Housing measures designed to stabilize the distorted real estate market have gone too far, according to lifelong Vancouver resident Ric Pow. He and his wife are selling the Point Grey house they've lived in for 17 years — and not by choice, he claims.
"In 2002 when we moved in, our taxes were about $5,000," he said. "We just got our tax assessment for this year and it's going to be $30,000. Frankly, that's money we just can't afford."
Swirling currents, frigid ocean water and sea lions. Those are some of the challenges a group of students on Vancouver Island are voluntarily taking on as they end their year with a dramatic open-water swim.
On May 25, seven students from Pearson College plan to swim six kilometres through the choppy waters between the small island at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve and the dock in front of the school, located on Pedder Bay in Metchosin, B.C.
Elsa Wilk, 37, her American husband Ryan, 39, and brother, Louis Botha, 46, were among 6 killed Monday
Friends are remembering the Canadian woman killed in Monday's floatplane collision in Alaska as an accomplished taekwondo martial artist looking forward to the next stage of her life.
A woman in her 30s has died and a youth has been flown to hospital after a possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
RCMP Cpl. Chris Manseau said in a written statement that officers were called to a private campground near Salmon Arm on Saturday to respond to a complaint of two people in medical distress.
The District of North Vancouver is going to court in a bid to demolish the expropriated home of a woman accused of standing in the way of a $198 million highway project.
According to documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the homeowner — Juanna Patricia Hanlon — says she needs more time to pack up a lifetime's worth of belongings.
Impaired driving and failing to buckle up are two of the most common factors behind deadly motor vehicle accidents in British Columbia, according to new data released by the B.C. Coroners Service.
The report, released Thursday, looked at deaths on B.C. roads over the past decade.
Leaving a child in a hot car is an inconceivable thought, but it's a potentially tragic mistake one expert says could happen to anyone.
On Thursday, a 16-month-old boy died after being left for hours in a car in Burnaby during an unseasonably warm day. The boy's father was found at the scene, and no charges have been laid.
