association has written a letter urging the Ministry of Education to hold by-elections as soon as possible to replace fired school trustees. “The very foundation of our...
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Nanaimo man sprays family with bear spray during Halloween
A Nanaimo family had their Halloween ruined when an angry driver sprayed them and several bystanders with bear spray, RCMP said Tuesday. All were treated at the scene by paramedics. Police said the...
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