'Vancouver's Greatest Mayor' Dead At 82

'Vancouver's Greatest Mayor' Dead At 82

03.29.2013
Art Phillips, one of Vancouver’s most iconic mayors, has died at the age of 82. Phillips died from complications of an infection at...
Prince George Wood Centre Is An 'Affront To Citizens'

Prince George Wood Centre Is An 'Affront To Citizens'

03.28.2013
The most outlandish move was to promote the Wood Innovation and Design Centre as a 10-storey, wood frame building, making it the tallest...
Meet B.C.'s New Auditor General

Meet B.C.'s New Auditor General

The Canadian Press  03.28.2013
VICTORIA - A veteran accountant has been appointed British Columbia's new acting auditor general.An all-party committee of the B-C legislature...
Scathing B.C. Carbon Audit

Scathing B.C. Carbon Audit

Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press  03.27.2013
VICTORIA - A delayed, discredited, but highly-anticipated environmental audit of the British Columbia government's carbon-cutting program...
Bollywood's Royal Couple Will Grace Vancouver

Bollywood's Royal Couple Will Grace Vancouver

03.27.2013
Bollywood film superstars, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her husband, Abhishek Bachchan, are confirmed to perform at the Times of India Film...
Premier Dismisses MLA Calling Out Colleagues

Premier Dismisses MLA Calling Out Colleagues

03.26.2013
Premier Christy Clark distanced herself from Kash Heed, a B.C. MLA and former solicitor general, who is calling on two of his Liberal caucus...
Sam Sullivan Reveals His Favourites For VanCity Fair

Sam Sullivan Reveals His Favourites For VanCity Fair

03.26.2013
Former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan answers The Proust Questionnaire, designed to expose respondents' thoughts, values and life experiences....
Vulnerable Kids In B.C. Not Getting Care They Need

Vulnerable Kids In B.C. Not Getting Care They Need

Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press  03.26.2013
VICTORIA - British Columbia's children's watchdog has found that only a small fraction of the care plans created for some of the province's...
B.C. Extends Clean Energy Incentive

B.C. Extends Clean Energy Incentive

The Canadian Press  03.26.2013
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has extended its clean energy vehicle incentive program for another year.Environment Minister...
Auditor General Faces Backlash

Auditor General Faces Backlash

Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press  03.26.2013
VICTORIA - A possible breach of Parliament prompted the Speaker of the British Columbia legislature to put a highly-anticipated report...
My B.C. Liberal Caucus Colleagues (And Ministers) Need To Step Down

My B.C. Liberal Caucus Colleagues (And Ministers) Need To Step Down

03.26.2013
The moment that this public trust is called into question is the point that our entire system of governance is compromised. In the interest...
B.C. Tories Promise Tax Credits

B.C. Tories Promise Tax Credits

The Canadian Press  03.25.2013
VANCOUVER - People who use BC Ferries a lot or pay tolls on two major bridges in Metro Vancouver would get a tax break under a B.C. Conservative...
Feds To Come Clean With Pipeline Ads

Feds To Come Clean With Pipeline Ads

Dene Moore, The Canadian Press  03.25.2013
VANCOUVER - One of the key concerns for the federal government in a multimillion-dollar Natural Resources advertising campaign was the...
Money For Making Dying More Comfortable

Money For Making Dying More Comfortable

Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press  03.25.2013
VANCOUVER - If grief wasn't enough on learning his mother was dying of pancreatic cancer, there was more heartache for Stephen Roberts...