Spring Break makes parents yearn for a return to work
After spending a week off with their teenagers, Vancouver-area parents Kamal and Nisha Dhaliwal are relieved to be heading back to work.
B.C. woman throws caution, health to the wind in thick, hot, steaming challenge
VANCOUVER—In the growing trend of food-based challenges, a Burnaby-area woman has vowed to drink one Venti eggnog latte from Starbucks every day in December.
Passport hopes dashed
VANCOUVER—Now that Canadian passports can be renewed for ten years, local thirty-something Melanie Bart was looking forward to her stunning new picture. “I thought this was my big chance! I…
Insensitive boy’s Facebook cancer announcement traumatizes millions
Millions of well-meaning adults and one broken-hearted child were left scarred and devastated yesterday after a photograph of a boy holding up a sign reading “I’VE LOST MY BATTLE WITH CANCER” was accidentally…
Lawyer’s attorney says client is ‘not that guilty’
Vancouver's top-earning lawyer representing people who can't afford legal counsel is facing disciplinary measures after a routine audit discovered he had logged a 29 hour day, and over 20 hours…
Vancouver baby drop-off program to extend to age two
VANCOUVER—St. Paul’s Hospital, site of Canada's very first newborn drop-off program "Angel’s Cradle" has announced an expansion of their original mandate. "We've been overwhelmed by the popularity of this service,"…
Nut shortages, clearcutting causing unrest: squirrel race war imminent
VANCOUVER—The clear-cutting of vast numbers of oaks and other trees for the manufacture of beverage coasters, gear shift knobs, gourmet toothpicks, and other products vital to the stability of the…