The Province
DEFICITS AND DEBT DECRIED
Premier David Eby said Wednesday that money is required to build the infrastructure the province needs, but economists and two former finance ministers from both sides of the aisle say the government's fiscal situation is unsustainable. Speaking at...
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LIFE SAVER
Retired accountant Ron Olynyk was just about to hit the third hole at Eaglepoint golf course in Kamloops five years ago when he suddenly felt like he couldn't catch his breath. “I had a bit of pain in my chest, but I didn't think it was anything...
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FACING THE HEAT
Finance Minister Josie Osborne faced pointed questions and criticism from economists and the opposition Monday over the B.C. government's finances as the province's record deficit continues to climb. Osborne tried to put a positive spin on the...
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AFRICA'S BURDEN AND LIFELINE
ABIDJAN — Across the pavements, residential areas and public spaces of African cities, the informal economy is booming under the noses of authorities, who are often powerless to stop it. Poverty, unemployment and bureaucratic red tape force tens of...
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A FRESH START
Ryan Johnson, you can sense, is just champing at the bit to get going. The Canucks' general manager has long been known for keeping an upbeat attitude, for always being ready to talk about the game he has spent his entire life in. When he popped his...
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BROTHERHOOD
When he was just a rookie Vancouver firefighter in 2001, Keith Stewart desperately wanted to help the families of the more than 300 New York firefighters who died trying to save people from the burning World Trade Center towers. He and dozens of other...
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B.C. WINE BANNED FROM U.S.
B.C. wineries do not sell much wine to the American market, which makes the executive order U.S. President Donald Trump signed Tuesday barring the import of Canadian alcohol mostly symbolic for most producers. However, this escalation in the...
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UKRAINIAN IN A PICKLE
A Kelowna resident and Ukrainian citizen is set to be deported Monday after his arrest following an international methamphetamine smuggling investigation earlier this year. Dmytro Nikolaiev, 46, allegedly hid 115 kilograms of methamphetamine in pickle...
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FAKE ONLINE REVIEWS
Health-care patients are more likely to believe fake online reviews for a doctor over a genuine comment, raising concerns about the quality of care they may receive, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University. “Sometimes it's pretty easy to...
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RAILTOWN REVISITED
A small portside quarter near Vancouver's northern shore evolved over the 20th century from a gritty district of foundries and factories into a modern hub of design and creative professionals. Now, city hall is trying to figure out what Railtown will...
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DISCHARGED SENIOR SENT TO SHELTER BY HOSPITAL
The family of a New Westminster senior is looking for answers about why she was sent to a Vancouver Downtown Eastside shelter without their knowledge after being discharged from hospital two weeks ago. Elizabeth Davis, 78, told Postmedia News she has...
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MORE TORY EXITS
Boundary-Similkameen MLA Donegal Wilson and Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Scott McInnis resigned from the B.C. Conservatives on Wednesday, becoming the eighth and ninth MLAs to leave over concerns about Kerry-Lynne Findlay's leadership. Their exits...
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SNAKE BITTEN
Landen Spittal, 15, has never been afraid of snakes. Dangling the occasional garter snake in front of his mom Andrea was always good for a jump-scare. So last week, when his dad Colin picked up an interesting snake while the two were doing yard work...
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BORDERING ON DISASTER
With a renewed call from B.C. Premier David Eby for residents to boycott travelling to and purchasing from the U.S., some businesses on both sides of the border are worried for their futures. Peter Raju, owner of the Peace Arch Duty Free shop, said...
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DIVERSIFYING DIFFICULTIES
For decades, Canadian governments both Conservative and Liberal sought greater economic integration with the United States, the world's spendiest buyer of imports, including Canadian energy, machinery, lumber and wheat. But now, as U.S. President...
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OUT OF THE PICTURE
Last year, when producer Chris Ferguson wanted to shoot parts of his latest horror movie at the 2400 Motel in east Vancouver, scheduling problems got in the way. But the location was special enough that he made it work. “We looked all over for other...
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MIGRANTS ON HOLD
Smoke has been an increasingly familiar backdrop during Julio's summers in the Okanagan, hanging over the rows of cherry trees as he and other temporary foreign workers race against the clock to bring in B.C.'s fruit harvest. Some days, it's only a...
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OTTER REVIVED
Gordon Mellish is convinced the baby otter he helped save nodded and made eye contact with him before returning to her family in the wild. A trio of juvenile otters got themselves tangled up in a fishing net at a dock in Alert Bay late last month....
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EVACUEES HEARTENED BY CARING VOLUNTEERS
PENTICTON — Walt Nickerson pushed a cart of groceries and supplies out of the Real Canadian Superstore on Monday evening, three days into a life he hadn't planned. He left Summerland after a 1:30 a.m. call early Saturday from his landlord telling him...
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FLEEING FLAMES
Flames licked the fence ringing Brian Callow's mushroom farm in Summerland and smoke made it hard to see the sky. It was early Saturday, just after midnight, and the Bald Range fire was creeping ever closer. After turning on his sprinklers, Callow...
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A WORLD ON FIRE
Toronto and New York choked under orange and white skies. Madrid and Bordeaux had flames licking at their doorsteps. Vast forests, rural communities and ranchlands full of livestock in Western Canada and the U.S. have burned — and all in the month of...
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How to save big this back-to-school season
Back-to-school shopping can become one of the most expensive times of the year. Between the usual school supplies, clothing, technology and the evergrowing list of extras required for a new school year, costs can add up quickly. For students heading to...
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THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION
A month after hosting seven World Cup games, Vancouver's host committee won't say whether FIFA offered it the legacy money U.S. cities say they were promised. The temporary grass at B.C. Place has been pulled up, the security cordons are down and...
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`GOTTA CATCH 'EM'
Masked thieves broke into a collectibles store in Vancouver's Dunbar neighbourhood early Monday, making off with high-value Pokémon cards. Vancouver police said the commercial break-and-enter was reported around 3 a.m. on Aug. 3 at the Royal Card Shop...
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BITTER PRICE OF REVENGE
A B.C. man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man who'd had an affair with his wife in the past and had gone on to share intimate images from the relationship with her family. Riza Jafari, 34, pleaded guilty to...
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TOP OF HER FIELD
DENISE RYAN It's hard for Gail Anderson to believe her childhood fascination with insects has led to her investiture as a recipient of British Columbia's highest honour, the Order of B.C. Anderson, Canada's first academic forensic entomologist and...
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ALL ABOARD!
The Burnaby Central Railway will never be considered a rival to Canadian Pacific or Canadian National. But it's much more popular. The miniature railway has been bringing a smile to the masses since the mid1970s, when it started running at Heritage...
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HOUSING CRISIS
For years, one aging fir tree on a South Surrey golf course has sheltered a bald eagle nest. Now, the tree is becoming a safety hazard — and residents are racing to build the pair a new home before it falls. Residents of Nico Wynd Estates are raising...
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POLICE SMASH DRUG LAB
B.C.'s anti-gang agency has arrested four people, seized 44 guns and dismantled a large-scale clandestine drug lab in rural Abbotsford. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit's Sgt. Sarbjit Sangha said the facility was still under construction...
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`DESPICABLE' THEFT
Janice Yang was gardening outside her home near Commercial Street and East 41st Avenue at about 9:30 a.m. on June 12 when a woman she didn't know got out of a car, opened her gate and walked toward her. The 72-year-old backed away and called for her...
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RIVALS RIDE IN
Members of both the Rebels and Outlaws motorcycle gangs have moved into B.C. — a province dominated for decades by the rival Hells Angels. The anti-gang Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit confirmed to Postmedia that some Outlaws have been living...
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A PLACE OUT OF TIME
WAINGAPU, Indonesia — Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still born into bondage. They work from dawn to dusk without pay, are passed on in marriage and are...
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COUNTRY COMFORT
In Ukraine, Natalya Rukavchuk's home was always full of people. Feeding a crowd was second nature. “It's our trait of hospitality,” she said. In Langley, where she has lived for just over a year, she and her child share a basement suite with no room...
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TUNNEL EFFECT
For years, Riverwoods was a hidden gem, a cluster of 21 rancher-style townhomes tucked at the end of a rural road in Delta. Sheltered from Highway 99 by tall, black cottonwood trees, delivery trucks had trouble finding the cosy development, even...
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COPS KILL MAN
A scene of chaos unfolded at a busy North Vancouver shopping plaza on Tuesday afternoon, ending with a crashed truck and a man dead after being shot by police. Witnesses were left shaken, describing a terrifying chain of events that started inside a...
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ORPHANED GASBAR
One of the oddest sights in Vancouver is an abandoned gas station at 711 Beach Ave. What makes it odd is the location — at the foot of Vancouver House, one of Vancouver's most luxurious condo towers. It's the twisting building beside the Granville...
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$115-BILLION BILL
Metro Vancouver taxpayers could face a $115-billion bill in the next 15 years to build the infrastructure needed to support the 570,000 new homes needed in the region by 2041. Metro staff are calling for negotiations on new funding from the provincial...
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EUROPE'S COCAINE CRISIS
The boat appears through the green, grainy lens of a night-vision scope, skipping across the surface of the Atlantic Ocean hundreds of kilometres from the European coastline. On board are 2.5 tons of cocaine, four crew members and a bank of...
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WHAT'S NEXT?
Jessie Adcock went to bed on June 10, a tense, restless night ahead of her. Years of work were going to be unveiled and judged in the morning, and small splinters of doubt still pierced her confidence. As the head of the Vancouver FIFA Host Committee...
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PARK'S TREES UNDER THREAT
At a park in Vancouver's West End, small handwritten signs have been tied around dozens of tree trunks with ribbon. “On death row,” they say. The display is the latest effort by a group of residents to draw attention to B.C. Hydro's proposed...
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DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN DECLINE
After years of an ever-worsening toxic drug crisis, B.C.'s overdose death rate is dropping, with experts saying the reasons for the downturn are complicated. While the government and some other politicians are touting the government's shift away from...
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CARE CRISIS
Loretta Toneatto, 86, is in hospice care in Delta, weeks after a routine operation went wrong. Her daughter Carmen, a B.C.-trained nurse with decades of experience working in the U.S., came home to care for her and says she's found B.C. nurses to be...
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LIVES UPROOTED
Nebyou Getahun came back to his New Westminster apartment on Monday hoping to retrieve the documents that prove he's allowed to be in Canada. Nothing seems intact of the corner unit he was renting, except the balcony railing. The building at 905...
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TAIWAN ON ALERT
HONG KONG — Taiwanese social media is awash with baseless claims that China meddled in recent elections in South Korea, warning of potential interference to come in the self-ruled island's own polls later this year. AFP fact-checkers have debunked a...
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ROCKY ROADS
Hikers trying to climb Chilliwack's most iconic mountain peak in recent years have first had to endure a bruising ride up to the trailhead. On Mt. Cheam Road Updates, a Facebook page dedicated to the access road, hikers post photographs of feats of...
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HOUSE ARREST
Three properties owned by an accused drug smuggler, including the one above in West Vancouver, are subject to civil forfeiture lawsuit.
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SUNKEN FISHING BOAT LOCATED
The company that operated the vessel that sunk off the B.C. coast on June 28 actually had two boats on the water that day, according to the distraught mother of the missing captain who is searching for answers. Richmond resident Ashley Lin, whose son...
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BISHNOI CHARGED IN SURREY KILLING
Several B.C. gangsters are among 24 arrested and charged with acts of violence and drug trafficking after a sweeping U.S. investigation targeting India's Bishnoi gang and two other transnational crime groups. The U.S. Department of Justice announced...
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TOP OF THE WORLD
A Surrey man elevated to a new level in May when he successfully scaled to the highest point of Mount Everest, becoming the first Sikh Canadian to do so. Ajaypal Singh Dhaliwal was recognized by Surrey council June 29 for his “remarkable demonstration...
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15 YEARS AND FEW ANSWERS
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — For those who were in the packed, fifth-floor courtroom of the Saint John Law Courts on Dec. 19, 2015, it was a scene that cannot be forgotten. Dennis Oland, on trial for the second-degree murder of his dad, Richard, stood next to...
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PROUD IN DEFEAT
Soccer fans who gathered downtown in Jack Poole Plaza for Saturday's game left disappointed in the result but appreciative of Canada's effort.
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GIANT COMMITMENT
The City of Surrey has announced new details for its plan to build a 10,000-seat sports and entertainment arena, including a partnership with the Vancouver Giants hockey team. Mayor Brenda Locke says the new City Centre Arena and Cultural Event Centre...
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6 FEARED DROWNED IN FISHING DISASTER
A desperate rescue mission shifted to a recovery operation Monday, after a capsized boat sent 10 people into frigid waters off the coast of Richmond a day earlier. Despite an immediate co-ordinated response from several agencies and the help of...
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CRANKING UP THE AC
PARIS, France — As Europe's heat wave leaves millions sweltering in poorly insulated apartments, schools and retirement homes, more French people are breaking with tradition to turn to air conditioning. Many in France believe cooling systems are bad...
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Things go south
Loss against Switzerland sends Team Canada to Los Angeles in a very typically Vancouver story that's about so much more than just soccer.
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COACH PLAYING HEAD GAMES
The man who helped transform Morocco's soccer team into a serious World Cup contender is being urged to focus on a new goal: prime minister. Fouzi Lekjaa, chairman of the national soccer association for more than a decade and budget minister since...
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SWISS MISS
Longtime soccer fan Michael Emmott says that despite Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Switzerland, he's proud of how far Canada's men's national team has come, and finishing second in the group is a real accomplishment. “We've seen them not even be anything on...
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SURREY DEFIES WATER ORDER
When Metro Vancouver went into Stage 3 water restrictions June 8 — far earlier than in past years as concerns mounted about drought conditions and a vanishing snowpack — the City of Surrey had other ideas. City council passed a bylaw in late May...
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Officer killed during drug raid had not fired his gun: prosecutor
The RCMP officer leading the drug raid at a Coquitlam highrise in 2023 was also hurt as a colleague in front of her was shot dead without warning, the prosecutor said Monday in the murder trial of Nicholas Bellemare. Bellemare is on trial for shooting...
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OPIOID DEATHS DROP
Opioid deaths in Canada fell 26 per cent between October 2024 and September 2025 compared with the previous 12-month period, according to new data from the federal government. A total of 5,724 opioid-related deaths were recorded during that time...
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FAN FAVOURITE
Vancouver versus Toronto is one of Canada's oldest debates. From the Vancouver Canucks versus the Toronto Maple Leafs to which city has the better skyline, nightlife or sports scene, fans on both sides rarely agree. Now the World Cup has added a new...
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HISTORY MADE
The eyes of Canada were all on Vancouver, and then they were on the leg of Ismael Kone. As Canada made history with a dominant 6-0 win over Qatar on Thursday afternoon, recording their first World Cup victory, the mood was both joyous and sombre as...
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ATTUNED TO THE GAME
The workday is looking a little different across Metro this week. With Canada set to play its biggest World Cup match in decades at B.C. Place on Thursday afternoon, some employers are swapping conference rooms for viewing parties, streaming games...
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