Vancouver news

• Vancouver Art Gallery welcomes $40-million Chan family donation

  23-01-2019 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  A new home for the Vancouver Art Gallery took a big step towards reality Wednesday with a $40-million donation from a family with a history of supporting the arts in B.C.
  The gift was from the Chan family, the same family that donated $10 million to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts more than 20 years ago.
  With this announcement, the new Vancouver Art Gallery will be located in the building to be called the Chan Centre for the Visual Arts.
  The donation means the Vancouver Art Gallery has r
  
  Read more

• ‘I didn’t think I would play in the NHL’: Driven Elias Pettersson readies for all-star game

  23-01-2019 23:52 via theprovince.com
  VANCOUVER — Elias Pettersson didn’t always envision himself skating among the greats.
  “I always believe in myself. But to be honest, growing up I didn’t think I would play in the NHL,” the Vancouver Canucks’ star rookie said Tuesday. “I was just practising hard, always working and took it step by step. And now I’m here, living my dream. Nothing’s come easy.”
  Pettersson will live out a whole new dream this weekend when he takes part in t
  
  Read more

• Ben Kuzma: Horvat, Boeser know Pettersson doesn’t need pointers for All-Star show

  23-01-2019 23:52 via theprovince.com
  Bo Horvat met Snoop Dogg. Brock Boeser met Sidney Crosby. Elias Pettersson will meet the microscope.
  The NHL skills competition and All-Star Game this weekend in San Jose are about an easygoing atmosphere to build the game’s brand, but it’s difficult to imagine Pettersson won’t approach it like he does everything else. 
  He’ll be ramped up and probably nervous to meet the hockey elite gathered in California.
  Horvat experienced that two years ago in Los Angeles and Boe
  
  Read more

• Snowfall temporarily disrupts power in Penticton

  23-01-2019 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Tree topples over, lands on power line; approximately 1,000 customers wake up with no electricity on Wednesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• New video released in shocking New Westminster hit-and-run

  23-01-2019 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  New Westminster police have received video from a transit but that shows a pedestrian being struck while she crossed the street in December.
  
  Read more

• New Westminster police release hit-and-run video

  23-01-2019 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  New West police need help in identifying the car in this hit-and-run video. The victim survived but the police still need more information from witnesses.
  
  Read more

• Canada's first-ever eSports stadium announces opening date in Metro Vancouver - Daily Hive

  23-01-2019 23:38
  Canada's first-ever eSports stadium announces opening date in Metro Vancouver  Daily HiveThe Gaming Stadium, Canada's very first eSports stadium, has announced a tentative opening date for their facility in Metro Vancouver.
  
  Read more

• She tried to donate a kidney to save him, then they found the cancer

  23-01-2019 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  Tracy took Richard Stuart to be her husband 22 years ago on New Year’s Day, in sickness and in health, until death do they part.
  When the Nanaimo couple discovered Richard needed a kidney, Tracy was first in line to be the donor. Then doctors found the cancer.
  The Stuarts met in Prince George in 1995 while working at a Sears store, where he was a loss-prevention manager and she led the sales department.
  Last summer, a doctor told Richard, 57, who has Type 2 Diabetes, that hi
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Water main break floods downtown street and pours into Vancouver Harbour - Vancouver Sun

  23-01-2019 23:30
  Water main break floods downtown street and pours into Vancouver Harbour  Vancouver SunVancouver police are diverting traffic while Vancouver fire fighters and city crews work to mop up the site.
  
  Read more

• Water main break floods downtown street and pours into Vancouver Harbour - The Province

  23-01-2019 23:28
  Water main break floods downtown street and pours into Vancouver Harbour  The ProvinceVancouver police are diverting traffic while Vancouver fire fighters and city crews work to mop up the site.
  
  Read more

• Handy devices for your home and office

  23-01-2019 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  Tech expert Kristina Stoyanova highlights some helpful gadgets from CES 2019.
  
  Read more

• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra celebrating its centennial

  23-01-2019 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is marking its 100th anniversary. New music director Otto Tausk explains how the VSO will celebrate the momentous milestone.
  
  Read more

• Beers sets bar for Warriors, leads push for return to win column

  23-01-2019 22:46 via theprovince.com
  Matt Beers is playing the best lacrosse of his career. Just don’t try to talk to him too much about it.
  “Until we win another game, I won’t be thinking that I’m playing well enough,” the Vancouver Warriors team captain explained.
  Beers, who is in his ninth season with Vancouver, is a rugged defender who has always played with equal parts edge and emotion. Heart on his sleeve, shoulder in your sternum.
  It’s been easy to wonder if the team’s struggles woul
  
  Read more

• Two men dead following two separate shootings at Kamloops hotels

  23-01-2019 22:36 via theprovince.com
  Two men are dead after shootings at two Kamloops hotels on Wednesday morning.
  Kamloops RCMP were called to the Super 8 Hotel in Valleyview at 6:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a man lying on the ground. The man, who was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, was taken to hospital.
  A little more than two hours later, Mounties responded to a call at the Comfort Inn and Suites on Rogers Place for another male shot.
  Both men died in hospital.
  The two hotels are about a 10-minute dri
  
  Read more

• Puppy disfigured by acid in Iran gets new lease on life in Canada

  23-01-2019 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  At just seven-months-old the little pup has seen the worst and best of humanity.
  
  Read more

• Vancouver Park Board searching for Vanier Park grass vandal - Daily Hive

  23-01-2019 22:21
  Vancouver Park Board searching for Vanier Park grass vandal  Daily HiveThe Vancouver Park Board is investigating after the grass at Vanier Park was vandalized earlier this week. The incident occurred on January 20, at 2:30 am.
  
  Read more

• Mugsy gets a new lease on life in BC

  23-01-2019 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  After having acid thrown on her face while she was just 40 days old in Iran, Mugsy the dog has found new hope in the home of a loving Vancouver resident.
  
  Read more

• B.C. auditor general unhappy MLAs want outside audit of legislature

  23-01-2019 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s auditor general says she’s disappointed Speaker Darryl Plecas didn’t tell her about alleged misspending in the legislature and is unhappy that MLAs are hiring an auditor from another province to review the situation.
  Carol Bellringer said she was surprised when MLAs from the NDP, Liberals and Green parties voted unanimously Monday to ask an outside auditor general to conduct a forensic audit into spending concerns in the legislature. That move came follo
  
  Read more

• 10 best ski destinations within a day's drive of Vancouver - Daily Hive

  23-01-2019 21:51
  10 best ski destinations within a day's drive of Vancouver  Daily HiveWhile it may feel more like spring than winter here in Vancouver, travelling to one of these BC ski destinations is a good reminder we're still in January.
  
  Read more

• School trustee, teacher among 47 nabbed in VPD teen sex sting

  23-01-2019 21:50 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police arrested 47 men last month as part of sting, led by the VPD’s counter exploitation unit, that targeted people who were willing to purchase sexual services from youth.
  Deputy Chief Const. Laurence Rankin, who addressed the media at the VPD headquarters on Cambie Street on Wednesday morning, says the covert operation was carried out over nine days and involved 25 officers.
  “The safety of our youth is a priority for the VPD,” said Rankin. “Last year, our det
  
  Read more

• B.C. company fights court order to allow public access to fish in Nicola Valley lakes

  23-01-2019 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  MERRITT — A legal battle between a B.C. fish and game club and one of the world’s largest cattle firms has taken another twist as the two sides fight over access to two public lakes.
  Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club director Rick McGowan says the Douglas Lake Cattle Company intends to appeal a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that found the company illegally blocked access to Stoney and Minnie lakes east of Merritt.
  McGowan says grounds of the appeal aren’t yet clear and he expects it
  
  Read more

• More than 40 men arrested in underage Vancouver sex sting - Vancouver Courier

  23-01-2019 21:42
  More than 40 men arrested in underage Vancouver sex sting  Vancouver CourierA teacher, a school trustee and a firefighter are among seven people charged, along with 40 others arrested, after a months-long Vancouver police sting ...
  
  Read more

• Businesses face 'massive' challenge finding workers in Vancouver - National Observer

  23-01-2019 21:39
  Businesses face 'massive' challenge finding workers in Vancouver  National ObserverFinding cooks and other staff is the bane of restaurant owner Patrick Mercer's existence. Mercer is co-owner of Brix & Mortar, a popular restaurant in the ...
  
  Read more

• VDP release details on underage sex sting

  23-01-2019 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police have released new details into an operation targeting people willing to purchase sexual services from youth. As Sarah MacDonald reports investigators are working with crown counsel on the remaining arrests and charges.
  
  Read more

• Vancouver weather: another sunny weekend on the way

  23-01-2019 21:31
  
  So long, rain...
  
  Read more

• Study ranks Canada #1 in the world for quality of life

  23-01-2019 21:15
  
  This is the country’s fourth year in a row in the ranking’s top spot
  
  Read more

• Man convicted of the 1994 murder of his wife in B.C. granted bail

  23-01-2019 21:07
  
  Wade Skiffington has proclaimed his innocence in the 1994 murder of Wanda Martin in Richmond, B.C.
  
  Read more

• Italian Tomato FINALLY nears opening in Vancouver - Daily Hive

  23-01-2019 20:57
  Italian Tomato FINALLY nears opening in Vancouver  Daily HiveA Richmond favourite for ridiculous amounts of pasta announced they are opening a Vancouver location last year, and FINALLY, it seems to be nearing closer.
  
  Read more

• Neve Campbell takes on a new role helping kids

  23-01-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Neve Campbell has been acting for more than two decades. While she continues to pursue work on the big and small screens, Michael Newman finds out she’s also taken on a new role that she’s incredibly proud of.
  
  Read more

• Letters to The Province, Jan. 23, 2019: British Columbians should never vote for ‘tax-happy types again,’ reader says

  23-01-2019 20:52 via theprovince.com
  The NDP’s speculation tax has very little to do with creating more housing and almost everything to do with the fact that the socialists can’t stand to see hard-working, middle-class men and women enjoying the fruits of their own labour.
  If the tax is, in fact, about predatory speculation in the housing market, then Premier John Horgan and his socialist horde need to target the actual speculators and leave the rest of us the hell alone.
  And Green party Leader Andrew Weaver can huff a
  
  Read more

• Green Party leader Andrew Weaver calls for MLA Linda Reid to step down as assistant deputy speaker

  23-01-2019 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Green Party leader Andrew Weaver is calling for MLA Linda Reid to step aside as assistant deputy speaker of the B.C. legislature.
  
  Read more

• UPDATED: Canucks Game Day: Hurricanes prep for Pettersson storm, Virtanen gets message

  23-01-2019 20:49 via theprovince.com
  NEXT GAME: WEDNESDAY
  Carolina Hurricanes at Vancouver Canucks
  7:30 p.m., Rogers Arena, TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Radio: Sportsnet 650 AMTHE BIG MATCHUP
  Elias Pettersson vs. Andrei Svechnikov
  Take the 44-point, front-running Elias Pettersson out of Calder Trophy domination and a pack of 20-plus point producers — including Rasmus Dahlin, Colin White, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brady Tkachuk, Andreas Johnsson — and Andrei Svechnikov would be in top-rookie contention.
  What separates Pettersson and
  
  Read more

• Sneaker Con comes to Vancouver for the first time ever next month - Daily Hive

  23-01-2019 20:43
  Sneaker Con comes to Vancouver for the first time ever next month  Daily HiveSneaker Con, dubbed as "the greatest sneaker show on earth," is coming to Vancouver this February for the first time ever.
  
  Read more

• Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart

  23-01-2019 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Neetu Garcha sits down with Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart to discuss some of the biggest issues in the city of Vancouver for 2019
  
  Read more

• Must Watch TV

  23-01-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  Neetu Garcha sits down with TV Week’s Brent Furdyk for a look at the new shows you’ll want to check out.
  
  Read more

• Health Series – Creating a work life balance

  23-01-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  Registered Clinical Counsellor Julia Kristina gives us some tips for creating a better balance between work and home life.
  
  Read more

• Police urging caution on Okanagan roads after overnight snow

  23-01-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Police say there were three accidents near Oyama because of road conditions on Wednesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Feds’ mortgage policies ‘deny homeownership’ to young Canadians: report

  23-01-2019 20:07
  Measures such as mortgage stress test are “at cross purposes” with federal promises to support the middle class, asserts Mortgage Professionals of Canada
  
  Read more

• Elton John adds third Vancouver date to farewell tour - Daily Hive

  23-01-2019 20:03
  Elton John adds third Vancouver date to farewell tour  Daily HiveDue to overwhelming demand, Elton John has added a third Vancouver concert date to his farewell tour. The third concert will take place on September 24.
  
  Read more

• B.C. judge releases convicted murderer pending review of his case

  23-01-2019 20:02 via vancouversun.com
  A judge has ordered that a man convicted of murdering his wife in 1994 be released on $100,000 bail pending a review of his case by the federal justice department.
  Wade Skiffington, 52, was found guilty in 2001 of the second-degree murder of Wanda Martin following an undercover police operation in which he confessed to fatally shooting her.
  In June last year, the federal justice minister ordered an investigation into the case after a preliminary assessment found that there may have been a miscar
  
  Read more

• Oi, Aussies: Where to celebrate Australia Day in Vancouver

  23-01-2019 20:01
  
  If you’re not heading to Whistralia this weekend for ‘Straya Day with the rest of the clan, don’t stress, there’s a few other shindigs happening around Vancouver where you can sink a couple of frothies.
  
  Read more

• Wine Guy: B.C. beer goes Belgian

  23-01-2019 20:00 via theprovince.com
  As the B.C. craft beer proliferation continues apace, it’s been fun diving deeper into specific beer typologies.
  No longer content with generic pale ale, lager, et cetera labels, local brewmasters are highlighting influence from a variety of beer types, from classic to experimental. And amidst the English- (and now, northeastern-) inspired India Pale Ales and Bohemian Pilsners, there is a growing contingent of domestic Belgian-style ales. Some B.C. brewers have long been inspired by Belgiu
  
  Read more

• The life of Pancho Villa gets the operatic treatment for 2019 PuSh

  23-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Tenor Paul Sanchez in a scene from chamber opera Pancho Villa From A Safe Distance.
  Pancho Villa From A Safe Distance
  When: Jan. 31, 8 p.m.
  Where: Vogue Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $36 at eventbrite.caThe name Pancho Villa instantly conjures up the image of Francisco “Pancho” Villa (a.k.a. José Doroteo Arango Arámbula), with his giant sombrero criss-crossed cartridge belts and trusty pistol by his side.
  Depending on what side of the U.S.-Mexican border you hail
  
  Read more

• Side Dishes: When cocktails go geeky

  23-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cameron Brown of Clough Club mixes lustre dust cocktails in a vortex machine. (Photo Mia Stainsby)
  The fourth annual Science of Cocktails fundraiser takes place Feb. 7 at the Telus World of Science with drinks that will blow your mind. (A few other explosions will go off in the science area, including the ping-pong cannon and a Tesla coil that plays music.)
  Geek bartenders will make ultrasonic gin and tonics, smoked Old Fashioneds, diffused Penicillin (cocktail, not medication), and carbonated g
  
  Read more

• Q&A: Nicola Lipman is looking for love in The Matchmaker

  23-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Matchmaker
  When: Jan. 24 to Feb. 24
  Where: Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
  Tickets: from $29 at artsclub.comWhat does a 1880s-set play have to say to today’s Tinder-happy audience? Plenty, according to Nicola Lipman. In Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, the Jessie-winning actor portrays Dolly Levi, the matchmaker of the title, who is (ostensibly) trying to find a wife for her rich friend Horace Vandergelder. We talked to Lipman about the 1954 ensemble comedy.
  Nicola Lipman in T
  
  Read more

• Honesty comes before inspiration as This is the Point puts spotlight on disability

  23-01-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Tony Diamanti, Liz MacDougall and Dan Watson in This is the Point (at the Cultch Historic Theatre Jan 29 – Feb 2 as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
  This is the Point
  When: Jan. 29 – Feb. 2
  Where: Cultch Historic Theatre
  Tickets: from $24 at tickets.thecultch.comThis is the Point is about people with disabilities. But it’s primary purpose is to be honest, not inspirational.
  “It’s a question of representation,” Ahuri Theatre&rs
  
  Read more

• 47 men arrested for wanting to purchase sexual services from youth: Vancouver police

  23-01-2019 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  All of the arrests took place in 2018, and included men from "all walks of life," according to police.
  
  Read more

• Multi-family rental market booms as demand chases short supply - Vancouver Courier

  23-01-2019 19:55
  Multi-family rental market booms as demand chases short supply  Vancouver CourierNearly $3 billion of Metro Vancouver purpose-built rental properties exchanged hands last year, finds report.
  
  Read more

• Multi-family rental market booms as demand chases short supply

  23-01-2019 19:55
  
  Nearly $3 billion of Metro Vancouver purpose-built rental properties exchanged hands last year, finds report
  
  Read more

• 2 men shot at Kamloops hotels Wednesday

  23-01-2019 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Kamloops RCMP say the search is on for suspects Wednesday after two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds.
  
  Read more

Follow @VancouverCANews on Twitter!