Canada

A 52-year-old woman has died after she was pulled from the ocean near Tofino, B.C., this weekend, according to police.

Surfers and other bystanders along Long Beach saw the woman in distress at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday and managed to get her out of the waves, according to RCMP Cpl. Stu Hert.

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Canada

By Robbie Pangilinan
Filipino music icons Bamboo and Sheryn Regis took over Vancouver in separate performances.

Hundreds of fans packed VENUE 881 in Granville Street, downtown Vancouver, to watch the concert of the Prince of Philippine Rock, Bamboo.

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A woman who backed out of buying a multi-million-dollar Vancouver home after she learned it was the site of a murder has been awarded her legal costs for fighting a lawsuit from the seller.

Earlier this year, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that Mei Zhen Wang had relied on "fraudulent representation" to sell the 9,018-square-foot mansion at 3883 Cartier St. for $6.1 million.

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Tom Choy
Vancouver, British Columbia

As Neil Diamond would sing it, “ LA’s fine but it ain’t home; New York’s home but it ain’t mine no more.” Vancouver is fine but it’s almost home; Bacood is truly home but it ain’t mine no more.

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