Politics

The former Dunsmuir Hotel has been vacant since 2013. Built in 1907, the Dunsmuir Hotel was initially a large tourist hotel and in recent decades has been an SRO. Vacant since 2013, the City of Vancouver has ordered it torn down because it’s in bad shape. The demolition of the red-brick heritage building at 500 … Read more

Here’s a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 Charges have been laid in a crash 15 months ago in Delta that left a passenger quadriplegic and another with serious vertebral and pelvic fractures. Charges have been laid in a devastating impaired driving crash in Delta on … Read more

‘We see this wall of flame just burning. I’d never seen anything like it,’ Romeo Petit, 52, said of the Eaton fire’s fury Rome Petit has been with the Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic service for 22 years.Photo by Romeo Petit A week after vacationing Canadian firefighter Romeo Petit helped save several homes in a small … Read more

Carney has already garnered the support of at least 30 MPs in the Liberal caucus Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney leaves after speaking to reporters at the Liberal caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.Photo by Darryl Dyck/THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Mark Carney has now officially launched his bid to … Read more

The U.S. is B.C.’s number 1 trading partner, receiving 54.2. per cent of exports, followed by China at 14.1 per cent and Japan at 11.1 per cent. British Columbia Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Eby says U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has made a “declaration of … Read more

The King George Boulevard bus rapid transit route will stop at 12 new stations in Surrey, while the Langley-Haney Place route will service 13 new stations in Maple Ridge and Langley. TransLink has revealed the future locations of new bus rapid transit stations in Surrey, Maple Ridge, and Langley. An STM bus waits at the … Read more

‘A few minutes ago, I received the final word that all obstacles have been overcome,’ the former War Cabinet observer said Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at right, and Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri during a weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem on Jan. 8, 2023.Photo by RONEN ZVULUN /Getty … Read more

Douglas Todd: A wealthy family insists it’s the rightful owner of more than seven Metro properties being claimed by the family of a man they allege is under investigation in China for corruption and money laundering. Warring trans-Pacific families are in B.C. Supreme Court accusing each other of multimillion-dollar fraud, corruption, identity deception, contempt of … Read more

Craft Beer Market, which operates two locations in Vancouver and an outpost in Victoria, has announced plans to expand to Texas. Craft Restaurant & Beer Market has announced it will open a location in Dallas, Texas in 2026. Photo by Craft Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an … Read more

The advertisement from Pakistan International Airlines shows a plane flying toward Eiffel Tower A Pakistan International Airlines flight prepares to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport during the Covid 19 pandemic, Tuesday April 20, 2021. Photo by Peter J Thompson / National Post /nat An advertisement from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is under investigation, the … Read more