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Community Calendar: Inventors unite at Mini Maker Faire

PNE...Artists, inventors, builders, crafters, scientists, engineers and farmers are invited to take part in the third annual Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, a celebration of do-it-yourself culture.

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Vancouver ballet learns no Goh for annual Nutcracker

A prominent ballet company is scrambling to find a location for its annual production of the Nutcracker after its contract was cancelled with the Centre...

12th & Cambie: Cop cleared in shooting

The Independent Investigations Office announced May 17 that it has cleared a VPD officer of any wrongdoing in the shooting death of Christopher Ray on...

Families open home as a base for Vancouver Canadians

In 13 seasons, Dawn and Peter Tom have briefly been parents to more than two dozen young men, the newly signed professional baseball players whom they...

Grandview-Woodland group condemns ‘reckless’ arson

A Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood group says it is appalled that a deliberately set fire to a house under construction on East First Avenue could be ...

Vancouver’s Hamber secondary turns 50, dedicates gym to retired P.E. teachers

The vintage rugby jersey, maroon short shorts and basketball pinnes from the past five decades are popular again at Hamber secondary, which celebrates...

Eric Hamber secondary school celebrates 50 years

Christy Clark and Gregor Robertson clash over transit

The stunning re-election of the Liberals this week will have a direct effect on several key issues facing Vancouverites.

Arson caused East Vancouver blaze

Vancouver police have determined arson was the cause of a blaze early Wednesday that heavily damaged a house being built on East First Avenue near Victoria...

Vancouver's Suzanne Anton squeaks back into politics

Like many longtime politicians, Suzanne Anton has known both victory and defeat.

Eric Hamber secondary school celebrates 50 years

Richard Lott and his friends from Vancouver's first high school felt something had been taken away from them when they were forced to complete their final...

Adrian Dix has no regrets for attack-free campaign

Adrian Dix easily won his Vancouver-Kingsway riding for a third term but the leader of the NDP did not become B.C.'s next premier as widely predicted.

Notebook 2013: Analyzing the B.C. election results

While NDP leader Adrian Dix’s campaign slogan was Change for the Better: One Practical Step at a Time...

Ethnically diverse Vancouver-Langara sticks with Stilwell

Anyone expecting one of the province's most ethnically diverse ridings to punish the B.C. Liberals for a cynical "ethnic votes" memo by sending a prominent...

Clark wins election, loses seat

Well, that was easy." These were the sly opening words of Premier Christy Clark's victory speech Tuesday night to an excited crowd at the Sheraton Wall...

Did the NDP’s Matt Toner lose because he’s too nice?

First-time New Democrat candidate Matt Toner may have lost the Vancouver-False Creek seat to longtime politician Sam Sullivan for being too nice.

NDP’s loss not Greens’ fault, says candidate

B.C. Green Party candidate for Vancouver-Fraserview Stuart Mackinnon doesn’t believe his party had anything to do with the NDP’s surprisingly...

Liberal leader Christy Clark won’t speculate on byelection

Premier Christy Clark spent last Tuesday afternoon on the phone urging Point Grey residents to come out and vote for her from a makeshift Liberal war ...

Vancouver’s Sam Sullivan promises to be ‘assertive’ MLA

Sam Sullivan intends to be more assertive as the new Liberal MLA for Vancouver-False Creek than he says he was as mayor.

London Drugs development delayed

London Drugs Ltd. is delaying development of the Alba -— a four-storey, 108-unit residential development at 2642 East Hastings St. -— because...

Non-residential building costs rise

The composite price index for non-residential building construction in Vancouver increased by 0.1 per cent in 2013’s first quarter, according to...

NDP’s Yiu aloof in defeat

By 11 p.m. on election night Liberal Suzanne Anton was celebrating her win of the Vancouver-Fraserview riding, posing for congratulatory photos with supporter...

Photo Gallery: Voters nix Dix

NDP leader wins Vancouver-Kingsway seat, but party loses election

Photo Gallery: B.C. Liberals celebrate campaign's success

Trans athlete becomes advocate

Cory Oskam looks like your typical teenage goaltender.

Eby’s win over premier one thing that went right for NDP

On a night that went so horribly wrong for the NDP, there was one race in the province that went so remarkably right for the party...

Dix wins Vancouver seat, fails to take province

Adrian Dix easily won his Vancouver Kingsway riding for a third term but the leader of the B.C. NDP was not able to claim the premiership as widely predicted...

West End gives Chandra Herbert his third straight win

B.C. New Democratic Party MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert was re-elected in Vancouver-West End by almost 5,000 votes Tuesday night after campaigning to address...

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British Columbia general election, 2013

Kwan coasts to fifth straight victory

As the NDP dreams of government faded away quickly Tuesday night, veteran NDP MLA Jenny Kwan increased her personal vote to take Vancouver-Mount Pleasant...

Stilwell maintains grip on Vancouver-Langara

The walls of the B.C. Liberal stronghold of Vancouver-Langara held Tuesday night, with incumbent MLA Dr. Moira Stilwell defeating New Democrat rival George...

Vancouver-Fairview down to the wire

Every vote counts in Vancouver-Fraserview and the one that was cast by its most famous political resident may not decide the winner after all.

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Parishioners David Rupert and Kay Furniss with Minister Robin Jacobson

North Lonsdale United turns 100

It’s changed names, moved locations and undergone a major expansion, but its role as a centre for faith in the community has remained unchanged ...

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MLAs John Yap, Linda Reid and Teresa Wat

Clark may come calling for seat

The BC Liberal’s Richmond incumbents were still reveling this week in the glory of their own and their party’s resounding victory Tuesday ...

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Tears of the innocent

Mohammed Jawara was just a child of about 12 when he fled his home country of Liberia. Charles Taylor was leading a rebel war, and his infamous soldiers...

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Intensive reno restored Kirk House

It's referred to as the Kirk House on this year's annual Heritage Home Tour and Tea, but for many people it's the dance school - and its tough-but-charismatic...