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Vancouver man abandons Porsche on B.C. ferry
(Braveheart/Wikipedia) A Vancouver man left his Porsche on a B.C. ferry last night, and the luxury vehicle is now in a police impound lot. Delta police say the man drove onto the ferry in Swartz Bay -- but left the vehicle behind when the ferry docked in Tsawwassen. "We contacted the owner of the Porsche, however, the phone was disconnected," said Const. Ciaran Feenan. "We had ...
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Trudeau raises environmental questions over pipeline
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says a proposed west-east pipeline project will not go forward unless it addresses key environmental concerns. Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. is in the process of lining up potential producers who would use the proposed pipeline, which would run from Alberta to New Brunswick. The federal Liberal leader told the CBC's Information Morning Fredericton on ...
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Coal terminal expansion vital argues Fraser Surrey Docks
Coal would be loaded onto barges on the Fraser River and towed to ships waiting on Texada Island, then loaded onto freighters travelling to Asia. (Fraser Surrey ...
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New West parkade a blight on revitalized waterfront
There's a growing movement in New Westminster, B.C., to tear down a parkade that stretches across the city's waterfront. The raised structure was built in the late 1950s to combat the trend of shoppers driving to bigger malls in the suburbs. It now sits half empty, and residents complain it blocks access to the revitalized waterfront. "Anyone who's seen it knows it's ...
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Man stabbed last night in Vancouvers Downtown Eastside still in critical condition
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police investigators have been unable to identify the victim of a stabbing last night in the city's Downtown Eastside. VPD spokesman Const. Brian Montague said a man was stabbed at about 7:40 p.m. near Gore and Hastings Street. When officers arrived, they found the man in the 400-block of Prior Street suffering from life-threatening stab wounds. He was taken to ...
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Flood watch underway in central B.C. Interior
Several communities in B.C.'s central Interior are watching for signs of flooding after days of heavy rain. The B.C. River Forecast Centre is maintaining high streamflow advisories for the following ...
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Mounties hunt for sex assault suspect in Port Alberni
Port Alberni, B.C. Paramedics and police were called to the scene, near some railroad tracks, on Tuesday. The girl was taken to a local hospital before being airlifted to Victoria General Hospital for treatment. The suspect is described as a First Nations male in his early 20s wearing dark clothing, a red baseball cap and carrying a backpack. The RCMP says it's drawing on the resources ...
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750 homes sliding away in Quesnel B.C.
Around 750 homes are shifting and cracking in the small city of Quesnel, where land is slipping two to seven centimetres every year. (Flickr Creative Commons/John ...
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RCMP Google Doodle salutes 140 years of Mounties
Google Canada has marked the 140th anniversary of the founding of the North-West Mounted Police, the force that would later merge with the Dominion Police to become the ...
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British Columbia Alberta and Ontario use different approaches to get overall A grades in health
May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario have followed distinct paths to earn "A" grades in overall health performance, according to The Conference Board of ...
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Needed New approaches to defuse suicide contagion among teens
Teens who knew a schoolmate that died from suicide are more likely to consider taking their own lives -- a phenomenon known as a 'suicide contagion.' ...
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Video Massive Vancouver car explosion rocks West End
Photos taken from video made available by London’s The Sun newspaper appear to show one of the assailants speaking to the camera after a brutal attack in broad daylight May 22, 2013 near a military barracks in ...
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Beaten gangster unfit to stand trial
In the first nine months of 2012, there were 357 inmate-on-inmate assaults at B.C.'s nine correctional institutions, including North Fraser. There were 560 in 2011.Fellow inmate Leonard Cardinal pleaded guilty in March to aggravated assault in the attack. He was to be sentenced today, but his lawyer requested and received an adjournment until July 4.A B.C. Supreme Court jury ruled in ...
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Most overdose deaths linked to prescription drugs study
A review of overdose deaths in B.C. between 2005 and 2010 shows 61 per cent were accidental and related to the use of prescription drugs, according to the B.C. Coroners ...
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Mental illness fundraiser aims to raise $400000
Michael Schratter once cycled 40,000 kilometres through 33 countries to raise awareness for mental illness.When he returned to Canada in 2011, the Vancouver teacher aligned himself with a fledgling cycling event organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association, helped re-brand it as Ride Don't Hide in 2012, and is instrumental in their effort to eradicate the stigma associated with ...
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Building an engaged city
It's rare to hear Vancouver's mayor say anything vaguely negative about his city.But, in an era of dramatically sliding voter turnout at the polls, conflict over the pace and scope of urban growth, and feelings of increased alienation between neighbours, even Gregor Robertson has to admit more can "and should" be done to improve how the city and its citizens engage with each ...
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Looking for Earth 2.0
Rowe will be in town this coming week to address the annual meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society, to be held at UBC. He'll be talking about, among other things, the plans for Kepler's future.In 2012, the mission was given a four-year extension, but this month, one of the Kepler's reaction wheels used for pointing the observatory failed, and it was announced that the data ...
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Decriminalize more than just pot experts urge
The personal use of illegal drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine, should be decriminalized as part of a federal-provincial strategy to tackle drug abuse, a B.C.-based national coalition of drug policy experts ...
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Dont count on Dix stepping down voluntarily
After a week of near seclusion, New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix emerged blinking into the sunlight Wednesday to provide his take on his crushing defeat in the ...
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Dix to stay on as NDP leader
Adrian Dix said Wednesday that he intends to stay on as leader of the provincial NDP, at least while the party undertakes a comprehensive review of its May 14 election ...
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Search teams find two bodies dead dog in lake
The RCMP is investigating after two bodies were found in Ka-lamalka Lake, south of Vernon. RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk says a resident walking in Kalamalka Provincial Park noticed a cooler floating in the water in Cosens Bay, within the park. The resident then saw a second cooler on shore as well as a dog floating in the water, and called police. Molendyk says police and a search and rescue ...
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Forget Meatless Monday. How about Caveman Appreciation Day
One of the things, one of the many things, that my mother taught me and that I foolishly failed to absorb in any meaningful way, along with "it's just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one," was that diet combined with exercise leads to a long life.Or, as she delicately put it, while doing army-sanctioned pushups in the middle of the living room every morning, if ...
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Police issue warning after women assaulted at UBC
People walking around UBC at night are being warned to be vigilant after two women were groped on campus.A 20-year-old woman walking along Wesbrook Mall near Thunderbird Blvd. around 3 a.m. on May 19 was fondled by a man who approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks under her skirt, say RCMP.The woman screamed and the man ran away. The suspect is described as a "Persian-looking ...
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Coconut water refreshing but some health claims havent been proven
Coconut water used to be a refreshing drink, if you happened to be lounging on a beach in India or Brazil. But in the last couple of years coconut water has become nothing short of a ...
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Combined treatments get golf pro back swinging
After he threw his back out, professional golfer Matt Stansfield sought the help of naturopath and family friend Jordan Atkinson.Atkinson suggested neural therapy, which involves injecting local anesthetics or homeopathic preparations into the area being treated, such as organ tissue, nerves, muscles or joints. The idea is to numb the pain and reboot the membrane of the nerve tissue, and return ...
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