Another summer was unofficially ushered in this past weekend with the opening of the Kitsilano and Trout Lake Farmers’ Markets. Supporters of local food braved ominous-looking skies to get their pick ...

What some politicians are really saying (and not saying) behind the scenes at Metro Vancouver, as bureaucrats continue to push forward with plans for a new garbage incinerator. Already home to a pulp ...

An unconfirmed report of a bomb scare on SkyTrain this morning was posted by a reader on online news source reddit. The incident purportedly occurred on the northbound SkyTrain when it pulled into ...

Big themes, big personalities and big hair need a big run -- so Hairspray, running at the Vancouver Arts Club, is opening May 12 and is running till July 10 at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

Thirteen activists, including a Nobel Peace Prize winning economist, have been arrested in a coal train blockade, after Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) was granted a pre-emptive court order. BNSF, ...

Forty-one years ago, as a young volunteer, this writer donned a freshly ironed blouse and home-made lavender pencil skirt to deliver leaflets in her tiny Alberta town for Peter Lougheed, taking part ...

Long-distance and multiple-marathon runner Godfrey Mende, talks about running, Africa, his family, life and values. He was born in Uganda, immigrated to Canada in 1991, graduated in Langara College's ...

Vancouver actor Camille Mitchell can add acclaimed filmmaker to her resume, as her award-winning film "A Mother's Love" takes the festival circuit by storm. The short, which was a winning ...

"I could't even eat this morning," said medical marijuana patient Anne Genovy as she sat in the front row of audience seats in Vancouver's Federal Court on Thursday. "My hands were shaking. The weed ...

Let me begin by being clear about the oil sector in Canada and who is running the show. Canada’s energy strategy is determined in the boardrooms of a handful of multinational corporations and by the ...

So, I did not wake up at 2 a.m. PST to sip some Pimms, eat scones with clotted cream and watch the Royal Wedding, supposedly watched by millions of viewers around the world. But, I must confess, since ...

Vancouver's Thuong Vuong-Riddick was born in Hanoi, but educated in Montreal and France with a BA in Philosophy and Literature. She is the author of the book, "The Evergreen Country: A Memoir of ...