Monthly Archives: February 2012

Two hundred and eighty Vancouver teachers were handed notices today warning of potential layoffs in a week already packed with education news.

Tuesday night saw the first in a long list of speakers give city council their opinions on a controversial rezoning application for a high-rise development in Mount Pleasant.

Two of Richmond’s biggest festivals are set to join forces this summer.

Calvin Werner David will spend seven more months in jail for his role in a bank robbery last year that netted David and his accomplices more than $10,000.

Going “mano-a-mano” with highly regarded Akbar Qurban could be akin to running full-bore into a thousand flying razor blades for Mat Andreatta.

The condolences, the stories and the remembrances continue to pour in for Jim Green, whose battle with cancer ended peacefully at his home Tuesday morning.

As teachers vote today on escalating their strike against the provincial government, they are feeling “devastated” by legislation introduced by the provincial government Tuesday, according to Chris Harris, president of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers’ Association.

SURREY – Teacher support to escalate job action was running strong in the second day of voting, according to a local union official.

A swift skater from Langley took home triple gold from the BC Winter Games in Vernon last weekend.

Metro Vancouver officials are promising an extensive public consultation leading up to the construction of a new sewage treatment plant in North Vancouver.

SURREY – When new mom Elly Lee saw nurses hook up her premature baby to an IV with a yellow liquid, she said she was scared.

To Trudi DesRochers, living in the Byrnes house in Whonnock, she’s just holding on to a piece of local history.

The head of the Langley Teachers Association won’t rule out an illegal walkout, after the province moved to ban teachers from striking.

When 911 is accidently called or “pocket dialed” police are required to attend, said Ridge Meadows RCMP Cpl. Alanna Dunlop.

Plans for this year’s budget process are in the works. At a Tuesday, Feb. 28, night plenary finance and legal committee meeting, members were to talk about the budget timeline. The discussion took place after the Courier’s deadline, so dates … Continue reading →

Traffic in parts of the North Shore slowed to a crawl Wednesday morning as commuters picked their way through the slushy residue of the night’s snowfall and navigated around accidents triggered by slippery conditions.

Dave Pickton, the brother of convicted serial killer Robert Pickton, is starting a foundation to help the poor in Africa.

Dozens of Maillardville residents will be displaced for the foreseeable future after a fire ripped through a 24-unit apartment complex on Adair Avenue Tuesday morning.

It appears as though Coquitlam is poised to leave the global recession behind.

Schoolteachers in Richmond rallied outside the district head office Monday, as the threat of an all-out province-wide strike loomed large on the horizon.

The fate of a fishing boat at Sapperton Landing Park is as clear as the water in which it sits.

A number of vocal residents answered with a resounding “No” on a recent Twitter discussion on the topic of yet-another dollar store opening in the Royal City. The response gave a sense of the social temperature on this topic in … Continue reading →

New Westminster teachers will continue to vote today on whether to escalate job action, even after Education Minister George Abbott introduced legislation that would defer a teachers’ right to legally strike.

A North Vancouver man has opened a new front in the escalating fight between homeowners and young athletes over the use of longboards on public roads.

More than 500 students, teachers, retired teachers and administrators from the Richmond School District danced in perfect harmony all in the name of the Fifth Annual Pink Shirt Anti-Bullying Day, Wednesday, Feb. 29.

Before it got better, life for David Levitt, a gay 15-year-old from Richmond, got so bad he tried to hang himself with strings from his brother’s guitar.

Lined-up on a wooden bench at the side of the staff parking lot are more than a dozen brightly-coloured paper helmets. The mock hockey helmets are a favourite activity of Holly Elementary students as part of their annual hockey celebration.

A group of Southpointe Academy students is selling bookmarks to benefit a good cause.

The Tsawwassen First Nation is offering a glimpse into the projected impacts of its ambitious growth plans.

With International Women’s Day coming up next week, the Delta Fire Department is celebrating a first.