Vancouver Sun

The board of directors of Metro Vancouver has promised households will pay on average $22 less in rates than was previously forecast for 2026, amounting to four cups of café-bought coffee. Read More

A Lower Mainland resident has been arrested during an international crackdown on cybercriminals, and is alleged by police to have operated a network of thousands of infected computers to deliver malware. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with China could have a big impact on B.C. businesses, particularly retailers who source goods from China and then sell to American customers. Read More

A tenant advocacy group says it's worried that new provincial regulations announced this week could make it easier for landlords to get rid of tenants to increase rents. Read More

VICTORIA — Finance Minister Brenda Bailey mounted an odd defence this week of the NDP failure to revise its budget to incorporate the multi-billion-dollar impact of repealing the carbon tax. Read More

A miniature poodle found in a garbage can in Pacific Spirit Park is a lot less grouchy after getting critical surgeries for his extensive injuries. Read More

Canadian author and Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Shields once said, “It’s a wonder that so many people are good, not that so many people are evil.” This is the focus we should carry through U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats of economic devastation and annexation. Read More

The Museum of Vancouver has some amazing artifacts among its collection of 80,000 items. Read More

B.C. is expanding the heat pump program that helps low- and moderate-income households switch from gas to electricity to heat and cool their homes. Read More

Vancouver will be getting a new park in the city's Kitsilano and Fairview neighbourhoods, replacing vacant light-industrial buildings and warehouses. Read More

The spring touring rush is starting with a host of new shows coming to town. This week saw several concert announcements including Jessie Reyez, Dan Mangan and more. Read More

Mounties in Northern B.C. are warning Indigenous communities and businesses about an increase in "high-value fraud schemes" that have been targeting them in recent months. Read More

Filmmakers Sarah Sharkey Pearce and Simon Schneider set out to tell one story. But, as often happens, best-laid plans were soon replaced. Read More

As forest fire season approaches in B.C., two very different projects are offering up close and very personal looks at the impact of recent wildfires in the province. Read More

Earlier this year, Livingspace Interiors acquired Brougham Outdoor and Kerrisdale Lumber Home’s outdoor kitchen business. The local furniture retailer then combined them into Livingspace Outdoor. Read More

The B.C. Appeal Court has sentenced an Indigenous offender to house arrest instead of jail for an unprovoked attack that left his victim permanently injured, citing the goal of reducing the disproportionate number of Indigenous offenders in Canadian jails. Read More

Discussions about building a new soccer stadium at Hastings Park for the Vancouver Whitecaps are raising questions about whether public parkland should be privatized and the impacts it could have on nearby residents. Read More

The Queen Elizabeth Theatre and the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre complex is a multi-use cultural facility in downtown Vancouver that was designed by architects Lebensold, Desbarats, Affleck, Dimakopoulos, Michaud and Sise. Opened on July 5, 1959, the dual-facility is one of the four civic theatres operated by the City of Vancouver, a list that includes the Orpheum and the Annex. Read More

With the stress of rising costs and escalating tensions with the U.S., many people are mentally exhausted and anxious. Read More

It’s primal and sensual to abandon cutlery and eat with your hands. Read More