Tweet A group representing Vancouver’s drug users is urging the city to change traffic patterns on Hastings Street to stop pedestrian deaths. “Quick and easy” actions, such as extending the time allotted to cross the street, can prevent pedestrians from getting hurt, said Lani Russwurm, who co-wrote a new, city-funded report launched Monday night by [...]

Tweet Mainland Chinese interest in Metro Vancouver property is so strong that it’s fuelling a market for real estate tourism, with groups of wealthy travellers scheduling visits to the city for the sole purpose of house hunting. China-based Internet sales company SouFun is organizing two tours– groups of about 20 each from Beijing and Shanghai [...]

Tweet A grown woman and a teenaged boy are dead after two tragic crashes in Metro Vancouver over the weekend. The first crash occurred at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Langley, where two teen boys were heading down a curving stretch of road on motorcycles. One of the boys crashed into a northbound camper and was [...]

Tweet A prank gone wrong has left a a 16-year-old schoolboy in critical condition. RCMP said he was riding on the bumper of a car on the grounds of Seycove Secondary School on Friday night when he fell off and suffered critical head injuries. “After riding for a short distance, he fell from the moving [...]

Tweet Parents with children attending at least one of 11 Vancouver elementary schools slated for closure are vowing to try to save their school. The Vancouver School Board announced at Tuesday’s meeting that six schools and five annexes are up for closure to address its multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. “We’re going to show them that [our [...]

Tweet A man in his 20s drowned in the Fraser River near Vancouver’s Gladstone Park late Thursday night. Witnesses called 911 just before 10 p.m. after seeing a man in distress in the river about six metres from shore, near the 2100-block Kent Avenue SE. It is believed the man went into the river to [...]

Tweet A dozen Vancouver elementary schools, most on the city’s east side, are facing possible closure next June as the board of education looks for ways to reduce costs and excess capacity. A list drafted by district managers and presented to trustees Wednesday evening identifies six schools and five annexes for review. A sixth annex [...]

Tweet The sound of South African soccer can now easily be bought in Vancouver, all for a good cause. The vuvuzela, a long, plastic horn that’s become the defining sound of the South African World Cup, is loved and loathed in equal measure by soccer fans around the globe for its sheer volume. But since [...]

Tweet Nala, Vancouver‘s much loved baby beluga, died Monday evening after its airway became blocked, the Vancouver Aquarium announced Tuesday. Baby Nala was born June 7, 2009 to huge public fanfare and died just two weeks after her first birthday in the tank at the Vancouver Aquarium at around 10:15 p.m. Aquarium veterinarian Dr. Martin [...]

Tweet The Vancouver International Airport’s airport-services subsidiary has acquired a majority share of Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and two other Northern England facilities, the company announced Tuesday. Vancouver Airport Services, on Tuesday, said it has reached an agreement with the United Kingdom-based Peel Group to buy 65 per cent of Peel Airports Ltd., which included [...]