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How much will the congestion tax cost you? (interactive calculator)
I’ve got a new story up examining the competing claims in the congestion tax debate about what the tax will actually cost the average household. To accompany that story, I built an interactive...
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If the shoe fits : Finance minister footwear often a fashion flash point in B.C.
As weird Canadian traditions go, finance ministers buying new shoes before delivering budgets ranks right up there with football fans riding horses through hotel lobbies, sourtoe cocktails in the Yukon...
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Accused shooter was working for Barzan Tilli-Choli, Crown says
When Aram Ali shot at a Range Rover outside a Surrey strip club six years ago, he was trying to kill one of its occupants for United Nations gangster Barzan Tilli-Choli, B.C. Supreme Court heard...
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Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan eats cake version of himself
Fifty Shades of Grey, the Vancouver-filmed ode to BDSM and peculiar sexual liaisons between captains of industry and college seniors, whipped the competition at the box office during its opening...
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Mayor Gregor Robertson, singer Wanting Qu exchange Valentine’s Day wishes on...
Gregor Robertson used the Chinese social media website Weibo to send a Valentine’s Day note to singer Wanting Qu, who for weeks had just been the rumoured girlfriend of the Vancouver mayor. Accompanied...
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Yaletown warehouse will host pop-up Warhol exhibit
From the Factory in New York to a warehouse in Yaletown, 80 prints and paintings from Andy Warhol will be on display at a pop-up exhibition in Vancouver next month. Works in the “WARHOL – A Different...
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Victim of 2009 shooting takes the stand at Aram Ali trial
A man wounded in a 2009 shooting near a Surrey strip club testified in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday that he had no idea how a live 40-calibre bullet got into a rear door compartment in his Range Rover....
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Finance minister de Jong mixes pucks with bucks in B.C. budget speech
Only in Canada will you see a finance minister begin a budget speech with a hockey analogy. Before he rattled off one number, B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong prefaced today’s budget announcement...
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The regal beagle has its own hate group on Facebook
It should be a great time to be a beagle. Miss P, a four-year-old beagle from Enderby, was named best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club in New York on Monday. The mayor of Enderby is planning to...
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Abbotsford Police officers under investigation for misconduct: OPCC
Here’s the story I worked on with my colleague Larry Pynn: Federal prosecutors are reviewing a number of Abbotsford drug cases because of an investigation that has uncovered 148 allegations of...
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Telus to begin charging Internet customers who exceed data allowance
B.C. cord cutters take note, Telus has announced it will begin charging Internet customers who exceed their monthly data allowance. In a release posted on its website, Telus says, starting March 30,...
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Are you over the hill? Our interactive chart will tell you
FiveThirtyEight recently did a fun piece examining the age at which you’re older than half the U.S. population (the answer: 37). I thought it might be fun to do something similar with Canadian data...
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IHIT looking for information on Burnaby murder
Homicide investigators are looking for more information to solve the murder last weekend of a North Vancouver man near the Edmonds Skytrain station in Burnaby. James Enright, 27, died in the early...
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See B.C.’s biggest industrial polluters on our interactive map
My colleague Larry Pynn has a new story up about B.C.’s biggest industrial polluters, based on data from Environment Canada. It includes an interactive map I worked with him on showing where the...
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See how much money was donated to your kid’s school last year
My colleague Tracy Sherlock has a new story about how much money Vancouver schools have received in donations, based on data she received from the Vancouver School Board. An interactive chart — where...
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Vancouver beer community honours its best and tastiest
On the same night that Hollywood’s elite were receiving more than their share of back pats and statuettes, Vancouver’s beer community was busy recognizing excellence in craft brewing at the CAMRA...
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VPD warn sex workers to use caution after West End assault
Vancouver police are on the lookout for an alleged sex offender after two women reported being assaulted in a West End apartment. In the early hours of Feb. 19, Police say a man confined a pair of...
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Bullying still a serious problem, poll says
Bullying is a serious problem and bullies should be dealt with more severely, according to a new Canadian poll done in advance of Pink Shirt Day. Eighty-nine per cent of Canadians say bullying in...
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Have your say on changes to scholarships program
The B.C. Ministry of Education is seeking feedback on how to change the provincial scholarship and awards program. Each year, more than 20,000 individual awards worth $15.6 million are given to...
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Jeep releases commercial filmed on snowy, woodsy Granville Street
Last June, a busy section of Granville Street, between Pender and Hastings, was transformed into a woodsy winter wonderland for a Jeep commercial. It was quite the scene for Vancouverites who worked...
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