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Survey seeks answers from substance users who do drugs alone

Survey seeks answers from substance users who do drugs alone

The data will be used to create a mental health and addictions system that better supports the people who need it
Couple on work visa left gutted after car is stolen

Couple on work visa left gutted after car is stolen

Plans to fly home tonight cancelled and clothes on their back is all the couple have left
Multiculturalism, eco themes for May Day parade

Multiculturalism, eco themes for May Day parade

The Rotary May Day parade last Saturday morning started with a pre-show from the VPD Motorcycle Drill Team.

UPDATE: Teen rescued after fall at Crystal Falls

A 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries Sunday afternoon after falling more than almost eight metres down Crystal Falls in Coquitlam.
Councillors suggest comedy will calm traffic

Councillors suggest comedy will calm traffic

Will comedy slow drivers in Port Moody? A pair of city councillors thinks so. In a report to be presented to council Tuesday at its committee of the whole meeting at the Glenayre community centre, Couns.
Burnaby mall cop takes down sex offender and other tales from local RCMP files

Burnaby mall cop takes down sex offender and other tales from local RCMP files

Officers and civilians recognized by the city's top cop at annual awards ceremony
SFU criminology grad Dadmand sent to prison, declared dangerous offender

SFU criminology grad Dadmand sent to prison, declared dangerous offender

Acts declared “predatory and remorseless”
Secrecy over names in homicides raises alarm

Secrecy over names in homicides raises alarm

The names of the dead have not been released in a police-involved shooting in Nanaimo nor in a Victoria homicide. It's becoming increasingly common practice among some agencies probing violent deaths not to release the identities.
'Talking about substance use can help save lives'

'Talking about substance use can help save lives'

With graduation celebration season set to begin across British Columbia in the coming weeks, Fraser Health is urging young people, as well as their families and friends, to talk openly about substance use and take precautions to avoid the risk of an
E-commerce giant Alibaba seeks real estate for Vancouver office

E-commerce giant Alibaba seeks real estate for Vancouver office

Alibaba is seeking to lease real estate for a Vancouver office that within “two to three years” will employ at least 30 people, Alibaba Group North America general manager Steve Wang told Business in Vancouver May 11 at a forum that the Chinese e-com