Tweet Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a distraught missing woman. Sukching Hui, 26, who goes by Selena, was last seen at her residence in the 7800 block of Knight Street in Vancouver at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 28. Selena is five feet six inches and 100 lbs with [...]

Tweet A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will be asked Monday to decide whether a homeless person has a right to sit down on a sidewalk without being harassed by private security guards. “Sidewalks are the issue,” said John Richardson, executive director of the Pivot Legal Society, Sunday. “An important part of security guards’ job is [...]

Tweet Three targeted home invasions this week left four people with injuries and police searching for their assailants. In one incident in Burnaby Thursday afternoon, a woman in her 70s was accosted by two balaclava-clad men who burst into the house. A 20-year-old man also at the home on Ashley Court rushed to the door [...]

Tweet A potential cure for the deadly Ebola virus that is 100 per cent effective in monkeys has been developed using technology invented by a drug company based in Burnaby. And while the treatment has so far only shown results in monkeys, the lead researcher says it should work in humans, too, since Ebola — [...]

Tweet Apple fans are expected to start lining up early to be among the first in line for Friday morning’s launch of Apple’s new iPad in Canada. As the launch date nears, Bell became the second Canadian carrier to announce its wireless data plan for the popular device, with pricing that matches that already announced [...]

Tweet A conference on how technology can be used to help keep the elderly healthier and working longer is underway in Vancouver. The conference, whose theme is “technologies for health, quality of life, and aging-in-place,” has attracted about 400 participants from around the world and is hosted by Simon Fraser University’s Gerontology Research Centre. Dr. [...]

Tweet When Brian Dedora first got the call to construct a billboard made of gold, he thought it was a crazy idea. But after building the glowing, 200-square-foot sign that will be displayed near Granville Island for the rest of the week, he’s pretty happy with the product. “When I first heard about it I [...]

Tweet The City of Vancouver will hatch a pilot project this summer that will allow mobile kitchens on wheels to join the few dozen cart vendors selling street food. The move will likely expand the menu available on city sidewalks from pre-cooked packaged foods such as hotdogs to more freshly prepared fare. The city soon [...]

Tweet Four Canadian cities are among the top 25 in the world in terms of quality of living, according to a global survey published Wednesday. Overall top spot on the list Mercer Quality of Living Survey is the Austrian city of Vienna. Vancouver is the top Canadian city among 221 ranked this year, sharing the [...]

Tweet Vancouver police say they have charged a Surrey teen in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old girl at a Vancouver house party last week. Katey Renieta Gonzolas, 18, of Surrey has been charged with second-degree murder in connection the fatal stabbing, according to Inspector Mike Porteous of the department’s major crime section. Gonzolas was arrested [...]