Mayor backs study to extend SkyTrain to UBC

As Vancouver grapples with the hardships caused by the construction of a transit line to the airport, Sam Sullivan has thrown his support behind a proposal to extend the SkyTrain across Vancouver and out to the University of British Columbia.

Integrated care puts seniors at risk, B.C. politicians say

Politicians in Fort St. John want some answers from the provincial government about how to protect seniors and employees at a local care home from violent psychiatric patients.Officials from the city and the regional district board are concerned that the provincial policy to move patients from the Vancouver-area Riverview Psychiatric Hospital to care facilities near the patients' homes is not working.

Priceless NHL watches lost in break-in

Former hockey star Bill Ranford made a lot of saves in his storied 18-year career as a netminder in the National Hockey League.But none of the agile reflexes that used to protect his teams so well from opposition attacks in the 1990s could prevent a successful score on his New Westminster home earlier this month.

Defence questions witness on previous police interrogations

One of the most significant prosecution witnesses at Robert Pickton's first-degree-murder trial in Vancouver said yesterday he was interrogated about the disappearance of women in Edmonton in 2004.

Job action will slow garbage collection today

With negotiations breaking down between Vancouver and its outside union, small-scale disruptions will begin today and a full-blown civic strike could hit the Lower Mainland as early as Monday morning, union leaders warned yesterday.

Hundreds of pigs die in burning barns

Flames tore through two large barns in Chilliwack yesterday, wiping out 700 pigs and devastating two farmers just two weeks before they planned to leave the business.Jan and Nancy Pannekoek were awakened at about 2:30 a.m. yesterday by a passerby who saw smoke billowing from their barn. They called 911 right away, then rushed out to help their livestock, said Nancy Pannekoek, 46.

Indoor workers to vote on city's last-ditch offer

Vancouver's indoor workers will vote tomorrow on the city's final contract offer, which their union rejected more than a week ago.''The city feels that the offer is fair and reasonable,'' city spokesman Jerry Dobrovolny said. The City of Vancouver applied to the Labour Relations Board last Tuesday to have CUPE 15 members vote directly on the city's final offer, even though the union rejected it on Monday night.

Councillor pleads guilty to impaired driving

Vancouver city councillor Tim Stevenson, a former United Church minister, yesterday let the public in on a guilty secret he has been keeping for more than a year: an impaired-driving charge that has now cost him his licence for a year as part of a suspended sentence.

Police have no proof of home invasion in killing

Police say they haven't found proof that three men invaded the Burnaby home of school principal Shemina Hirji and killed her - as investigators were told by her new husband Paul Cheema.

Union issues strike notice even as talks resume

Just hours after issuing a legal 72-hour strike notice yesterday morning, the union that represents Vancouver's garbage collectors agreed to go back to the bargaining table with the city today to hammer out a deal that would prevent a full-blown walkout.

Real estate obsession

There's interesting commentary in the Globe and Mail about Vancouver's obsession with real estate. The author Timothy Taylor proposes new benchmarks for tracking the market: The last, and arguably most important, statistic we should ...

Dear Vancouvergo.com

Now I?ve seen these types of sites before, sometimes the just look for syndicated blog posts or news articles about a certain topic, in this case ?Vancouver?, and conglomerate that information onto one big website or source. ...

See Vancouver?s Gastown online

The Vancouver district known as Gastown, situated at the northeast corner of the downtown area, is considered to be the birthplace of this city. Most of the major events that have occurred since Vancouver?s story began, happened in or ...

This Sunday VSPC on Commercial Drive

Kids and animal friends come on down and skate with the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition this Sunday (July 22nd) from noon to 4pm. We will be set up on commercial drive?cross street parker?with basic obstacles such as bank ramps and a ...

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Vancouver Police stats show crime increasing

Vancouver is bucking a national trend and it's not one to be proud of. While crime declined 3% across Canada last year, it actually went up in Vancouver. Police Constable Howard Chow says assaults were ...

Support for Afghan mission at all time low

CTV - Only 7% of Canadians strongly support the Afghanistan mission, while the total number of those opposed in Quebec remains high at 75%, according to a new poll by The Strategic Counsel. The survey, conducted between July 12-16 for ...

In Vancouver

I?ve never been to Vancouver. I arrived this afternoon and haven?t had a chance to see anything yet (I don?t even know if I?ll get to see much). But it?s weird how big Canada is. Of course, the US is huge, with such a long distance ...

Vancouver Comics Jam: New Location

The next Vancouver Comic Jam will be held at Original Joe's, at the corner of Broadway and Cambie. Thanks to Josh (the night manager) for letting us crash the restaurant. Hopefully this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship! ...

What Sail Lofts Need to Know About the Internet?

Because I live in North Vancouver about 2 miles from one of the big lofts, I called them by phone a week later. They couldn?t help me right away on the phone, so they took a message. It took them another five days to send me a quote. ...