NPA councillor Suzanne Anton jumps into Vancouver mayoral race

After single-handedly carrying the NPA’s tattered banner for three years, Suzanne Anton, pictured outside City Hall, is risking its lone Vancouver city council seat to run for mayor.

After single-handedly carrying the NPA’s tattered banner for three years, Suzanne Anton is risking its lone Vancouver city council seat to run for mayor.

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Canadian journalist Dorothy Parvaz has been released from custody in Iran, according to her employer Al Jazeera.

B.C. journalist Dorothy Parvaz released by Iran

B.C. journalist Dorothy Parvaz was back in Doha, Qatar after being set free by Iranian authorities early Wednesday, her fiance said...

Katie Oslie (L) and Kylie Ellson enjoy the sun and beach during the warm weather at English Bay in Vancouver, B.C. May 17, 2011.

At last, some sunshine for Metro Vancouver

Finally, after enduring months of cold weather, grey skies and rain, Metro Vancouver residents will have some respite heading into...

Police ar on the scene after a body was found on Dyke Road near Jardine Street in New Westminster.

Police on scene after body found in New West

A body has been found on Dyke Road near Jardine Street in New Westminster. “Our major crime investigators have just arrived on scene...

Police were called to the scene of a stabbing outside the Cobalt Hotel on Main Street just after 5 a.m. today. A man suffering stab wounds was transported to hospital. Police are investigating.

Man stabbed near Main St. and Milross Ave.

Vancouver Police are investigating after a man was found suffering from stab wounds near Milross and Main Street around 5 a.m. Wednesday...

B.C. set to stop police from investigating themselves

The provincial government introduced legislation Tuesday that will create an independent, civilian-led office responsible for investigating...

With a provincial election expected by late summer or early fall, B.C.’s two main political parties are locked in a dead heat, a new poll shows. The Ipsos Reid survey found 41-per-cent support for the B.C. Liberals, and 39 per cent for the New Democrats — a two-point gap that is inside the margin of error. Pictured is newly minted NDP leader Adrian Dix.

Liberal Party and NDP in dead heat, poll suggests

VICTORIA — With a provincial election expected by late summer or early fall, B.C.’s two main political parties are locked in a dead...

Benito Morales, a human rights lawyer who speaks for the Mayan communities.

Activists square off against Vancouver-based mining firms

Activists are bringing their claims of environmental damage and rights violations against two Canadian mining companies operating ...

About 100 angry Langley parents and members of the Willoughby Homeowners Association protest a land deal, the "Routley land swap" between the school district, Township and developer that would see a plot of land sold to developers to build 103 condos in the 19800 block of 70th Ave., Langley on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Parents say the land was originally slated to be a school.

Langley parents protest over broken school promise

About 100 Langley parents are up in arms over a three-way property swap that will have land previously designated for an elementary...

David and Robert (r) Heffel with paintings by Canadian artist EJ Hughes at their gallery in Vancouver, BC., April 19, 2011.

E.J. Hughes painting goes for record $1.14M

Before dying in 2007 B.C. painter E.J. Hughes very nearly got to witness one of his works enter the rare “million-dollar” sale club...

Foreign Trade Zone documents

Documents related to the B.C. government's plans to set up a Foreign Trade Zone in B.C.

Canadian journalist Dorothy Parvaz released by Iran, says fiance

B.C. journalist Dorothy Parvaz was back in Doha, Qatar after being set free by Iranian authorities early Wednesday, her fiance said...

Albertans forced to wait to assess fire damage

Frustration mounted Tuesday for thousands of evacuees trying to find out if they have homes to return to after a wildfire reduced ...

Man stabbed near Main St. and Milross Ave.

Vancouver Police are investigating after a man was found suffering from stab wounds near Milross and Main Street around 5 a.m. Wednesday...

At last, some sunshine for Metro Vancouver

Finally, after enduring months of cold weather, grey skies and rain, Metro Vancouver residents will have some respite heading into...

Search and rescue efforts for missing man continue along St. John River

Police identified 34-year-old Carter Gallagher as the man who died in a boating accident near Fredericton Monday as search efforts...

Harper to shuffle cabinet Wednesday

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to make a cabinet shuffle on Wednesday in a move that must fill major holes left by the ...

Queen lands in Ireland on 1st-ever trip to celebrate peace

Sometimes words aren't necessary. That was the case Tuesday when Queen Elizabeth II placed a wreath in Dublin's Garden of Remembrance...

Slave Lake fire evacuees question province's emergency warning system

As residents of Slave Lake struggle to come to grips with the scale of the disaster that has struck their community, concerns are ...

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Foreign Trade Zones

Documents related to the B.C. government's plans to set up a controversial Foreign Trade Zone in B.C.

A water bomber drops its water on a fire, 160 km northeast of Edmonton on May 15. Over 1,000 people were ordered to leave their homes Sunday when strong winds fanned two separate wildfires that burned on either side of Slave Lake.

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