69 h. ago Uber wins court battle over downtown Vancouver pickup and dropoff fees

The B.C. Supreme Court has invalidated a bylaw passed by the City of Vancouver that imposed a fee on ride-hailing companies working on city streets during peak hours. 

Events

9 d. ago Man charged in pair of stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver

The suspect allegedly threw a 30-year-old German tourist to the ground in an unprovoked attack, said Vancouver police

Events

2 w. ago Cricket to make its Western Canada league debut at B.C. Place this fall

The inaugural Canada Super 60 tournament will take place later this year at the downtown Vancouver stadium, marking a "significant leap for cricket in North America."

Sport

4 w. ago Sam Sullivan: Ending Vancouver's Downtown Eastside experiment

First, governments must commit to never again concentrating low-income people. Next, help the residents who don’t want to live there to move to where they want to live, with supportive relationships

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4 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Blame Liberals' lax bail system for daylight fatal stabbing at Edmonton LRT station

Seven years in prison. That’s all. With time served while awaiting trial and sentencing, Jamal Wheeler will likely be out in just four-and-a-half. Two summers ago, at an Edmonton transit station, Wheeler, a lifelong drug addict and violent criminal, used a knife to attack a complete stranger, unprovoked, in broad daylight. A single blow to […]

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4 w. ago New Westminster business says illicit drug use and theft is rampant

New Westminster's Hyack Square is often a desperate scene resembling Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Drug deals are done in plain sight.

Economics

4 w. ago Police to beef up Celebration of Lights security with steel barriers, drones

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pack the streets and beaches of downtown Vancouver and Kits Point as fireworks teams from Quebec, Yukon and Nova Scotia compete.

Events