Hundreds of people will be cycling 250 kilometres from Surrey to Seattle over the weekend as part of the annual B.C. Ride to Conquer Cancer and this year, one team has broken the record for the most money ever raised for the event.
Team "Daryl's Heidelberg Hope" has raised more than $630,000 so far and the donations keep rolling in.
The B.C. government has decided not to support a bid for Victoria to host the 2022 Commonweath Games
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Finance Minister Carole James said the decision was based on money.
"While we appreciate the energy and passion of the bid committee, we cannot make a commitment to support the bid through direct funding, nor can we provide a financial shortfall guarantee," she said.
Tom Choy
Vancouver, British Columbia
Don Davis, Member of Canadian Parliament(MP) owns at least 4 Barong Tagalogs. His Filipiniana collection boasts of some bright colours like orange and neon blue. His riding has a big Filipino Canadian component.
The largest B.C. wildfire season on record has emitted an estimated 190 million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — a total that nearly triples B.C.'s annual carbon footprint.
According to Natural Resources Canada, the total could grow by another 20 per cent as the wildfire season continues.
Police say a man whose body was found in a back alley in Surrey, B.C., appears to have been the victim of a homicide.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the victim as 19-year-old Tanner Krupa of Edmonton.
Earlier this past weekend, friends and family were desperately searching for him and sharing a Facebook post from his sister.
A Vancouver man who was beaten with a metal baseball bat in a case of road rage has been awarded nearly $820,000 in damages — but whether or not his attacker has the money to pay is now being challenged in court.
Ryan McCaffery sued Gerardo Arguello after he was assaulted on the side of Highway 1 in North Vancouver on Jan. 1, 2011.
Clayton Uyeda and his wife Jo will be on a ferry — en route from Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island to Tsawwassen on the mainland — when the partial solar eclipse in Canada begins in Victoria at 9:08 a.m. Monday.
"It's more intimate," says Uyeda, 59, a math, physics and astronomy teacher at Victoria High School.
