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Notes from the Sun Newsroom: Five Things You Need to Know Today
Good morning. Here are some of the stories we are working on in the Vancouver Sun newsroom. In News, The Harper government is expected to announce a decision on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline...
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Metro Vancouver spending has skyrocketed in last decade, says Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute has released a report that slams B.C. municipalities for overspending. The right-wing think tank says Metro Vancouver municipal spending increased by 74.2 per cent from 2002-12,...
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Invasive bullfrog spreads across Vancouver Island
An alien eating machine is taking over the lakes and ponds on Vancouver Island. Alberni Valley resident Russ Schut caused a bit of a sensation on Facebook on the weekend when he posted a photo of a...
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Giant Mine bomber granted day parole
He’s serving a life sentence for killing nine people in a bombing of gold mine in Yellowknife 21 years ago, but 70-year-old Roger Warren will soon have a taste of freedom. Former mine worker Warren,...
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Bargaining between striking teachers and B.C. government resumes
Education Minister Peter Fassbender says bargaining with B.C.’s striking teachers will resume this afternoon. Fassbender said in a news release issued today that the B.C. Teachers’ Federation responded...
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Federal government approves Northern Gateway pipeline
The federal government has given Enbridge conditional approval for its Northern Gateway pipeline project. The $7.9 billion pipeline project, which will move crude oil between Bruderheim, Alberta and...
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Surrey woman, who stabbed friend 41 times, pleads guilty to manslaughter
“I want to say I’m sorry for all the pain and confusion that I’ve caused,” Jessica Ashley Hanley told the family of Tashina Rae Sutherland in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday. Hanley, 25. pleaded guilty to...
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Shuéme the great white owl unveiled as FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada mascot
With less than a year away from Canada hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup, organizers have unveiled the tournament mascot at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa on Tuesday. It’s an owl....
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Stanley Park is the greatest park in the world, according to Tripadvisor
You don’t have to tell Vancouverites that Stanley Park is great — but we don’t mind hearing it. The travel website TripAdvisor.com named Stanley Park the best park in the world as part of its 2014...
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Notes from the Sun newsroom: Five things you need to know today
Good morning from Vancouver, home of the greatest park in the world. These are some of the stories we talked about in our morning news meeting and that our reporters are now working on. In News,...
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B.C. teachers’ strike Day 2: UVic professor shocked there is no deal between...
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s 40,000-plus members picked up the pickets yesterday as the union commenced full-scale strike action after contract talks with the B.C. government collapsed. University...
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B.C. Reddit users among world’s most addicted
Reddit, the addictive social media site which bills itself as “the front page of the Internet” and the web’s prime destination for choice cat memes, celebrated itself last weekend with the 5th annual...
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Surrey murder victim identified as Shaunce Poirier, 33
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the man slain in Surrey earlier this week as Shaunce Poirier, 33. IHIT’s Sgt. Bari Emam said Poirier was a resident of Surrey at the time of...
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John Stevens earns promotion with L.A. Kings, won’t be Canucks’ next head coach
Los Angeles assistant coach John Stevens, who was thought to be a potential candidate for the vacant Vancouver Canucks’ head coaching job, will be staying in Hollywood. The L.A. Times is reporting the...
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UPDATE RE-OPENED: Mega-pub Craft Beer Market closed due to suspected...
UPDATE: Vancouver’s 500-seat Craft Beer Market has reopened after being shut down Wednesday. Craft Beer Market, the 500-seat mega-pub in Oympic Village, has been shut down due to a suspected Norovirus...
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Fight turns to murder in Surrey
One man is dead following an early morning fight in Newton. Surrey RCMP responded to reports of a fight at 2 a.m. in the area around 65B Avenue and 131 Street where they found one man critically...
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On the town: Strip spelling bee at the Rio
It’s a drizzly and dreary morning, and the weather man person says we are also in for a drizzly and dreary evening. Warm your cockles at the Rio Theatre tonight by watching people spell words — and...
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Report bus crimes with new transit police iPhone app
Vancouver transit passengers have a new tool to help report crime and police issues on the bus, skytrain or seabus. The Metro Vancouver Transit Police have released the OnDuty App which allows iPhone...
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See World Cup fans by neighbourhood on our interactive map of Vancouver
Metro Vancouver is one of Canada’s most multicultural cities, which means you can find fans for just about every World Cup team here. But where exactly are you likely to find the most fans of, say, the...
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Notes from the Vancouver Sun newsroom: Five things you need to know today
Good morning from 200 Granville Square. Here are some of the stories our reporters are working on today....
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