Updated Canucks uniforms a blast from the past

About 8,500 people, taking advantage of free tickets and enormous hype, trekked into GM Place yesterday to watch five of the Vancouver Canucks' most popular players skate onto the ice wearing the team's new uniforms.

City hall is anti-union, strikers say

A provincial union leader told hundreds of striking employees at a city hall rally yesterday that Vancouver's six-week-old municipal strike is the result of anti-union sentiment in the city of Vancouver.

Cost of hip-replacement surgery puts operation out of reach for B.C. teen

The mother of a 17-year-old Surrey teen will be forced to cancel his hip surgery planned for next week because she doesn't have the nearly $4,000 now required for the operation in British Columbia.

Rural and northern leaders oppose boundary proposal

Political leaders from across the north are opposing a recommendation that rural representation be decreased in the provincial legislature.The B.C. Electoral Boundary Commission has proposed reducing the number of rural ridings by three because the population in the region is smaller in those ridings than ridings in the Vancouver area.

Nice legs - shame about the food

If you're out and about in Vancouver's gay village this weekend, don't be shocked to find a flaming drag queen in a glittery red gown stopping traffic in the middle of Davie Street.

Environmental groups seek sub to search capsized barge

Environmental groups want to send a manned mini-submarine to explore the ocean floor of Robson Bight Ecological Reserve, where vehicles and heavy equipment rest after a barge overturned off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island last week.

Stop the fusion

Restaurateur Laurent Devin is bringing back the basic creme brulee. At his Vancouver restaurant Bistrot Bistro, Mr. Devin prepares the classic French custard the way it's been made for generations, using plain old vanilla beans for flavouring.

Man found dead two months after wife's killing

Since the slaying of his new bride two months ago, Paul Cheema had been hiding in his parents' Surrey home, crying daily and showing signs of a spiralling depression, a family friend says.

Aging ferry knocks dock, jostles riders

A mechanical failure aboard an aging B.C. Ferries ship is being blamed for an accident on Monday night that injured five passengers.The Queen of Chilliwack, almost 30 years old and due for retirement in the next five years, slammed into a dock at Port Hardy on Vancouver Island causing a number of passengers to fall, including an elderly man who tumbled down a stairwell and suffered a head injury.

Police release copy of threatening note found pinned to young woman's door

Vancouver police detectives are hoping the distinctive handwriting in a chilling note will lead them to a suspect who followed a 17-year-old woman home late one night, apparently intending to kidnap her.

Vancouver Canucks Unveil New Rbk EDGE Jersey

New Vancouver Canucks NHL Rbk EDGE Jersey. More info at Canucks.com. Discuss amongst yourselves?

World Poetry Reading Series Final Call: Dorothy Livesay!

World Poetry is requesting poems and stories about the well known Canadian Poet Dorothy Livesay to be on display at The World Poetry Life Celebration of Dorothy Livesay, October 29 at the Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch) in the ...

Hotel workers next to strike?

Downtown hotels could see a crunch after 14-hundred unionized hotel workers voted 85 percent in favour of strike action Wednesday evening.

Suspect arrested in Kits murder investigation

Vancouver Police are now confirming they've made an arrest in the City's latest homicide.

CUPE strike impacting on youth soccer season

It appears thousands of Vancouver soccer players are out of luck as the City's civic strike drags on.

Back in Black

Just returned all sorted from said Tofino respite (and the Italian Kitchen opening - what a contrast!). More in the morning with plenty.

betting on winners

The first image is from Heffel Auction in Vancouver, and outlines recent sales of Canadian art. The results are as mind-boggling as the meteoric rise of real estate prices. A Lawren Harris that was estimated to sell for between ...

Re: Vancouver Canucks New Uniform

Thanks max. For great local images the camera club has some great shots at rupertpics.com.

New buses return to duty

Translink's 57 new energy-efficient buses are back on the road after mechanics managed to fix a problem which caused wobbly wheels.

Youngster dies when struck in mall parking lot

A horrifying scene at a Langley strip mall.

Let Alberta glow in the dark - we won't

Energy Minister Richard Neufeld says the Government of Alberta will likely ask BC for its opinion on a controversial six billion dollar nuclear power plant near Peace River, but he's not getting too worked up about the proposal, ...

Vancouver Canucks New Jerseys!

Released today at 12:30pm Pacific Time. Here are some pics of them. What do you think about them?