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Voters 'underwhelmed' by lack of political options, poll shows
With just days left before the provincial election, British Columbians remain “underwhelmed” and “unexcited” by their voting options, according to a new Angus Reid poll released Thursday. The poll...
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Douglas Todd: B.C.'s ethnic Chinese population far more inclined to vote Liberal
Which political party will most appeal to B.C.’s large ethnic Chinese population, which tends to be well off, morally conservative and politically undecided? A revealing Mainstreet poll for Postmedia...
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Vaughn Palmer: Campaign stops for B.C. party leaders show where they think...
VICTORIA — Nearing the final week of a close and hard-fought election, the B.C. Liberals cleared a full day on the schedule for party leader Christy Clark to campaign in the southeastern corner of B.C....
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Christy Clark heads to Vancouver Island in final days of campaign
VICTORIA — With five days left in her campaign, B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark spent Thursday touting the Liberals’ Vancouver Island-specific platform in NDP-dominated ridings she hopes to swing...
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Accused confesses to cops he shot West Van millionaire after dispute over...
A man accused of murdering a West Vancouver millionaire confessed to police that he shot the victim after a fight in which he objected to a suggestion by his business partner that he marry the...
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REAL SCOOP: Witness describes UN violence over years
The second of four former UN gang member testifying at the Cory Vallee murder trial took the stand Thursday. He can only be identified as C due to the continuing publication ban. He says he was in the...
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B.C. Election 2017: Students cast their votes in parallel races
About 180,000 elementary and high school students across B.C. will have their say in a parallel election running at 1,220 schools until Monday. Although the kids are under the voting age, they’ll vote...
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Vaughn Palmer: Expect Premier Hard Hat to triumph Tuesday with reduced majority
VICTORIA — When Premier Christy Clark pulled out a win in the 2013 provincial election against widespread expectations of her defeat, she silenced many a critic for a time. B.C. Liberal dissidents who...
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Former UN gangster says he aided Justice Institute attacks throughout Metro...
A United Nations gang boss on the run from a B.C. murder charge arranged for shootings and a firebombing at Metro Vancouver homes of people linked to the Justice Institute, B.C. Supreme Court heard...
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B.C. Election 2017: Clark on campaign trail with job-friendly message
Liberal party Leader Christy Clark pushed back Friday against a First Nation-led campaign calling for people to vote ABC — “anyone but Clark” — come election day. Clark flew across the province for...
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REAL SCOOP: D'Monte helped with Justice Institute attacks, trial hears
The former UN gangster known as C testified that he stayed in touch with gang leader Conor D’Monte even after D’Monte fled Canada fearing he would be arrested for murder. C said he never knew where...
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Dan Fumano: Leaking, derelict home in Strathcona a "nuisance" to city,...
Louis Lapprend says there’s a “mystery” in the century-old brick home next-door. He noticed something was awry last month, on what seems like one of the only days this year when it wasn’t raining in...
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Food and memories: The Sun reviews Home and Away
Our trusted food writer Mia Stainsby has this to say about our new cookbook: Randy Shore’s Proustian moment wasn’t via a madeleine. It happened with a bowl of Korean noodles, the name of which he never...
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Teenage boy dies two days after multi-car crash in Surrey
A teen has died following a multi-car crash Wednesday in Cloverdale. Around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Surrey RCMP responded to 64th Avenue, just west of Highway 15, for a report of a collision. Early...
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Postmedia journalists honoured with four National Newspaper Awards
Postmedia journalists won four National Newspaper Awards Friday, in categories recognizing their achievements in covering breaking news, local reporting and photography, while The Vancouver Sun and...
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Canada 150: Reading was therapeutic comfort for young Kit Pearson
For some children, reading is an adventure, a way to break out of reality’s confines. For others, it’s comfort and consolation, a way to withdraw into a magical world. For Canadian author Kit Pearson,...
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Vancouver Island sex-assault accused is a non-violence advocate
A Saanich husband and father who runs a local foundation dedicated to ending sexual exploitation and gender-based violence is facing charges of sex assault and break-and-enter. Saanich police received...
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B.C. Election 2017: Gang crime still plagues B.C., but isn't front and centre...
It was among the most brazen of gang shootings. Birinderjeet Justin Bhangu was sitting in his Acura in front of the Comfort Inn Hotel in Surrey in the middle of a March afternoon. A gunman dressed all...
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Searches continue for missing people after floods and mudslides in B.C.
Warm temperatures prompting spring run-off combined with heavy rainfall in some areas caused devastating floods and mudslides in several parts of B.C. “I could see it coming because snowpacks were...
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First-generation B.C. grads forge a new path of family achievement
Graduation from university is a major milestone in anyone’s life. For those who represent the first generation in their families to go to university, the achievement can be even more significant. Some...
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