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Abbotsford police seek hit-run witnesses
Investigators believe a 39-year-old man was hit while walking on the shoulder in the 1800 block of Peardonville Road at about 5 p.m. PT Monday. But the accident wasn't reported until half an hour later when another driver stopped to help the injured man. The victim is expected to survive and police are trying to figure out what happened. Investigators are looking to speak with anyone who ...
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Goh Ballet could be without venue for Nutcracker production
Vancouver's Goh Ballet Academy could be looking for a new stage for its production of the Nutcracker this Christmas. The venue, the Centre for the Performing Arts, is being sold to the Westside Church. Because of the sale, the ballet's contract has been cancelled. Executive director Chan Hon Goh hopes the new owners agree to continue hosting the performance because she says it's ...
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Traffic circle accidents worry Kitsilano residents
Residents along a popular biking lane on Vancouver's West 10th Avenue are concerned traffic circles are causing an increase in accidents between cars and cyclists. Last week, city council removed the traffic circle at West 10th and Pine after ICBC statistics showed it ranked in the top 10 intersections for car-bike crashes. "There's not a lot of vision around the corners and ...
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Drug users sue Abbotsford over anti-harm reduction bylaw
(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Advocates for needle exchanges are suing the City of Abbotsford, saying the city's bylaw which bans harm reduction centres violates basic human rights. The city, located in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver, has a 2005 zoning bylaw that prevents methadone treatment clinics, needle exchanges and supervised injection sites from setting up. "It's ...
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EI board appointees made banned donations to Conservatives
Prime Minister Stephen Harper celebrates his election victory in 2011. A Canadian Press investigation found as many as one of every five chairpersons on the Employment Insurance Boards of Referees gave money to political parties. All but one of the dozens of donations went to Conservatives. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian ...
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Harper to address Tory caucus amid Senate scandal
Conservative senator and party stalwart Doug Finley , who died earlier this month. Solemn-looking cabinet ministers, senators, aides and strategists declined to speak to reporters about a burgeoning Senate scandal which is likely to receive continued attention this week. Harper will address the Conservative caucus and the media Tuesday morning, before departing to South America for trade ...
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Expect hot spells interspersed with cooler temperatures this summer
Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...
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Granville Island buskers balk at rule and audition changes
Buskers on Granville Island are upset with new regulations and a strict new audition process that stripped a popular autistic musician of his permit to perform at the bustling tourist ...
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Charismatic movement speaks to many
'God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ...
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This day in history May 21 1934
William Malkin's beloved wife Marion died on Nov. 11, 1933. Six months later, the pioneering businessman and former Vancouver mayor announced he would build a memorial for her - a modern "shell" theatre in Stanley Park, modelled on the famous Hollywood Bowl in California.Malkin announced the plan for the Marion Malkin Bowl on May 17, 1934. Four days later - 79 years ago today - he ...
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Benefactor focus on service shapes B.C. private school
Pattison has never been involved with day-to-day operations but said he offered financial support because it was a Christian school that promoted family values and fit with his evangelical ...
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Former Sun editor Neil Reynolds let reporters freely tell the story
Neil Reynolds made a career out of steering Canadian newspapers along uncharted courses, looking for stories with scant regard for the safe or ...
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Titanium disc implants give freediver another shot at sport
To treat her severe neck pain, free-diver Jill Yoneda faced the possibility she would never again glide in the ocean to depths of 180 feet.In 2012, three herniated discs forced Yoneda to take a break from her sport and consider her options for treatment.She was told the "gold standard" would involve fusing two vertebra together with bone grafts, severely limiting her mobility ...
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Ryan Dempster thankful for time with Cubs
Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster has dropped two of his past three starts to fall to 2-4 with a 4.27 earned-run average in nine games. (Jim Rogash/Getty ...
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Douglas Todd Ecstatic Christian charismatic movement is powerful in Metro Vancouver around world
"God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ...
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Irish P.M. Enda Kenny applauded at Boston College graduation
Boston College graduates gave Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny a standing ovation Monday while a small group of anti-abortion activists protested outside. ...
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Green businesses balk at Vancouver bike lane
Cyclists on a tandem bike and pedestrians are silhouetted while using the seawall along False Creek in Vancouver, B.C., in March, 2013. A proposal to create a separated lane on the edge of Chinatown has generated anxiety among the kinds of green, local businesses that Mayor Gregor Robertson frequently touts as the future of the city. (DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN ...
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Summer to rank among Canadas warmest on record typical temperatures predicted for Metro Vancouver
Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...
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Bylaw review could put wind in sails of Vancouver kitesurfers
Stephen Codrington, at Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver on Sunday, lets the air out of the kite he uses when kitesurfing. (DARRYL DYCK For the Globe and ...
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Ian Mulgrew Judge’s attack on proposed court reforms misses the mark
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan is raising alarms about nefarious government plans to transform the legal system. In a recent speech, now posted on the bench’s website, he roused the lawyerly faithful with hoary myths of their societal importance and warned the government is using ';an anti-adjudication narrative'; to dramatically change the ...
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With season nearly one-third over Vancouver Whitecaps struggle to find positives
Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation’s midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported throughout the state.Victims and emergency responders might not get much of reprieve as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center was forecasting ...
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Vancouver link to Hadfields space guitar
A Vancouver company says it will re-start production of a guitar used by Chris Hadfield in space, prompting dozens of new orders. The Canadian astronaut gained worldwide attention when he performed David ...
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Vancouver weather 2013 top-10 warmest summers on record
"The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it's not going to resemble last year's summer, which was the warmest summer on record for Canada," Brett Anderson, lead forecaster for Canada, told The Canadian ...
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