Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver Whitecaps are hunting for a new home — and it could be at the PNE. Read More

The City of Vancouver is reducing its funding for school meal programs — a move that has sparked alarm for the school board trustees worried about fewer meals reaching students who depend on them. Read More

At least two private B.C. retirement homes will stop offering government-subsidized beds, a potentially problematic pattern at a time when the population is aging and more seniors are struggling with affordability. Read More

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby and his NDP government were dealt a fiscal double whammy this week, when two leading rating agencies downgraded the province’s credit on the same day. Read More

Vancouver Sun editor-in-chief Harold Munro speaks to Vancouver Sun political columnist Vaughn Palmer about the recent bond rating downgrade as the B.C. government departs from prudent management — and the reaction from Premier David Eby. Read More

The B.C. SPCA is urging pet owners to include their animals in their estate planning after the agency took in seven cats from a person who died. Read More

When Vancouver actor Emily Bett Rickards got the script for the feature film Queen of the Ring, she didn’t know anything about wrestler Mildred Burke. Read More

Jennifer Scott, 52, was celebrating a birthday and since she had dinner plans, she upgraded her service to include a makeup application. Read More

Canadians are losing billions to online investment fraud, according to Pamela McDonald of the B.C. Securities Commission. Read More

Now that B.C. has scrapped its consumer carbon tax, an energy advocacy group has renewed its call to change incoming building code requirements for the electrification of home heating. Read More

Pool season seems imminent. So, naturally, we’re thinking of stylish new swimsuits to slip into to make a stylish splash this spring. Read More

B.C. Conservative MLA Jody Toor is on the verge of accomplishing a rare feat: getting an opposition private member's bill passed in the legislature. Read More

The Independent Investigations Office has cleared Agassiz RCMP of wrongdoing in a 2022 crash that left four people injured. Read More

Alberta, like Ontario before it, has just introduced a bill to legalize private online gambling companies. It would be a mistake for B.C. to follow suit. Read More

There could be another option for the next provincial election after Karin Kirkpatrick, a former B.C. United MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano, registered a new party with Elections B.C. Read More

A B.C. Conservative MLA is under fire for posting a map that referred to Western Canada, including most of B.C., as a separate state under the protection of the U.S. Read More

A Mexican with alleged cartel ties is seeking refugee status in Canada — a decade after he told an undercover B.C. police officer that "he was a hitman for hire." Read More

Downtown Vancouver is growing, but fewer people are visiting. According to a new report from the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, foot traffic dropped by 7.8 per cent in 2024, the first decline in visitors since the pandemic recovery began in 2020. Read More

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby led off debate this week on Bill 7, the controversial legislation giving the NDP cabinet extraordinary powers to fight the tariffs from the U.S. Read More

The September backdrop was drought and the 2024 California wildfires. The location was Donald Trump’s expensive Los Angeles golf course. The words uttered by the Republican presidential candidate were that the Columbia River Basin was “essentially a very large faucet” and if all that water was diverted from the Pacific Ocean, “all of that water would come ... right into Los Angeles.” Read More