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UBC researchers map out a hydrogen highway for B.C.

UBC researchers map out a hydrogen highway for B.C.

Can you imagine jumping in a car in Vancouver that produces zero harmful emissions – no exhaust spewing out the back, just fresh clean water – and heading off into the sunset completely secure in your ability to get wherever you need to go? No fossil
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University Highlands to get Burnaby's first elementary school rainbow crosswalk

University Highlands to get Burnaby's first elementary school rainbow crosswalk

The Burnaby school board has approved its first elementary school rainbow crosswalk. At a board meeting Tuesday, trustees unanimously approved a request from University Highlands Elementary School on Burnaby Mountain.
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Trudeau meets South Asians in B.C. and praises provincial NDP at rally

Trudeau meets South Asians in B.C. and praises provincial NDP at rally

Liberal rally held in Surrey a week after Trudeau’s insulting blackface photos revealed by Time magazine
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2 drivers, 2 stop signs, 1 Burnaby Mountie in plain view = $668 in tickets

2 drivers, 2 stop signs, 1 Burnaby Mountie in plain view = $668 in tickets

Two Burnaby drivers racked up $334 in tickets and six driver penalty points each after running two stop signs in a row Wednesday – right in front of a traffic cop. “I can’t be more visible than that, honestly,” said Const.
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Updated: English Bay oil spill netted Vancouver $266,014

Updated: English Bay oil spill netted Vancouver $266,014

Federal government recovered $2.1 million in wake of Marathassa spill
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Hundreds of trucks to descend on Vancouver Wednesday

Hundreds of trucks to descend on Vancouver Wednesday

Roughly 200 truck loggers plan to drive through the city to demand reforms to B.C.’s forestry sector
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Documentary unravels mystery of immigrant’s suicide in Vancouver

Documentary unravels mystery of immigrant’s suicide in Vancouver

The World is Bright shines light on dark side of immigrant experience, premieres at VIFF
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Burnaby politician, reporter fight fires, get out of breath

Burnaby politician, reporter fight fires, get out of breath

City Coun. Joe Keithley and NOW reporter Cornelia Naylor were at Fire Ops 101 in Vancouver Monday, testing their firefighting mettle ... with mixed results.
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Burnaby business ranks 65th fastest growing company in Canada

Burnaby business ranks 65th fastest growing company in Canada

A Burnaby-based natural health product company has been named one of Canadian Business and Maclean’s Growth 500 ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing companies.
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Beth, 3, has spent 330 nights of her short life at Ronald McDonald House

Beth, 3, has spent 330 nights of her short life at Ronald McDonald House

Ronald McDonald House B.C. and Yukon is celebrating five years on Heather Street with a fundraising gala Oct. 4
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