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How much money do people just like you make? (online calculator)
The median income for working Canadians is $49,351, according to data released Wednesday from Statistics Canada’s National Household Survey. If you’re like me, you looked at that figure and compared...
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Why middle-aged white guys have it so good
If you’re a middle-aged white guy with a university degree, chances are you’re making a pretty decent living. Indeed, folks like you typically make more than $90,000 a year, according to Statistics...
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What are B.C.’s most valuable university degrees?
If you want to make the big bucks, go get yourself a degree in medicine or dentistry. Or maybe math. We’re continuing our analysis of Statistics Canada’s newly released income data — stops so far...
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Post-secondary tuition fees are up, CCPA says
Tuition fees for post-secondary education in B.C. have risen from $2,770 in 1990 to $5,506 in 2012-13, a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found. Those amounts are adjusted...
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Mike Adiwal admits to 2011 Chilliwack assault
A notorious gangster and his associate pleaded guilty in Chilliwack Supreme Court Friday in connection with a May 2011 attack on a Lower Mainland man. Manjit (Mike) Adiwal, 34, pleaded guilty to...
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Canadian Hells Angels caught with cocaine in Spain
Four Canadian Hells Angels are in custody in Spain after allegedly attempting to smuggle 500 kilos of Colombia cocaine into the country on a sailboat. Details of a multi-national drug investigation...
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Canadians arrested in Spain linked to B.C. Hells Angels
The four Canadian Hells Angels accused of attempting to distribute 500 kilos of cocaine in Spain are linked to the Haney and Mission chapters of the biker gang, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Two...
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Scotiabank Giller prize long list announced in Vancouver
For the first time since it started in 1994, the Scotiabank Giller Prize announced its long list in Vancouver, filling the great hall at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. If you’ve ever been there, it...
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B.C.’s independent schools fight possible property tax change
B.C.’s independent schools are fighting a change that could see the schools have to pay property tax in some cities. Independent schools in the province have been exempt from property taxes since 1957,...
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ICBC forced to pay out $11,440 to mom of murdered gangster
After Hazel Burns’s son was killed while driving John Stevens’ Acura in 2011, Stevens thought he’d help out the grieving mom by transferring ownship of the sedan to her, ensuring an ICBC payout that...
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Gangster’s mom to get ICBC pay-out
A provincial court judge has ordered ICBC to pay more than $11,000 to the mother of a gangster gunned down in Surrey two years ago. Stephen Leone, 27, was driving an Acura owned by John Stevens when...
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Man found dead in Joe Brown Park victim of “foul play:” IHIT
An early morning jogger in Surrey’s Joe Brown Park found the body of a man who appears to be a victim of “foul play,” Sgt. Jennifer Pound said Wednesday. Pound, who speaks for the Integrated Homicide...
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Students, teachers learn about residential schools
More than 4,000 students and 200 teachers headed to the Pacific National Exhibition grounds Thursday to take part in Truth and Reconciliation Commission events. Viola Thomas, the commission’s community...
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IHIT says murder victim a 30-year-old Surrey man
Ezar Ahmad Khan had run-ins with police across Metro Vancouver for more than a decade. On Wednesday, the 30-year-old Surrey man who sources say was a “low-level trafficker,” was found dead in Joe Brown...
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Two men charged for a second time in 2004 murder
Two men who had murder and manslaughter charges against them dropped in 2005 have now been charged again in connection with the same 2004 murder. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced...
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IHIT investigating death of Chilliwack baby girl
It has been a busy 24 hours for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. They made two arrests on Friday afternoon in the 2004 murder of Amandeep Bath, who was shot in the head after an altercation...
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VPL names actress as Aboriginal storyteller in residence
Award-winning actress and playwright Columpa C. Bobb is the 2013 Vancouver Public Library Aboriginal storyteller in residence. Bobb is most recognized for the role of Mary Cook on the CBC TV show North...
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Trucker get 8.5 years for cocaine smuggling
A Metro Vancouver trucker caught with 30 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside his tractor-trailer as he crossed into Canada has been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail. Navdeep Singh Dhillon was...
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‘Marijuana game,’ alcohol talk lead to teacher suspensions
A secondary school math teacher in Kootenay Lake has been suspended for five days and ordered to take a course in boundaries after playing a game in class in which he tried to guess which students had...
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Girls’ day brings Girl Rising film to West Vancouver
Next month, the West Vancouver School District will be showing Girl Rising, a movie that tells the stories of nine girls from nine countries and shows how education can change lives. The girls include...
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