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 Chilliwack River nearly claims one more life
A Vancouver man is still shaken after being caught in the Chilliwack River near the spot that cost two people their lives last week. This comes as we learn the identity of the 24-year-old woman who died on Saturday night on a rafting trip. 8/19/2008 5:24:43 AM
 Surrey seeks to destroy pack of pit bulls
The city of Surrey has made a court application to destroy four pit bulls which are alleged to have viciously attacked people and animals. Surrey's city's animal control officer alleges the dogs attacked and injured at least five people and seven dogs and killed at least one dog. 8/18/2008 7:20:52 PM
 Thousands sign petition to save seniors home
Protesters delivered a 12,000-signature petition to the provincial government on Monday, the latest salvo in their battle to keep a Vancouver Island seniors residence in operation. 8/18/2008 6:08:29 PM
 Canada's poorest postal code in for an Olympic clean-up?
Anne-Marie Monks, a 62-year-old homeless woman, recently had a tantalizing offer of a free trip away from the grittiest streets of Vancouver. Her welfare officer said she could have a bus ticket to visit her daughter in Kamloops. “It was a one-way ticket,” she said. 8/18/2008 5:35:34 PM
 Vanoc to come up with a cure for Empty Seat Syndrome
When International Olympic Committee members go to the gold medal hockey game in Vancouver in 2010, they'll be sitting in the upper bowl of GM Place, a long ways away from the front rows that will be sold to John Q. Public. 8/18/2008 8:57:42 AM
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Cyclists demand more SkyTrain access As rising gas prices make commuting by car more expensive, more people are turning to two wheels to get to work, and that means more people wanting to take their bikes on public transit. 8/19/2008 5:48:56 AM
B.C. hockey player sentenced in video porn case The second suspect in the sex videotape case involving two former members of a B.C. hockey team will serve a three-year conditional discharge, identical to his co-accused. Bradley Harding and his teammate Harrison Zolnierczyk (pictured) conspired to videotape a sexual encounter. 8/18/2008 5:38:36 PM
Surrey Mountie sued after using database to find brother A Surrey Mountie, believing his estranged brother might be a "person of interest" in a firebombing of the Port Mann detachment, used the RCMP computer databases to track him down. The firebombing and subsequent firebombing of police cars was not reported to media. 8/18/2008 9:55:56 AM
E-mails show RCMP scrambling over Taser incident While RCMP brass and its media relations division scrambled to keep from being "crucified" over Taser use and the death of a man at Vancouver's airport, they also had to deal with an increasing barrage of complaints accusing officers of being everything from clowns to killers. 8/18/2008 6:03:34 AM
Vancouver triathlete breaks elbow in bike crash Lauren Groves of Vancouver crashed in a tangle of bikes Monday morning in the women's triathlon. Her left elbow, and her chances of a medal, snapped on impact at the Beijing Olympics. The Groves crash pretty much told the story of the day for Canadian triathletes. 8/18/2008 5:43:55 AM
B.C. athletes stand out in Canada's Olympic team B.C. athletes have had a piece of five of the seven Canadian medals so far. Victoria swimmer Ryan Cochrane took home Canada's first medal in the pool since 2000, and there were six B.C. rowers celebrating Olympic gold, silver and bronzes in rowing events. 8/18/2008 5:36:34 AM
SFU pipers victorious in Glasgow The Simon Fraser University pipe band has defeated its longtime rival in the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland and staged a comeback, claiming first prize. "A great, great day," said Pipe Major Terry Lee. 8/17/2008 6:33:04 PM
Cyclist struck and killed by car in Surrey A cyclist was killed after being hit from behind by a car Sunday morning in Surrey. By the time police and paramedics arrived, the man was unconscious and not breathing, and was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. 8/17/2008 6:31:28 PM
Tory mailing targeting 'junkies' in east Vancouver East Vancouver residents have been blitzed this week with a Conservative government flyer turning up in their mailboxes that says “junkies” don’t belong “near children and families.” Vancouver East MP Libby Davies says, “What they attempt to do is play on peoples’ fear."
8/17/2008 8:26:11 AM
German tourist likely died of wasp stings Police are still not releasing the name of a man killed by a swarm of wasps or hornets Friday, but did confirm that the victim was a 25-year-old German tourist. 8/17/2008 6:15:22 AM
B.C. home sales slowed Home sales in B.C. have slowed to a pace unseen since the decade started, the B.C. Real Estate Association says Residential sales volume on the Multiple Listing Service in B.C. fell 38 per cent to $2.9 billion in July from the same month a year earlier. 8/17/2008 5:42:25 AM
Young woman dies during rafting trip The body of a 23-year-old female from Victoria was recovered from the Chilliwack River Saturday. The female was on a guided rafting tour when the raft flipped and she became separated from the raft, swept down river, and drowned. 8/16/2008 11:45:39 PM
'Ticking bomb' Yukon sex offender turns himself in A Yukon man convicted in the vicious rape of a Whitehorse woman in 2001 is back in police custody after he turned himself in to RCMP in North Vancouver. Marcellus Jacob was at large after he walked away from a Vancouver-area halfway house. 8/16/2008 3:48:56 PM
One dead in Burnaby apartment shooting One man was found dead from gunshot wounds in an apartment building in Burnaby early Saturday morning. RCMP officers and paramedics found the man lying in the apartment lobby, but couldn't save him. 8/16/2008 3:45:35 PM
Vancouver cracking down on PNE parking ritual Parking around the Pacific National Exhibition could be harder to come by this year. Vancouver plans to crack down on residents selling too many spaces in their yards, a tradition, like mini-doughnuts and cotton candy, that is almost as old as the PNE itself. 8/16/2008 8:27:27 AM
Ferry service disrupted for five hours after fire Ferry service was disrupted for about five hours between Tsawwassen and Duke Point Friday after a moving van caught fire aboard the Coastal Inspiration. The disruption comes as BC Ferries faces one of the busiest weekend in the year. 8/16/2008 6:22:23 AM
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