The B.C. Prosecution Service is considering whether charges should be laid against a Vancouver police officer involved in a pedestrian accident earlier this year.
On Jan. 6, a VPD unmarked SUV driven by an on-duty officer struck a pedestrian near Knight Street and East 20th Avenue around 9:30 p.m. The pedestrian was taken to hospital in serious condition.
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Surrey appoints Terry Waterhouse to oversee policing transition
via vancouversun.comThe City of Surrey has tapped its general manager of public safety, Terry Waterhouse, to oversee the city’s transition from the Surrey RCMP to its own municipal force.
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Court releases tape of murder confession
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Threat of extremism posed by proportional representation in B.C. overstated: academics
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The It List: Backdrop Oversized Cable Pullover
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Taylor Mac's Hir is here
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When: Nov. 22 — Dec. 8, various times
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Tickets and info: From $28 at pitheatre.com/hir
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via vancouversun.comIf you’ve ever looked inside your closet and thought, ‘ugh, I have nothing to wear that makes me feel good!’ then LEZÉ the Label may be the new label for you.
The Vancouver-based company focuses on creating a curated collection of trousers and pants that can be worn by every body shape for virtually any day, time or purpose. Plus, it has a pretty cool eco-conscious and ethical angle, too.
We caught up with Karen Lee, a co-founder of the brand, to chat about the -
Mid-Term Report: Otto Tausk at the VSO
via vancouversun.comOur colleges and universities have just completed mid-term exams. This concept doesn’t usually transfer to the arts, but it makes sense to consider what’s been going on at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, in the midst of great change with the first months of Otto Tausk’s tenure as the new music director. A look, then, at Tausk’s concerts thus far, as something akin to a mid-term report.
All conductors have their own ideas of orchestral sound, their own programming priori -
Kasey Wilson: Tea sandwiches worthy of a fairy tale
via vancouversun.comI have ordered afternoon tea in nearly every country I’ve visited from Argentina to Thailand. Among the most memorable venues are the Four Seasons in London, where I received a fresh pot of hot tea every 20 minutes and several trays of dainty sandwiches; the Peninsula Hong Kong, which kick-started an elegant English/southeast Asian tea buffet with a glass of Deutz Peninsula Brut Champagne; and Victoria’s iconic Fairmont Empress, which has been serving afternoon tea since 1908 and con -
Fashion trunk show celebrates Canadian fashion 'from East to West'
via vancouversun.comA Fashion Statement: A Celebration of Canadian Fashion from East to West Trunk Show
When: Nov. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Where: Fairmont Pacific Rim (1038 Canada Pl., Vancouver)
Tickets and info: Free; 604-695-5300Discovering new and unique Canadian designers is easier than ever these days thanks to social media.
A model wears a look by designer Victoria Hayes.
But, that doesn’t mean the sartorial discovery process is altogether, well, seamless.
The Canadian Arts & Fashion Awar -
Choreographer's multicultural childhood inspires a dance show for kids and adults
via vancouversun.comChotto Desh
When: Nov. 21-24 at 8 p.m. (Nov. 22 performance in French)
Where: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
Tickets and info: from $35 at dancehouse.ca and 604-801-6225
Based on a solo piece by UK choreographer Akram Khan, Chotto Desh fuses Indian classical dance, storytelling, mime, and life-size animation in a show for adults and kids ages seven and up. The work hits on themes of home, identity, belonging in a multicultural world, and growing up, and was developed by Sue Buckmaster, artisti -
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via twitter.comIt’s for drivers, cyclists & pedestrians. #LookThinkGo is about safely sharing our streets & pathways.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… -
Caution rising but real estate investment capital keeps flowing into market
“We see capital flowing into assets with compelling growth potential – either rental growth, value-add or redevelopment potential," says CBRE vice-president -
Q&A: Why small housing is a key solution to affordability challenges
Summit on November 17 to discuss ways to increase small, ground-oriented housing -
Gear worth thousands stolen from Merritt search and rescue team
via vancouversun.comMERRITT — Gear worth thousands of dollars has been stolen from a search and rescue team in British Columbia’s southern Interior after thieves broke into a storage facility twice in two days.
Nicola Valley Search and Rescue president Saxon Peters says the break-ins occurred Friday and Saturday at a compound near the Merritt airport.
A post on the team’s Facebook page says personal flotation devices, search and rescue jackets, a computer and television were among the items taken, -
Toronto activist claims he was unfairly carded by Vancouver police
via vancouversun.comA Toronto journalist and activist says he was carded by a Vancouver police officer for no justifiable reason while visiting the city.
The claim is disputed by the Vancouver Police Department.
Desmond Cole claims, in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, that he was in Vancouver only about 24 hours before being stopped by police for no apparent reason and asked to provide identification.
Cole says carding is a very “coercive practice” that can lead to black and indigenous people being -
B.C. MLAs urge Trudeau to call byelection immediately in Burnaby-South
via vancouversun.comOTTAWA — Four NDP provincial politicians from British Columbia are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately call a byelection in the federal riding of Burnaby South, where federal New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh wants to run for Parliament.
The letter, signed by Anne Kang, Katrina Chen, Raj Chouhan and Janet Routledge, says the politicians are disappointed that Trudeau has yet to call a race in the riding vacated by former B.C. NDP MP Kennedy Stewart.
Stewart is now the mayor -
Free diabetes risk assessments take place in Vancouver community centres
via vancouversun.comIt’s estimated that 30 per cent of Vancouver residents living with diabetes are undiagnosed.
If you are concerned about whether you are at risk of developing the disease, there are free tests being offered around the city this week.
The city of Vancouver is, for the second year in a row, offering free assessments for those at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes at eight Vancouver community centres from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The service coincides with World Diabetes Day, which -
Side Dishes: Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World and Bacio Rosso
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Be still, thumping hearts! Three Michelin star chef Heinz Beck of La Pergola in Rome will be cooking in Vancouver. He’s collaborating with Pino Posteraro, titan of Italian cooking at Vancouver’s Cioppino’s restaurant. The event is part of Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, promoting Italian food and wine, organized by the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada West. The dinner, with wine, begins with sea scallop -
Join in on the staff meal at Ugly Dumpling
via vancouversun.comUgly Dumpling
1590 Commercial Drive, 604-258-0005
Open Thursday to Monday for dinner (open Wednesdays in December); uglydumpling.ca
It’s parka season and what’s more warming than grandma food? On some days, you can find grandma dumplings at Ugly Dumpling. When co-owner/sommelier Van Doren Chan’s grandmother “kind of volunteered” to make dumplings, there was only one answer — yes! So, not always, but sometimes, the daily dumplings are hers. A wonderful thing if -
Book Review: Live at the Cellar
via vancouversun.comLive at the Cellar
Marian Jago | UBC Press
$29.95 | 303pp
In this thoroughly engaging and well-researched look at the cooperative jazz club scene from 1955 — 1965, author Marian Jago tries to expand the narrative around influential regional Canadian jazz musicians. Many of these players might not have ever had the “privileging of recorded output, so common in the construction of jazz hierarchies,” so her book aims to square the record. In exploring the important work of players -
Vancouver Weather: Rainy, clearing in the afternoon
via vancouversun.comVANCOUVER, B.C. – Wednesday’s weather looks rainy in the morning, with up to 15 millimetres expected, and a high of 12 C. The rain should end later in the morning, clearing to a mix of sun and cloud. However, Environment Canada says there is still a 40 per cent chance of showers with some wind this afternoon. Thursday looks a little cooler, with a high of 10 C, and more rain.
For those travelling on B.C. highways Wednesday, there is a snowfall warning in effect for the Trans-Canada H -
Big Elf Run pumps up festive spirit for those gnome for the holidays
via vancouversun.comIt is World Kindness Day and in downtown Kitsilano one sleep-deprived Baxter Bayer is begging this scribe to keep the questions feeble and coffee extra strong.
In other words, the brains behind Vancouver’s greenest December fun run is elfing exhausted — or not “woke” to steal a phrase from our well-lit premier, John (So Rad) Horgan!
“Drove all day in bumper-to-bumper traffic from Portland and then, for some reason, couldn’t sleep a wink. Must have been worried -
Vancouver Island man survived for ‘days’ trapped in smashed truck - North Island Gazette
Vancouver Island man survived for ‘days’ trapped in smashed truck North Island GazetteA man from north Vancouver Island is believed to have survived for five days in a smashed truck, where a hunter found him amid the wreckage on Tuesday. -
Vancouver council asks province for more opioid response funding
via vancouversun.comResidents of Vancouver neighbourhoods only a few kilometres apart have dramatically different life expectancies — and the gap is widening.
The grim statistics were part of an update on Vancouver’s drug overdose epidemic presented Tuesday to the new mayor and council. A short time later, they unanimously voted, in one of their first orders of business, to call on the B.C. government for more money for crisis response.
Men in the Downtown Eastside have life expectancies that are, on av -
Mayors' Council votes on Surrey SkyTrain proposal Thursday
via vancouversun.comTransLink’s Mayors’ Council will vote Thursday on a proposal to halt construction on Surrey’s $1.65-billion light-rail line and begin planning towards a SkyTrain extension along Fraser Highway.
The motion, put forth by TransLink, comes one week after Surrey council voted to scrap the Surrey-Newton-Guildford light rail transit line (LRT), which was part of Phase 2 of the mayors’ council’s 10-year regional transportation plan.
The proposal bei -
Dr. Diane McIntosh: More psychiatrists need to speak up about low level of care in B.C.
via vancouversun.comOver the last few years, I’ve written several opinion pieces regarding the abysmal state of mental-health care in British Columbia. While some of these issues are not B.C.-specific, I have been a psychiatrist in this province for nearly 15 years, so I am reflecting a depth of clinical experience treating British Columbians suffering from severe mental illnesses. The abysmal state I speak of is rooted in several serious systemic problems, including the lack of timely access to high-quality -
Commercial Real Estate: Small business hopes new Vancouver council will bring tax relief
via vancouversun.comVancouver’s property tax burden is being applied to commercial properties more than residential properties by a ratio of 4.4 to 1, according to a new report by Altus Group.
Vancouver was only city among the 11 Canadian major markets reviewed in which the commercial-to-residential property tax burden ratio exceeded 4-1, according to the 2018 Canadian Property Tax Rate Benchmark report by the global commercial real estate data, software and service firm.
The imbalance in Vancouver persisted -
B.C. Children's Hospital kicks-off virtual snowball fight for kids to raise funds
via vancouversun.comMost of us have some fun winter memories of snowball fights with friends or family. But for kids undergoing treatment at B.C. Children’s Hospital, snow days may mean something else — time spent indoors and childhood memories put on hold.
The B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation, in an effort to help these kids be kids and raise funds for critical needs at the hospital, launched the Big B.C. Snowball Fight for Kids today.
The B.C. Children’s Hospital launched the large -
Mayors' Council vote on Surrey SkyTrain proposal Wednesday
via vancouversun.comTransLink’s Mayors’ Council will vote Wednesday on a proposal to halt construction on Surrey’s $1.65-billion light-rail line and begin planning towards a SkyTrain extension along the Fraser Highway.
The motion, put forth by TransLink, comes one week after Surrey council voted to scrap the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit Line (LRT), which was part of Phase 2 of the mayors’ council’s 10-year regional transportation plan.
The proposa -
Chefs, farmers connect at first-ever B.C.-wide event
via vancouversun.comWhile a vegan butchery may sound like an oxymoron worthy of Monty Python, Very Good Butchers makes serious products that are no joke.
Described as one of only two vegan butchers in the country, the Victoria-based butchery produces vegan burgers, sausages and chicken made from different kinds of beans and vegetables.
In fact, the company’s products are so popular, Very Good Butchers has more than 100 restaurants and grocery stores on a waiting list to carry its products, said Mitchell -
ICBC says concussions and mental health injuries fall under new claims cap
via vancouversun.comVICTORIA — Concussions and mental health problems caused by an automobile crash will be considered a “minor injury” and fall under the new $5,500 cap on pain and suffering, according to new rules set by the provincial government.
Attorney General David Eby signed a cabinet order that declared sprains, strains, aches, cuts, bruises, minor whiplash (including forms called TMJ and WAD), concussions and mental health issues caused by vehicle crashes to be designated minor injuries -
Daphne Bramham: Author’s hunger for taste of home offers up Iran's food to the world
via vancouversun.comNaz Deravian drains rice in a kitchen. The author of Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories, came to Canada from Iran with her family when she was 10 and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters. (Photo: Handout)
Naz Deravian still has a sense of trepidation going through airports past the line where immigrants and refugees are separated from the citizens and visitors.
She was eight when her family fled Iran at the height of the revolution and in the midst of the hosta -
Ladner family hosting blood-donation event to celebrate four-year-old son's surviving potentially deadly condition
via vancouversun.comMost parents can be grateful they haven’t gone through it, but when it happens, when a sniffle becomes a life-threatening medical emergency, it can be terrifying.
Thankfully for Carly Walsh and Ryan Fraser, their son Smyth came through swimmingly and to celebrate their four-year-old’s recent clean bill of health, the family is hosting its second annual blood donation event at the Ladner Community Centre on Wednesday.
“Smyth is happier and healthier than ever,” Carly said. -
Five people dead in Lower Mainland gang war in six weeks
via vancouversun.comThe latest fatal shooting in the Lower Mainland has been linked to the region’s escalating gang activity, bringing the number of victims in the conflict to five in the past six weeks.
The shooting happened in Abbotsford near an elementary school, which was closed for the Remembrance Day statutory holiday, and left a 19-year-old man dead.
Emergency services responded to reports of a shooting at 3:30 p.m. on Monday at the intersection of Simpson and Ross roads. Abbotsford police found the yo -
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Hamburglar-like thieves strike in North Vancouver - North Shore News
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Hamburglar-like thieves strike in North Vancouver
North Shore News
North Vancouver RCMP are on the lookout for thieves with a taste for high-end jewelry, sunglasses – and McDonald's hamburgers. Thieves helped themselves Wednesday evening to some prized possessions that were inside a grey 2018 Audi parked ...and more »
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