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We don’t need another law school in British Columbia: Yaffe
The Law Society of B.C. will vote Tuesday on whether to uphold accreditation for Canada’s first private Christian law school at Trinity Western University. Other law societies across Canada have said...
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British Columbians expect to be out of debt’s death grip sooner than...
British Columbians, including those with mortgages, expect to be out of debt by age 56, according to a survey by Nielsen for CIBC. That’s later than the national average of 53 but it’s an improvement...
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B.C. SPCA recommends charges of animal cruelty against Chilliwack dairy workers
A video of dairy workers punching, beating and kicking cows at Chilliwack’s largest dairy farm has led the B.C. SPCA to recommend animal cruelty charges against eight employees of Chilliwack Cattle...
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Agassiz murder victim identified as Curtis Gower
A man who died from injuries sustained early June 7 in Agassiz has been identified as 27-year-old Curtis Gower, of Mission. A suspect in the death who was taken into custody by the Integrated Homicide...
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Two men from rival gangs targeted in weekend shootings
Two men targeted in separate weekend shootings in Vancouver are from rival gangs that have been warring with each other across the region for years. The Vancouver Sun has learned the target of an East...
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Notes from the Sun newsroom: Five things you should know today
Good morning from a soggy downtown Vancouver. Grey clouds are in fact going to clear up, according to The Weather Network, and we’ll have sunshine with a high of 20 degrees this afternoon. Here are...
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Thief nabs war medals from 98-year-old Surrey war veteran
It is a special kind of lowlife who would swipe the war medals from a WWII veteran. Surrey RCMP are saying that is what happened during a May 30th break-in at a residence located in the 14200 block of...
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Vancouver police have suspected Yaletown shooter in custody
The Vancouver Police Department has a suspect in custody after a man (VPD originally reported it was a woman victim) was shot outside of a Starbucks on Davie Street near Marinaside Crescent this...
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B.C. teachers’ union will announce strike vote tonight
Results on the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s vote on whether they will escalate their job action to a full-scale strike will be released tonight. More than 40,000 teachers were eligible to cast their...
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Premier Clark excusing herself from oil refinery decisions to avoid conflict
Her ex-husband has taken job with the Pacific Future Energy Corporation, so premier Christy Clark says she will not participate in any cabinets discussions or decisions on potential oil refineries in...
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Driver runs over Surrey Mountie, sparks police chase
A Surrey RCMP officer suffered minor injuries after being struck by a motorist during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon. The Mountie had just pulled over Toyota Matrix near 88 Avenue and 156 Street,...
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Bike store owner and his suspected attacker both in hospital tonight
It used to be that Vancouverites – and Canadians in general – could watch news stories out of the U.S. about disturbing public shootings with a sense of smugness that things like that just didn’t...
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Notes from the Sun newsroom: Five things you need to know today
Good morning from the eighth floor of the Granville Square tower. The Weather Network says we should hit a high of 20 degrees with a mix of sun and cloud today. We are already at 19 degrees. Here’s...
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Anchor found in Puget Sound may have belonged to George Vancouver
Experts are examining an anchor found six years ago off Whidbey Island north of Seattle to see if it belonged to George Vancouver, the English explorer whose name graces our city. Vancouver charted the...
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Two arrested following big heroin bust at Vancouver International Airport
Two men have been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking after police and border guards seized 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of heroin at Vancouver International Airport last month. The...
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Raw data and code behind Vancouver Sun’s data projects now on GitHub
I’ve been in the habit for a while now of posting the raw data behind some of The Vancouver Sun’s data projects on this blog. But it always kind of bugged me that the data was scattered in various...
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B.C. teachers strike won’t start until Tuesday at the earliest
There will be no long weekend for B.C. school kids as the B.C. Teachers’ Federation says they won’t walk off the job until Tuesday at the earliest. The teachers’ union, which has been carrying out...
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Six attempted murder charges laid in connection with Yaletown/Science World...
Gerald Battersby, 61, has been charged with six counts of attempted murder in connection with Tuesday’s shootings in Yaletown and at Science World. Paul Dragan, 52, owner of Reckless Bikes on Davie...
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Prime Minister Harper hints at approving Northern Gateway oil pipeline to B.C.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave one of his strongest indications yet that his government will give the go-ahead to the proposed $7.9 billion Northern Gateway pipeline. Harper told the House of...
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Judge reject Glenn Sheck’s bid to stay charges in gun case
A Surrey judge says that gang associate Glenn Sheck’s Charter rights were violated by lengthy court delays in his firearms’ trial, but rejected a bid to drop criminal charges in the case as a result....
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