It's time for Vancouver's close-up

This year for the first time, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival will be on the big screen - its own 320-square-foot (30-square-metre) display, set up to magnify the talent onstage for those sitting far off on the grass. The new screen seems a good symbol of recent efforts to make the festival more visible to its community, which not so long ago wondered whether this annual jamboree might join the list of cultural projects that have failed to make themselves indispensable to Vancouver.

Young choreographers show their edge: It's all about fusion

DANCING ON THE EDGE FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCEAt various venues in Vancouver on Monday and TuesdayDonna Spencer, the producer of Vancouver's Dancing on the Edge Festival of Contemporary Dance, has the pulse of her city. A visitor to DOTE always gets an introduction to the newest generation of local choreographers. The current up-and-comers seem to prefer a high-energy, hybrid style, judging from the work of Amber Funk Barton and Shay Kuebler.

Opinion divided on twins joined at head

Medical opinion is divided over whether twin girls born joined at the head in Vancouver last year can be separated.The eight-month-old girls, Krista and Tatiana Hogan, live with their parents in Vernon, B.C., but returned to Vancouver on Tuesday for a CT scan at Children's Hospital.

City makes final effort to avoid garbage strike

Vancouver's garbage collectors could be in a legal strike position as early as today.Vancouver's two main unions, CUPE Locals 15 and 1004, have been negotiating with the Labour Relations Bureau this week at the Labour Board to determine what essential services are.

When in Richmond, eat as the Chinese eat

This week, The Dish launches its long march to Richmond, one soup dumpling at a time.The city of Richmond, located on a series of islands 20 minutes south of Vancouver, is said to be a culinary oasis that serves up some of the finest Chinese food in North America. The dining scene is particularly noted for its diversity, with the influence of Shanghainese and Taiwanese cuisines rising as immigration from Hong Kong has waned.

Jurors will be home by Christmas, judge jokingly predicts

The prosecution of Robert Pickton in the killing of six drug-addicted prostitutes from Vancouver's skid row will be concluded during the week of Aug. 7, the trial judge told the jury yesterday.

Mugging suspect sought in attack on nurse

The RCMP are looking for a man who attacked a nurse in the parkade of Surrey Memorial Hospital.The assault happened on June 20, but police are just releasing information now on the crime, including a composite sketch of the suspect.

And the show goes on ...

During his 40-year career as a well-known Vancouver impresario, David Y.H. Lui earned many things: He was named to the Order of Canada and won a star on Vancouver's walk of fame. What he never earned, however, was enough money to buy a permanent place to live.

If all roads lead to Ucluelet, who pays for them?

On the west coast of Vancouver Island, the tiny community of Ucluelet is booming, thanks to a surge in development applications for resorts and other tourist-oriented projects. Construction is transforming the former fishing and logging town into a plush getaway for those eager to take in the rugged conditions of the Pacific coast.

Police investigating death of Langley woman

Homicide investigators are probing the death of a 50-year-old Langley woman whose body was found outside a building in an industrial park on Saturday.Police say Sheryl Lynn Koroll disappeared some time between Friday night and early Saturday morning.

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There are those who don't like surpluses

Whether you call it prudence or low-balling, the Provincial Government is reporting a record 4.

Conjoined twins in Vancouver for testing while awaiting decision ...

Vernon's conjoined twins are back in Vancouver to undergo more testing. Grandmother Louise McKay says Krista and Tatania Hogan had a CT scan Wednesday, which is the final test before doctors make a decision ...

Civic workers dispute minus Mayor Sam

With the possibility City of Vancouver outside workers could take job action as early as the weekend, opposition Vancouver Councillor David Cadman says it's time the Mayor get involved.

$883 million

That's what the BC Government says is the final dollar figure on the Vancouver Convention Centre expansion; 388 million over the original budget.

Residents remain cautious over rail issues

Despite assurances the disaster will not likely be repeated, many Squamish residents are still cynical.

People have their own opinions over the Cheakamus derailment

Now that the Transportation Safety Board's final report on the Cheakamus River derailment has been delivered, Squamish residents say they fear it will happen again.

More Cheakamus fallout

The NDP says the Campbell Government should bear some of the responsbility for the Cheakamus disaster.

Vancouver Blogger Meetup : Charming bunch!

Just got back from tonight's Vancouver blogger Meetup meeting. Such a nice bunch of people, all very welcoming and friendly ... and chatty, which is great! Had fun chatting with everyone about their blogs and their business and got into ...

Whew! It's hot

Temperature records are falling as the heat wave takes hold.