Vancouver park board closes western section of Stanley Park Seawall for repairs
Two sections, making up most of the western edge of the Seawall in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, have closed this week as crews repair damage done by December storms. Citing atmospheric rivers, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation announced the...
UPDATE: VPD thanks public for help identifying woman who died in shelter
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says it is thanking the public for its help identifying a woman who died in a local shelter.
Police make arrest in connection with stabbing in Vancouver’s first homicide of the year
Police say they have made an arrest in connection with the city’s first homicide of the year. Related: VPD investigate city’s first homicide of 2026 after fatal stabbing A 22-year-old man was arrested Jan. 24 in connection with the fatal...
‘Troubled’ counsel for OPCC resigns from Myles Gray hearing over obscenity
A long-awaited public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray that finally got underway in Vancouver last week is in peril of major delays after the counsel for the proceeding resigned on Monday with “almost unbearable regret” over an...
Murder charge laid in fatal Commercial Drive stabbing
Breadcrumb Trail Links Murder charge laid in fatal Commercial Drive stabbing Christopher Jumal Sanderson, 48, died in hospital after being stabbed on Commercial Drive near East 10th on Jan. 20 Author of the article: By David Carrigg, Joseph Ruttle Published...
Child sexual abuse survivor settles lawsuit against B.C. institutions
Breadcrumb Trail Links Child sexual abuse survivor settles lawsuit against B.C. institutions Steve Cullen was suing Scouts Canada, the B.C. children’s ministry, the United Church and Vancouver school board for negligence Author of the article: By Joseph Ruttle Published Jan...
Crash victim’s psilocybin treatments only covered by ICBC if authorized: Appeal court
Breadcrumb Trail Links Crash victim’s psilocybin treatments only covered by ICBC if authorized: Appeal court B.C. Appeal Court agreed with ICBC that trial judge erred in granting woman $35,000 for psilocybin treatment for injuries without proof of Health Canada authorization...
Langley RCMP investigating after youth seriously injured during alleged robbery
The Langley RCMP says it is investigating after an alleged robbery at Willowbrook Mall that resulted in a youth being taken to hospital with serious injuries. Officers were called to the shopping centre, located on Fraser Highway near 197th Street,...
Surrey business damaged after suspected arson, police say
Police are looking into a suspected arson at a Surrey business overnight. Crews were called out to the scene on 80th Avenue near 120th Street just after midnight Sunday. Surrey Fire Services fully extinguished the blaze, and police say damage...
Truly, madly, cheaply: Vancouver-based writer shares his penny-pinching wisdom in a new book
It seems making ends meet is tougher than ever these days, what with an affordability crisis, a housing crisis, and the looming threat of tariffs (and who knows what else) from our southern neighbour. Now comes a new book seemingly...