7 h. ago Watchdog deployed after man booked in Vancouver police jail dies

The VPD says the 49-year-old prisoner "became unresponsive after suffering an apparent medical emergency" shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday.

Events

6 d. ago Arundhati Roy in conversation with Naomi Klein at Vancouver Writers Fest event

Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy in Vancouver to discuss new memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me

Economics

2 w. ago Vancouver Art Book Fair 2025: from zines to monographs, a celebration of books as art

The fair features over 100 local and international exhibitors

Culture

2 w. ago The Bookless Club: What are your Canada Day or summer rituals?

Opinion: It’s not officially summer until someone breaks out the gin and tonics.

Other

3 w. ago Listen to classical music and opera outdoors (and for free!) this summer

Two mega concerts by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and a sampler from Vancouver Opera are booked for July

Other

3 w. ago The Bookless Club: Has geopolitical conflict directly affected your life?

Opinion: Until hostilities cease in Iran, she wonders if her house will still be standing.

Politics

4 w. ago MANDEL: Toronto cop spared jail in assault of teen who later died — but can’t be trusted with ‘deadly weapon’

What a bitter pill to swallow. In a Brampton courtroom Wednesday morning, suspended Toronto Police Const. Calvin Au, 34, avoided jail time and was handed a suspended sentence and a year’s probation for the violent takedown of 19-year-old Chadd Facey after he tried to sell a fake Apple watch. Hours after the assault, the teen […]

Events