Category Archives: Metro VANCOUVER

Words can’t describe how grateful Alyse McDonald is but she hopes a big hug gets the message across. The mother of two is desperately seeking a reunion with an off-duty police officer and his wife after they helped save her … Continue reading →

NFL great Marcus Allen said he’s ready to meet and mingle with Vancouver football fans as they watch the gridiron rematch between the New York Giants and New England Patriots Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI. Football fever has gripped Vancouver, … Continue reading →

A 19-year-old North Surrey man aims to pedal 100 kilometres with a cause — on one wheel. Chris Heine will unicycle from Surrey to Harrison Hot Springs to raise money for BC Children’s Hospital. “I hope to set an example … Continue reading →

David Ho, the Vancouver billionaire businessman and former police board member, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully confining a prostitute and possessing a prohibited weapon. Ho made the plea in Vancouver provincial court on Thursday and was handed a one-year suspended … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III) has increased the resource estimates its Red Chris copper-gold deposit in northwestern British Columbia. The company said Thursday the tonnage estimate is up 103 per cent to 1.26 billion tonnes from 617 million tonnes, … Continue reading →

A family of four from Edmonton died Wednesday evening when their SUV lost control and collided with an oncoming tractor-trailer in B.C.’s Interior. A 47-year-old man, his wife, 37, and their two children, a boy, 7 and a girl, 3, … Continue reading →

Well, it’s a new month. Welcome to February, the time to forget about its depressive predecessor, January. All your holiday bills are paid and the weather has finally turned for the, well   — it’s still going to be dark and … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – Anooraq Resources Corp. (TSXV:ARQ) and Anglo American Platinum Ltd. have signed a deal to restructure, refinance and recapitalize Anooraq and the Bokoni Platinum group of companies. The companies said Thursday that they have agreed to a new plan … Continue reading →

With only 15 seconds left, Luis Aguilar and his teammates carefully squeezed custard onto their dessert, a fruit-lasagna layered parfait, as five other teams put the  finishing touches to their dishes. Sixteen culinary students from Templeton Secondary School participated in … Continue reading →

A Dawson Creek taxi company is under investigation after two women and a 13-year-old girl came forward with allegations they were forcibly confined and sexually assaulted by cab drivers. Mounties say they received a complaint on Jan. 25 that the … Continue reading →

RICHMOND, B.C. – Pulp and paper producer Catalyst Paper Corp. (TSX:CTL) has secured up to $175 million in financing as it moves forward with restructuring under court protection from creditors. The struggling company said Tuesday that JP Morgan agreed to … Continue reading →

Green Coun. Adriane Carr has lost a ruff battle to change a city bylaw against leashing up dogs unattended in public. Carr introduced a motion Tuesday for the city to tweak its animal-control bylaw, allowing dog owners to tie up … Continue reading →

New Westminster police have taken over the investigation of a police-dog mauling of a North Surrey teenager during an arrest early Saturday morning. Surrey Mounties were called out to a break-and-enter at a convenience store in a gas station in … Continue reading →

The end of January marked the end of Surrey-Fleetwood MLA Jagrup Brar’s welfare challenge, but the veteran MLA has no plans to say goodbye to poverty. Brar’s challenge of living on $610 for the month came to an end Tuesday … Continue reading →

A video — one that almost didn’t get released — of a B.C. Lions player hoisting the Grey Cup on top of a mountain has now been completed. In December, after winning the CFL championship, B.C. Lion James Yurichuk and … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – The man whose inquiry findings led former British Columbia premier Bill Vander Zalm to resign in 1991 says he threatened to quit before completing his task. Ted Hughes, a former conflict of interest commissioner, is suing Vander Zalm … Continue reading →

SURREY, B.C. – The New Westminster Police have been called in to investigate an incident in which a 16-year-old boy was injured by a police dog during an arrest in Surrey, B.C. Police were investigating a break and enter last … Continue reading →

RICHMOND, B.C. – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) said Tuesday it has signed US$7.6 million in contracts with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to upgrade the agency’s systems. MDA is working on the FAA’s instrument procedure development system, which … Continue reading →

Robert MacKay was trying to protect The Bay on Granville Street with a pole before he was pulled into a mob and repeatedly kicked, punched, and pepper strayed during the madness of the Stanley Cup Riot. Seven months later, Vancouver’s … Continue reading →

Vancouver is parting ways with its director of planning and will begin an international search for his replacement. City council voted Tuesday to part ways with Brent Toderian, Vancouver’s director of planning for the past six years. Toderian, hired during … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – Police say a 24-year-old Vancouver man is in hospital, recovering after being stabbed this morning. Officers responded to calls of a fight between a group of men in the 800 block of Granville Street shortly after 4 a.m. … Continue reading →

RICHMOND, B.C. – Specialty paper producer Catalyst Paper Corp. (TSX:CTL) says that one of the unions at its Crofton mill in B.C. has rejected a new contract that must be ratified as part of the company’s new refinancing plan to … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – Copper Mountain Mining Corp. (TSX:CUM) expects to produce between 85 million to 90 million pounds of copper in 2012 from the first full year of production at its newly opened mine in southern British Columbia. The Vancouver company … Continue reading →

Caden Chiu, 4, watched wide-eyed as colourful dragon and lion dancers paraded down the streets of Chinatown Sunday celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year. The parade, one of the largest in North America, drew more than 40,000 people, … Continue reading →

Drugs may have played a critical role in a collision that killed one man Saturday night. RCMP say that a vehicle being driven by a 19-year-old male from Calgary allegedly crossed the centre line on the Sea to Sky Highway … Continue reading →

Jagrup Brar is broke. The Surrey-Fleetwood representative has been living off $610 in January after accepting the MLA Welfare Challenge, but that money ran dry last week. It’s a situation Brar knows is a reality for thousands of individuals and … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – Canadian methanol producer Methanex Corp. (TSX:MX) handily beat analyst estimates last quarter, as its profit rose 150 per cent from a year earlier amid stable demand and pricing for its products. The Vancouver-based company, which has operations around … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – The company formerly known as Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. will be distributing nearly $2.9 million to its shareholders on Jan. 30 as part of its liquidation and windup. FMI Holdings Ltd. said Thursday its board has decided to distribute … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – A man whose leg was bitten by a police dog during an arrest has filed a lawsuit against the Vancouver Police Department and the department is being challenged to change its dog-training policy in keeping with some U.S. … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – ATCO Structures & Logistics has signed a joint-venture agreement with an Inuit organization’s development arm. ATCO (TSX:ACO.X) will work with Sakku Investments Corp. on resource development and infrastructure construction in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut. The partners have … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER – Vancouver Police say a man has been injured in a targeted, early morning shooting. Const. Lindsey Houghton says the man, in his 30s, was shot in the leg while in an apartment suite not far from Vancouver City … Continue reading →

Even with an Olympics-berth deciding game on their hands, the players of Canada’s national women’s soccer team sneaked in time to give back to their community. They dropped by to watch and encourage players from the Homeless World Cup team … Continue reading →

A lone casket draped in a Canadian flag stood in the centre of Peace Portal Alliance Church as Dave Brolin was honoured one last time. The RCMP pilot, a 46-year-old husband and father to two young children, died in a … Continue reading →

Breathe in the fire of dragons and watch lions dance this weekend at one of the city’s largest parades. Vancouver’s Chinese New Year’s Parade on Sunday celebrates the Year of the Dragon, with performances by more than 3,000 people from … Continue reading →

A 33-year-old Vancouver man is suing the city and two constables after a police dog allegedly bit him during an arrest and left him with a gruesome leg wound. Christopher Evans, 33, was arrested June 12 after he smashed a … Continue reading →

Executives from some of the world’s biggest high-tech companies will connect with delegations from more than 30 international cities next week as Vancouver plays host to the inaugural Cities Summit. More than 400 entrepreneurs and civic leaders are expected to … Continue reading →