Vancouver Sun
Trump threat necessitated vote: NDP leader
Preparations for a snap election call began in earnest two weeks ago as U.S. President Trump became a focal point once again for British Columbians, and the B.C. Conservatives continued to come apart at the seams, according to multiple sources within...
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Eby about to call a totally unnecessary snap election
Premier David Eby faced tough questions about his scheme to call a snap election when he addressed the annual convention of local government leaders in Vancouver on Friday. “There are 3,500 British Columbians about to launch local campaigns, and many...
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Trump birthright citizenship law costs Canadians chance for baby
Renee and her husband had endured a decade of exhausting efforts to start a family, including multiple fruitless treatments and medical issues that seemed to make pregnancy impossible. Then this April the Toronto couple's ordeal seemed finally to be...
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION HEATS UP
As campaigns take shape, we look at where mayoral candidates from Vancouver — where lawn sign are seen above Friday — Surrey, Coquitlam, Delta, New Westminster, Richmond and West Van stand on key issues in the 2026 municipal election.
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Daily fixture on Grouse Grind marks 90 years
There are a few reasons Roger Sauvain does the Grouse Grind every day (yes, even in winter, but don't tell the authorities). “It keeps me fit, healthy and very, very happy,” said Sauvain, who celebrated his 90th birthday by doing the Grind. His time...
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EBY HINTS STRONGLY AT SNAP ELECTION CALL
Premier David Eby tried to make one thing perfectly clear at a news conference on Wednesday, namely that he had “no election announcement to make today.” He said that several times, just in case any reporters jumped to conclusions about an imminent...
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New B.C. paramedic training saved man who flatlined in ambulance
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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$4.4 billion in new condos unsold in Metro
Thousands of new condos are sitting unsold across Metro Vancouver, leaving developers with about $4.4 billion worth of finished-but-vacant real estate, new research shows. And they aren't all tiny condos often geared at investors. The unsold inventory...
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ONE PROPERTY, THREE BODIES
Up until last October, a mother, father and two children lived at 572 Kelly-Jordan Rd., near Smiths Falls, Ont. Then arrests were made. In the months since, a police search has unearthed three sets of human remains on the site, all related to a series...
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HARD TIMES HIT HOME
New data from B.C. real estate search platform Zealty shows the annual number of court-ordered home listings in the Lower Mainland has more than tripled over the last three years. The trend indicates `the economy is not in good health,' says Zealty...
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Firefighters from B.C. saw 9/11 grief first-hand
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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Focus on `culture war' destroying Tories, Clark says
The key to repairing rifts among the disparate factions that make up B.C.'s centre-right is to unite under one banner and build an agenda focused more on the economy, observers said this week, as former Conservative MLAs met in Surrey to hash out a...
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Woolly dog pelt returns to Coast Salish land
His name was Mutton. Although he died in 1859 at the tender age of 18 months, Mutton is a survivor who has returned to his ancestral territory to be studied, and welcomed with respect by Coast Salish artisans and community members. Mutton, a woolly...
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From an industrial hub to city's southern gateway
From his patio, Donald Scott has watched a corner of south Vancouver turn into a forest of towers. He lives across the street from Marine Drive SkyTrain hub. When the station opened in 2009, Marpole's Marine Landing neighbourhood was mostly...
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HOLY GROUND HANDOFF
Reverend Richard Watson shakes Pastor Joseph Concepcion's hand outside West Point Grey Presbyterian Church as he hands over a symbolic key and ownership of the 100-year-old landmark on July 9. Before the $6.4 million sale, some feared the church would...
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Family seeks answers after senior discharged from hospital to shelter
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...
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UBC research suggests adding more plants to hospital menus
B.C. should increase the proportion of plant-based meals served to patients at all hospitals for health and environmental reasons, suggests new research from the University of B.C. It's not about eliminating all meat but more about boosting...
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Man vs. AI: Who will win air hockey faceoff?
An AI-driven air hockey robot created by UBC engineers that has defeated all challengers so far has a high-noon showdown today with a human 10time world champion. Tim Weissman, known as the “Kasparov of air hockey” for his strategic play, saw a...
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CONSERVATIVE LOSSES
These 13 MLAs have either resigned or been ejected from the B.C. Conservative caucus since March 2025. Seven of them have left in the past two weeks, citing concerns with new party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. The latest to leave was Á'a:líya Warbus on...
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BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
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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CULTUS LAKE AT RISK
Is it possible to put a price tag on the perfect summer day? Leaping off a dock into cold, clear water. Gathering around a grill on the beach. Sleeping in a tent, water-skiing, catching a fish. A group of researchers is working to put a monetary...
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Bakery calls out retired NBA player for requesting free birthday cake
A Vancouver bakery owner is pushing back after a celebrity couple asked for a free birthday cake, calling the request “outrageous” and questioning whether social media exposure is a fair trade for small businesses. Fanny Lam, owner of Oh Sweet Day!...
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U.S. goods will get pricier — or vanish
Vancouver shoppers will pay more for some American goods — or watch them vanish from shelves — when Canada's new counter tariffs take effect Sept. 8. The measures are Ottawa's dollar-for-dollar answer to U.S. tariffs, hitting $27.6 billion in American...
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Grocery shoppers heed call to `Buy B.C.'
Britt Kirkpatrick came out of the Safeway on Vancouver's Davie Street on a sunny Monday morning with three bags of groceries and a small act of defiance inside them — B.C. produce she had chosen over the cheaper American stuff on the same shelf. “I'm...
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ENCRYPTION REMAINS STICKING POINT TO BILL C-22
Canadian law enforcement leaders are worried Bill C-22 has been defanged, and civil rights advocates say it has gone too far, but the federal government's bid for “lawful access” to Canadians' data for crime solving got a big thumbs-up from the...
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PIPE CHAMPS
The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band celebrates winning the World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green on Saturday in Scotland. More than 8,000 pipers and drummers compete there every year.
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SOME HELP FROM ABOVE
Michal Aibin, Skyscoutai chief technology officer, has combined thousands of aerial photos captured by drone with AI technology to create a website for Vancouver residents to keep tabs on the health of Stanley Park's vegetation and view daily wildfire...
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UNIQUE CHALLENGES RESHAPE STANLEY PARK
If you care to listen, Stanley Park's trees will tell you a story. Nina Shoroplova first noticed small informational signs affixed to some trees while on a walk through the park. As she stopped to read them, they began to “string together a history”...
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Vancouver approves replacing Mount Pleasant rental building with hotel
Hotel rooms over homes. That's the message critics say Vancouver council sent Tuesday by approving a 22-storey hotel to replace a low-rise Mount Pleasant rental building. Council voted to approve Lotus Capital Corp. and Nicola Real Estate's rezoning...
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HOOFING IT TO SAFETY
Residents of 70 Mile House, a community on Highway 97 in B.C.'s Cariboo region, have been told to leave their homes as an evacuation order for a wildfire north of Clinton was expanded Monday. The evacuation order for the Pear Lake blaze, which fire...
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Downtown development set to reach new heights
Vancouver council approved a major multi-building project on Monday that will redevelop nearly two downtown blocks with what would be the three tallest buildings in the city, including Western Canada's tallest skyscraper. Councillors with the majority...
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CBSA PLANS REVIEW AFTER $13.2M COCAINE CASE TOSSED
Canada's border agency says it is considering policy changes after a Windsor, Ont., judge dismissed a $13.2-million cocaine-smuggling case over what she called “egregious” violations of a truck driver's Charter rights. The ruling found border officers...
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A SISTER'S BATTLE
Fearing for the well-being of her developmentally delayed brother, Angela Clancy has battled for more than two years to have Alan removed from a home she deems to be unsafe. Clancy, her brother's court-approved legal guardian, doesn't make the...
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AI slop and phone calls from California at city hall
AI slop and foreign influence arrived at Vancouver City Hall on Wednesday evening in what may have been the city's strangest council meeting in at least a decade. Tuesday's public hearing was bizarre enough, when several representatives of a local...
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Woodfibre LNG reaches milestone as global turmoil buoys B.C. industry
From the eastern shores of Howe Sound in southwestern B.C., it may be difficult at first to appreciate the sheer size of Woodfibre LNG's construction site on the opposite side — especially as it is set against the forested slopes of the towering...
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Retiring fire Chief Fry reflects on Hastings tent city and more
In the hot, dry summer of 2022, an evolving, dangerous situation in the middle of Karen Fry's city was gnawing at her daily. Dozens of tents and structures had been erected along East Hastings Street, with open flames, gas tanks, lithium batteries and...
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Metro faces massive bill to get new housing it needs
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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INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS STILL COSTING CANADA: CFIB
A leading business group is giving some provinces and the federal government good grades for trying to break down Canada's costly internal trade obstacles, even as those barriers continue to cost Canadians billions of dollars a year. In its annual...
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A LASTING ENERGY
As Sunday's World Cup final between Argentina and Spain nears, many expect the memories and energy that enlivened crowds throughout the 48-country tournament to long outlast the event itself.
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B.C., Delta to provide spot to scatter ashes in Fraser
B.C. will soon install a dedicated site where family members can spread the ashes of their loved ones along the Fraser River. A boardwalk will be constructed at Delta's Fraser Viewpoint public park on Tilbury Island to allow people better access to the...
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Upcoming events aim to keep World Cup vibes alive on Granville Street
A “baby rave” for kids, a painting workshop and a cowboy celebration with live country music are being planned for Granville Street next week, in an effort to keep the celebratory World Cup atmosphere on the downtown strip. For the last month, five...
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Smilin' Buddha piggy bank joins an eclectic collection
The Smilin' Buddha Cabaret has been closed for decades, but its legend lives on. In the 1960s, it was a rhythm and blues hot spot where a teenage Jimi Hendrix supposedly played. In the 1970s and '80s, it was Vancouver's premier punk rock venue. Even...
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Donations pour in for residents displaced by New Westminster apartment blaze
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 of the corner unit he was renting seems intact, except the balcony railing. The building at 905...
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SPENDING NEEDED FOR `GROWTH,' MINISTER SAYS
The federal government plans to pay for its recent big-ticket spending through a combination of economic growth and deficit increases, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says. Prior to officially kicking off the government's pre-budget...
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WORLD CUP WRAP-UP
Streets came alive. Many restaurants were packed. Tourists spent money. But hotels had plenty of rooms to spare. Can Vancouver keep the momentum after the World Cup and improve for future events? Business leaders share their thoughts on what the city...
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Federal government's sub decision a big deal for Seaspan shipyards
The dust has barely settled from Ottawa's decision this week to select a German-Norwegian group to build new Royal Canadian Navy submarines, but B.C.'s Seaspan is already launching into the next round for its role in the deal. Seaspan, whose Victoria...
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Burnaby rescue dogs are heroes in Venezuela
Had it not been for two well-trained B.C. dogs, the story of a Venezuelan toddler pulled from the rubble six days after two powerful earthquakes hit that country may have ended tragically. But thanks to Pele, a seven-year-old Dutch shepherd, and...
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A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
Colombia fans seize the chance to give their side a supersized show of support at B.C. Place on Tuesday before Vancouver's final 2026 World Cup match. Their cheers weren't enough to push Colombia past the Round of 16, however, with Switzerland winning...
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Colombian, Swiss fans make some noise
Colombians in Vancouver would like this city to feel as they do. They want you to fall in love with their team, their sport, and their culture. Starting at 6 p.m. Monday night, the banderazo, the legendary pre-game party, was set to be celebrated in...
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OLAND MURDER STILL OPEN 15 YEARS LATER
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 one of his defence...
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A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME
Team Canada trains in Houston on the eve of today's Round of 16 World Cup match against heavily favoured Morocco. As the Canadians work to push their historic success in the tourney even further, the support — and pressure — for the side has never been...
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Win for Eby in funding deal with federal government
Premier David Eby took a victory lap Thursday as he and Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a multibillion-dollar agreement to develop resources and infrastructure in the province. “This is a big day for B.C.,” declared Eby regarding the Canada-B.C....
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Canada Day cheer at citizenship ceremony
Nobody cheered louder or waved their flag with more purpose at a July 1 citizenship ceremony in Vancouver than Lance Jordan Collado. The almost-three-year-old sported hair gelled like Elvis, a pair of tiny polished formal shoes, a blue three-piece...
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SIX PRESUMED DROWNED
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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A cruel irony of the war on drugs
It took Corey Tochor three years to get to this point. The Conservative MP turned heads on Parliament Hill when, in the midst of the House of Commons' final dizzying days of passing legislation before adjourning for the summer, he emerged with an...
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`A GENTLE SLIDE'
Susan Bonderov is among thousands of B.C. residents living with exhaustion, brain fog or dizziness brought on by iron deficiency, but many are undiagnosed. `It's a gentle slide,' an expert says. `You kind of get used to feeling crummy. ... And you just...
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GRANVILLE ON FOOT
Most cars left downtown Vancouver's Granville Mall decades ago. During the weeks that Vancouver hosts the World Cup, the buses and other vehicles have departed, too — and the city is looking at whether to make the pedestrian-only zone permanent. Some...
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OH, CANADA!
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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NO NEUTRALITY HERE
The entire region has World Cup fever, but some key venues — like Canada Soccer House at The Shipyard Commons in North Vancouver, above — have attracted huge crowds, each offering different experiences for fans excited to see Canada face Switzerland...
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City's new police drones prompt concerns about privacy and oversight
Drones over Vancouver capture sunset views for tourists and property listings for real estate agents. Now they're increasingly flying for police in varied — and automated — ways, even launching themselves once an officer sends a signal. Legal experts...
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MILITARY POLICE WARNED ABOUT OFFICER'S CLAIMS OF ACCESS TO ANAND
A Canadian Forces officer in charge of a private organization raising funds for Ukraine told a civilian she not only had access to then-defence minister Anita Anand, but suggested she may be able to shape how federal government funds were spent on the...
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