Vancouver Sun
SUPREME COURT SET TO WEIGH IN ON HUGE INDIGENOUS TITLE CLAIM
The clock began ticking April 7 on what could be one of the most important Supreme Court of Canada cases in New Brunswick's history. That's the date the country's top court told several law firms involved in the Wolastoqey Nation's landmark title...
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INCREMENTAL GAINS
In 2008, the B.C. government agreed to provide the Musqueam First Nation with land and money to settle a dispute over the prospective sale of the University of B.C. golf course lands. That was after the Appeal Court of B.C. ruled three years earlier...
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OVERDOSE PREVENTION
A proposed overdose prevention site that this week drew the ire of Vancouver's mayor now faces the threat of a lawsuit over the local health authority's duty to properly consult with the community, Postmedia has learned. Less than a year ago,...
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Richmond parents push back against gender-neutral `play day' track policy
A decision by the Richmond School District to make elementary school track-and-field events gender-neutral and eliminate award ribbons has sparked backlash from some parents, who say the changes remove the excitement of competition and could discourage...
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Grey whale hit by Jet Ski in front of startled crowd
Katrina Love Prescott was enjoying the weather in the West End on Monday evening and had seen a whale earlier in the area, surfacing and feeding just off of English Bay before making its way over to Stanley Park. The grey whale had been wowing...
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Fortis project's effluent dumps topped daily limit
A project by FortisBC to build a pipeline to supply natural gas to the Woodfibre LNG export facility near Squamish has been dumping effluent into a creek for over a year in violation of its environmental permit. A Postmedia analysis of weekly water...
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WHY IS WASHINGTON STILL SO ANGRY OVER BANS ON U.S. ALCOHOL?
It has been more than a year since most provinces banned U.S. alcohol from liquor store shelves, but the United States government is still feeling the hangover. Late last month, the issue of U.S. alcohol bans by every province except Alberta and...
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SEA TO SKY RAIL PETITION
Over 15 years living in Whistler, road conditions on the Sea to Sky Highway have had an outsized impact on Brittia Thompson's life, from a missed birthday party when a crash brought traffic to a standstill, to times she has had to work from home during...
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THE WATERFRONT FOOD SCENE
This article is part of a weekly series highlighting Metro Vancouver's must-visit Eat Streets. With the goal of celebrating — and maybe even introducing you to — stretches of community around the region that have a notable concentration of local food...
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Two B.C. youth receive first-in-Canada treatment to delay Type 1 diabetes
Prince George teen Jack Thiessen loves the outdoors — from hiking and fishing to long camping trips with his family in the wilderness. He's used to having to prepare a little differently for the backcountry than most families. His younger brother and...
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`DEVASTATING' DECISION
Steph Sia is co-chair of Living in Community, an organization that advocates for those in the sex trade. She is upset the city of Vancouver is eliminating one its two sex worker safety planners, a role meant to connect sex workers with City Hall and...
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Explosives-dropping drones `the way of the future' for avalanche mitigation
It started with a menacing “whoosh” and a “Watch it!” before a slab of mountainside broke loose under the skis of Montgomery (Monty) Atwater, swallowing him in its crushing embrace. Atwater was in Alta, Utah, purposefully triggering avalanches by...
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MILITARY RECRUITMENT SOARS AFTER PAY RAISES, SOVEREIGNTY THREATS
The Canadian Armed Forces has recorded its highest recruitment levels in over three decades, enrolling 7,310 personnel in the last fiscal year. That's up 600 new members year-over-year. Officials said the new numbers show strong or stable recruitment...
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FEELING RIGHT AT HOME
Amy and Justin Miller recently moved their family from Wisconsin to Vancouver Island. They are among more than 500 U.S. health-care workers who have relocated to B.C. since the province launched a $5 million campaign to attract medical professionals.
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PRIVATE JETS TO SWARM METRO
The number of private jets expected to descend on Vancouver for World Cup soccer games this summer is enough for the operator of the executive air terminal at suburban Pitt Meadows Regional Airport to sense a unique business opportunity. Most traffic...
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THE WORLD CUP BUCK STOPS HERE
The white leather sneakers Jessie Adcock wears with her black business suit offer a hint that her job is a bit different than most other corporate gigs. Her days are filled with the usual meetings, phone calls and report deadlines. But a mandatory...
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Park board manager's big win didn't save him from layoffs
The recent transformation of a ho-hum hotdog stand near the Kitsilano Pool into one of the Lower Mainland's most vibrant waterfront patios has been heralded as a success by city management and politicians. The proud planner of that project was Mark...
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Security tight for the World Cup
When the World Cup comes to Vancouver in June and July, there will be thousands of fans sporting soccer jerseys and their national pride. There will also be an unprecedented number of people wearing badges. “On a match day, there will be the largest...
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`SCENARIOS ARE ALL EITHER BAD OR VERY, VERY BAD'
Grocery prices are elevated, gas prices are high, job markets are cooling, and U.S. President Donald Trump is sticking to his tariff plans while the world eyes a shaky ceasefire with Iran. The truce between the U.S. and Iran has raised hopes and...
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A YEAR AFTER FESTIVAL ATTACK
Just after 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, Christi-ann Watkins and her 11-year-old son Nox were waiting for the french toast they had ordered from a food truck at the Lapu Lapu festival. “We were holding hands,” the Vancouver mom recalled. “The...
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SURREY'S VAISAKHI PARADE
When Tony Singh first participated in Surrey's Vaisakhi parade 22 years ago, he could count the number of people going to his food stand. Now, the founder of a popular South Asian grocery chain Fruiticana can give only a ballpark number. “We went...
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Time short for non-profit for people with disabilities
A non-profit that provides workshops and social events for people in B.C. with disabilities is warning that it will have to shut down operations by the end of the summer after the province decided not to renew its funding. Operators of Vancouver-based...
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NO JERSEYS, NO PROBLEM
For years, Templeton Secondary's senior girls had the results of a top-tier soccer team. They just didn't look like one. The east Vancouver team, built from scratch by Grade 8 girls recruiting classmates, grew into one of the school's standout sports...
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Chinatown meeting explores ways to revitalize historic neighbourhoods
Dozens of leaders from 22 Chinatowns across North America spent time Tuesday on walking tours of Vancouver's historic Chinatown, dropping by long-running storefronts as well as a recently opened affordable-housing complex. They were here as part of a...
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Prices at pumps surge in Metro
Abbotsford truck driver Josh Pearson is spending more and more just to keep his Dodge Ram 3500 on the road, as rising fuel prices quickly eat into the income he depends on. Pearson, who hauls RV trailers and heavy equipment weighing tens of thousands...
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Crash victim offers reality check in response to traffic complaints
Jehan Jiwa understands why frustrated motorists complained on social media Sunday about being stranded on the Sea to Sky Highway after it was shut down for seven hours by a serious accident south of Whistler. In response to the complaints, though, she...
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BRIDGE READY TO ROLL
With repairs passing inspection, Westham Island Bridge, above, reopened to vehicle traffic on Saturday evening. The bridge connects the agricultural hub of Westham Island with the rest of Delta. It closed in January when a barge struck the span.
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JEWISH LEADERS WARN OF IRAN-INSPIRED TERROR THREAT
The Jewish community throughout North America has faced a shocking 900 per cent rise in antisemitic incidents since 2014, according to the Anti-Defamation League data. Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack in Israel, synagogues, community centres,...
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COLLECTIVE KINDNESS
In rural Prince Edward Island, Mary White read about the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge last month and wanted to help. “We've lost people in the past, and when we did, it was the coming together that offered comfort,” she said. The grandmother...
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Fires leaves Mount Pleasant landmark damaged
An Italian restaurant in an old house in east Vancouver has been severely damaged after fire broke out in the residence above the business Wednesday night, Vancouver Fire Rescue Services said. The fire broke out around 8 p.m., near the intersection of...
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`A big, black hole on three streets'
Almost four months after the former Hudson's Bay Company flagship building in downtown Vancouver was put on the market, multiple groups have expressed interest in buying the property, industry sources say. While details are scant, some observers say...
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Downtown residents search for options to save beloved grocer
Residents in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown areas are trying to come up with ideas for saving a longtime grocer that has been listed for sale. They worry that if the Sunrise Market is sold to a new owner, the business could dramatically...
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Self-driving taxi company pushes B.C. to remove its ban on autonomous cars
B.C. prohibits the use of fully autonomous cars, labelling them an “emerging technology,” but self-driving taxi company Waymo has been working hard to change the government's mind. Silicon Valley headquartered Waymo has been on a global push to expand...
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CANADA'S LANGUAGE WATCHDOG TRIPPED OVER A DOG'S TAIL ...
It was not AI-generated, computer-translated from English or the work of anglophones. The Valentine's Day message was written by real, live francophones — and, yes, they knew some would read it as a reference to part of the male anatomy. Internal...
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RECRUITING FOR CRIME
Even though extortion threats and shootings have slowed down in Surrey, a community leader says he worries that international students are still vulnerable to being recruited to carry out these crimes. Mohkam Singh Malik, a member of the city's...
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SLIDE RESCUE
As the B.C. coast continues to be hammered by torrential rains from an atmospheric river, several people were evacuated Thursday by helicopter from their homes in the north end of Coquitlam after a mudslide hit the area. Two people at a property hit...
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Towers to open 113 years after village destroyed
In 1913, a barge arrived at Senáḵw Indian Reserve No. 6. Residents were ordered aboard by Indian agents, towed out to sea and set adrift to watch while their village was burned to the ground. Now, the village has returned. Three shiny towers, the...
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Retailer inherited legendary Italian shop in Chinatown
One of the quirks of Vancouver's Chinatown is that one of its most historic stores is Italian. Tosi and Company has occupied 624 Main St. since Peter Tosi moved the store there in 1930. When Peter died in 1973, his son Angelo took over the...
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With gas over $2 a litre, here are a few ways to save money
The cost of gas in Metro Vancouver has tipped over $2 a litre, and there are few signs that global supply tensions caused by the Iran war and chaos in the Strait of Hormuz will ease any time soon. “When there are supply bottlenecks, that will factor...
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OFFICIAL INTRIGUED BY ANTI-DRONE SYSTEM FROM TRIO AT HEART OF EXPLOSIVES TRIAL
A senior official at the Department of National Defence says he wants to learn more about the anti-drone system three men charged in an Ontario gun and explosives investigation are working on, once their legal problems are resolved. But developing...
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BUILDING A LEGACY
As head of Vancouver's World Cup organizing committee, Jessie Adcock is tasked with putting together an event that will join the pantheon of major sporting moments in B.C. history. With the tourney nearing, The Sun takes a look at what to expect.
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Piece-by-piece removal of the Pattullo likely done by end of 2027: director
Deconstruction of the 90-year-old, distinctive-orange Pattullo Bridge is slowly beginning, as evidenced by the gap — about the size of onethird of a football field — on one end of the bridge. Over many months, residents and commuters will see the...
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PINBALL COMES A-DINGALINGING ONTO THE DRIVE
Outside, it's one of those cold and rainy days when you forget it was ever sunny in Vancouver. But inside an old wedding hall at 1739 Venables St., next to Commercial Drive, it's just rockin'. On a recent Friday afternoon, a couple of dozen people...
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142 seniors rescued as fire rips through Mission home
A piece of burning debris falling past a window caught Heidi Heke's attention. Until that moment, it was an ordinary Monday evening at Chartwell Carrington House, a retirement home in Mission. At 6 p.m., dozens of residents were eating supper in the...
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Summer festivals a fleeting sight in city
For nearly two decades, a 20-block stretch of Main Street in Vancouver has been closed to vehicle traffic one weekend every summer and burst to life with pedestrians — families weaving among food stalls, bands playing on makeshift stages and small...
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RUSSIA MAY SEE CHANCE TO BENEFIT FROM MIDEAST WAR
For Russia, the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin's network of anti-Western partners, and it exposed Moscow's diminished influence on the world stage, from the Middle East to...
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`DEVASTATING' DELAYS
Iris Sharma, a Surrey teacher who was diagnosed with a brain tumour after months of illness and uncertainty, is among a growing number of B.C. residents concerned their health problems could worsen as they face longer wait-times to see a specialist.
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Vacant since it was built in 1998, Surrey building offered for sale
A four-storey commercial building in Surrey that's been vacant since it was built in 1998, changing hands several times since, is finally showing signs of life. Encompassing an entire city block, the building at 14178 104 Avenue, between Whalley and...
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METRO FARMLAND DWINDLING
A new Metro Vancouver report shows that farmers, farms and farmland have all declined across the region during the past 25 years — a revelation that comes as little surprise to farmers who have seen costs grow as profits wither. “When I got into...
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SIM DUCKS QUERIES AFTER ATTACKING ORR
After days of dodging questions about a bizarre scandal of his own creation, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim appeared to want to clear the air on Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately, he didn't really do that. Sim's office invited the media to city hall for a...
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Daylight time to become permanent
This will be the last year clocks spring forward after the B.C. government announced Monday it was making daylight time permanent. The change will take effect Sunday, when clocks move ahead an hour. Permanent daylight time will mean that the typical...
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New series explores restaurants that bring neighbourhoods to life
We all have favourite neighbourhood haunts. It's that cosy breakfast café frequented by familiar faces who smile at you as they step in from the cold and settle in at their usual table. The takeout pizza or sushi joint around the corner where the...
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Developer's financial struggles cited in texts, court filings allege
Ian Gillespie, founder of one of B.C.'s most prominent development companies, Westbank, appears to have acknowledged in text messages last year that some of his company's signature projects were not profitable, behind schedule, over budget, or...
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In Puerto Vallarta, people inch back into beach life
On Sunday, Jamie Boratynec of Surrey was crouched behind a door, locked in a Puerto Vallarta hotel bathroom with staff while flashbangs and the sound of gunfire erupted on the streets outside her hotel. A day after her terrifying ordeal, an eerie calm...
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`SECRET' MEETING LED TO HOWE BRIDGE DEAL
The key piece of the puzzle that saw Canada pay the entire bill for the Gordie Howe International Bridge — thus allowing the massive project to proceed — came at a secret meeting. At least, it was supposed to be secret. In an interview with Postmedia...
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THE BIG RIG MENACE
Burnaby RCMP and fire officials respond on Boundary Road after a semi trailer hit a hydro pole on Jan. 13. Roadside inspections in recent years have put more than half of trucks checked off the road over serious safety and mechanical violations.
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BUCKSKIN GLOVES BOXING RETURNS
The first place David Robinson ever saw a man cry was at a boxing club. The boxer got knocked around sparring. The round ended and things moved on. “Tears after wins or losses are not unusual,” said Robinson, who was just a kid at the time. “There...
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B.C.'s miners scramble to hire as sector heats up
Dylan McIntosh will graduate from the University of B.C.'s mining engineering program this spring and go straight into a job at an Alaskan mine. When he arrived on UBC's campus four years ago, that particular career path wasn't top of mind. He had...
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A BUDGET OF RED INK AND TAX HIKES
B.C.'s finance minister delivered a budget Tuesday that includes billions in new taxes and cuts to the public sector, even as the deficit and provincial debt climb to new highs. Brenda Bailey said the measures were necessary to reduce the deficit over...
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Homeowner hit with more liens after again being branded a `speculator'
A Richmond resident who was hit a few years ago with the speculation and vacancy tax only to have the charges reversed says the province has issued new liens against his property. It's a case that has left Tony Chan exasperated, confused and...
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UNITED IN SORROW
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Mark Carney arrive in Tumbler Ridge on Friday to honour the victims of Tuesday's mass shooting. They were joined by the party leaders of the federal NDP, Greens and Bloc Quebecois, placing...
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`BESTIES FOREVER IN HEAVEN'
Two 12-year-old girls were best friends who did everything together. On Tuesday, in a small town in northeastern B.C., they died together. Kylie Smith and Ticaria (Tiki) Lampert — along with several of their classmates — had their young lives cut...
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HOW A DAY OF HORROR UNFOLDED
Tumbler Ridge resident Dennis Campbell dropped his 12-yearold daughter Quinn off at school on Tuesday, while his son Seth, 15, walked to class. “Everything was good. We were having a great day. As normal as normal could be,” said Campbell, president...
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Voice of the Canucks mourned
Jim Robson was the best of us. The Vancouver Canucks' first play-by-play man upon their entry into the NHL in 1970 until his retirement in 1999 remains the benchmark voice of the franchise, the soundtrack for generations of hockey fans in B.C. His...
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Disoriented hiker saved from icy fiord
After getting lost on the Baden Powell Trail in North Vancouver last week, Haksung Lee found his way to a rocky shore. He took a kayak in the hopes of paddling down Indian Arm to get back to his car, parked in front of Honey Doughnuts in Deep Cove....
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