Interview with Tiffany Grant voice of Asuka Langley from Evangelion (with video)
Last year, during Anime Revolution I passed on the opportunity to interview Megumi Ogata, the original voice actress for Shinji of Evangelion, because she did not allow video or audio recording, only...
View ArticleGang founder convicted in Surrey Six slayings denied parole
Red Scorpion gang founder Michael Le tried to convince the Parole Board of Canada Tuesday that he is a changed man and deserves to be freed despite his role in the 2007 Surrey Six murders. But board...
View ArticleB.C.’s female representation in House of Commons drops four per cent
Although Canadians elected a record 88 female members of parliament, 12 more than in 2011, female representation in the House of Commons grew by just one per cent on Monday. In B.C., female...
View ArticleMan who vanished in August confirmed as murder victim found near Mission
A man last seen in Maple Ridge in August has now been confirmed as the victim of murder in Mission. David Urquhart, 26, was reported missing on Aug. 31. A hunter then discovered some human remains in...
View ArticleMurder charge now laid against accused kidanpper
A young Richmond man already facing a kidnapping charge in connection with a bizarre abduction case has now been charged with first-degree murder. Tian Yi Zhang, 23, and three others were arrested...
View ArticleBack to the Future Day: Is Doc Brown working for Health Canada?
It’s Back to the Future Day! Yes indeed, Oct. 21, 2015, was the future date that Doc Brown and Marty McFly (along with Marty’s girlfriend who had turned into Elisabeth Shue) travelled to in Back to the...
View ArticlePhotographer gets bear sprayed at Abbotsford homeless camp
Abbotsford Police arrested a woman after a news photographer was bear sprayed while shooting footage near the city’s homeless camp. Freelance cameraman Kevin MacDonald was shooting video at the camp...
View ArticleCrown appeals ruling that mandatory minimum sentences violate Charter
B.C.’s Criminal Justice Branch is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court ruling striking down a mandatory minimum sentence for discharging a firearm as unconstitutional. And the branch wants the sentence...
View ArticleVideo: Port Mann Bridge demolition time lapse
The demolition is over and the old bridge is gone. Dismantling of the 51-year-old Port Mann Bridge, which has been replaced by a new 10-lane span with same name, began in December 2012 and was...
View ArticleKitsilano’s AnnaLena named one of Canada’s best new restaurants by enRoute...
AnnaLena, chef Michael Robbins’ ode to his grandmothers, has been named the sixth best new restaurant in Canada by Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and a winner of the publication’s Eat & Vote...
View ArticleTelus, City of Vancouver deliver free Wi-Fi to six community locations
The city of Vancouver and Telus have flipped the switch on free public Wi-Fi in six community locations. In April, city council approved Telus’s plan to install wireless networks at 43 city locations,...
View ArticleCharges laid in East Vancouver home invasion
Vancouver Police have arrested a man in Calgary Thursday in connection with a home invasion last June during which a young girl had a gun pointed at her. Rouslan Erchov, 28, is now facing several...
View ArticleBack to the Future Lego Dimensions unboxing and game play (with video)
2015 is a peculiar year for me: I was hit with 2 blasts from the past: the Evangelion series and the Back to the Future film franchise. In the 1985 film Back to the Future II, Marty (Michael J. Fox)...
View ArticleHalloween Video: Is Montreal Canadiens star Brendan Gallagher afraid of clowns?
Montreal Canadiens players Brendan Gallagher and Nathan Beaulieu show no fear battling the toughest guys in hockey, but it turns out they are not fans of scary clowns. Who is? The Sedins might want to...
View ArticleVancouver Police dog calendar now on sale
Calendars featuring the furriest members of the Vancouver Police Department are being sold to raise money for the B.C. Cancer Foundation and the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation. The 2016 Vancouver...
View ArticleB.C. man arrested in connection with Alberta murder case
Chilliwack Mounties arrested a Lower Mainland man who is wanted on murder and aggravated assault charges laid in Grand Prairie, Alberta. Jordan Wendland, 28, was picked up Wednesday morning about 6:15...
View ArticleHands-on, project-based learning in the spotlight
“Imagine if we taught baseball the same way we teach science. They’d never play the game until graduate school.” Think about that for a minute. It’s a sentiment expressed by a teacher in the film...
View ArticleSean Doak loses final bid against extradition
Accused B.C. drug smuggler Sean Doak has lost his final bid to halt his extradition to Washington State. Doak had asked the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal a B.C. ruling ordering that he...
View ArticleMetro Vancouver men charged in drug conspiracy
Seven Metro Vancouver men have been charged after a five-month investigation by the RCMP in Nova Scotia into a drug trafficking network. Another five men and one woman were arrested in the Maritime...
View ArticleTrick or Treat Count 2015
The Sun has teamed up with Bing Thom architects for the fourth year in a row to do a crowd-sourced trick-or-treat count map, which is now live. Fill in the survey here and watch your entry pop up on...
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