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Forty years ago this month, Vancouver welcomed the world. And while our coastal neighbours have since hosted the Olympics and will be one of two Canadian cities welcoming global soccer fans, it was Expo 86 that helped put Vancouver on the map Vancouver Sun journalist Dan Fumano joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss the how the…

China has issued a strongly worded response after a Canadian warship transited the Taiwan Strait, accusing foreign countries of undermining its sovereignty and security “in the name of freedom of navigation.” HMCS Charlottetown passed through the 180-kilometre-wide waterway, which separates mainland China from the island of Taiwan, on May 22 and 23 as part of…

Montreal is asking people to reduce water use in a major way. Officials said new restrictive measures are necessary as it carries out repairs on a key water main.

Poison seller Kenneth Law has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of assisted suicide in a Newmarket courtroom. The plea deal will see him avoid first-degree murder charges over 14 deaths, including two minor teenagers, all caused by products he sold online knowing they would be used for suicide. Law, 60, entered the prisoner’s box soon…

Uncontrolled, undetected internal bleeding, an emergency medicine “time bomb,” can kill within hours. So, when Dr. Fraser Mackay saw a young woman recently with a minor shoulder injury from a fall who seemed in an inordinate amount of pain, his gut told him something was off. She was seated in a chair in a very…

Beatrice Penashue has been identified as the woman who was killed in Sheshatshiu this week, in an alleged murder by her partner.

Canada’s real gross domestic product unexpectedly contracted slightly in the first quarter of 2026, marking the second consecutive quarterly decline and meeting the technical definition of a recession. The results came as a surprise: Preliminary estimates in April had suggested the economy grew to start the year, but data released Friday by Statistics Canada showed…

The Ksi Lisims LNG project, from which liquefied natural gas would be sold to a German utility under a deal announced Wednesday, would increase B.C.’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by between six and eight per cent, according to calculations by CBC News.

Building enough housing to keep pace with population growth is vital for affordability . Critics of supply-side solutions say new homes often cost more and don’t meet the needs of low- to middle-income households. But new research shows that even the supply of mid- to high-priced homes initiates a chain of vacancies that eventually lead…