The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore reopened Friday afternoon after being closed due to falling rock.

Historically low interest rates and discounted housing prices are fuelling a real estate boom on B.C.'s south coast with sales in Vancouver up 75 per cent compared to June of last year.

Police say foul play has been ruled out after a man's body was found in Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park Friday morning.

Work on a windmill as tall as a 20-storey building on the peak of Grouse Mountain has been delayed because of a helicopter pilot's concerns about lifting the massive blades.

Free agent winger Mikael Samuelsson signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.

METRO VANCOUVER — North Vancouver's immensely popular Grouse Grind hiking trail reopened Friday after the completion of emergency work in the upper trail sections.

VANCOUVER — Expect road closures as the new version of the city's car-free days launches this weekend.

Former French soccer star Zinedine Zidane attracted a large crowd of media and well-wishers Friday as he whisked into a summer camp on the city's east side for an appearance. Zidane appeared despite the cancellation of a charity soccer game originally scheduled for Saturday. The game was postposed to July 12, according to event organizers, because Zidane injured his back while picking up his ...

Deputy Managing Editor Harold Munro gives an update on the stories that the editors and reporters of The Vancouver Sun are working on for publication in tomorrow's newspaper and online.

It will be next week — at least — before two B.C. men charged with polygamy find out whether the charges against them will be stayed.

Marilyn Holsten’s hopes of keeping her Vancouver apartment have gone up in smoke.

When famed retired soccer player Zinedine Zidane comes to town, it’s not always about the game. “His outfit is amazing,” said Becky Thompson, 14, a volunteer at Britannia Oval’s Zidane Soccer Clinic and Jamboree Friday.

The convoy that transports Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb Friday, killing one member of the general's tactical team and injuring five others.

Two children died after a fire in a London tower block, police said Friday. A total of 13 people were taken to hospital after the blaze in Camberwell, south London, most with smoke inhalation.

Former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, accused of herding 29,000 Jews to the gas chambers, is fit to be tried in what could be Germany's last major Nazi case, prosecutors said Friday.

Labour relations at Vancouver airport stalled on the runway The stunning crash in January of a...

Vancouver-based Canadian Gold Hunter Corp. (TSX:CGH) plans to acquire Vancouver's Sanu Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:SNU) in an all-share deal worth...

Burnaby's Ballard Power Systems (TSX:BLD) has passed a product acceptance milestone and will ship 310 hydrogen fuel cell units...

Courier sued after First Nations regalia allegedly lost and damaged Alert Bay’s U’Mista Cultural Society has...

British Columbians and the majority of Canadians ate out more in April, according to Statistics Canada data released Tuesday....

B.C. will pay up to 750 unemployed workers to take wildfire suppression training to enhance the province’s capacity to fight and contain forest fires, Forests Minister Pat Bell announced Tuesday.The training is expected to start as early as Monday.Applicants have to be physically fit and in good health.The training will be delivered in regions throughout the province, including Prince ...

Drivers are being advised to be extra careful while driving along Highway 16 near the Tabor Mountain ski hill after two high-intensity moose collision warning signs were stolen.The signs, which were in place for about a year-and-a-half before they went missing in April, marked a mineral-lick area in a right-of-way on the highway's north side. "That's the problem with this Tabor moose hotspot ...

When Charles Jago returned to UNBC a year ago to fill in the gap left by president Don Cozzetto's sudden resignation, he was not a happy camper."I didn't think the idea was good for the university or for me, but circumstances determined that I come back, so I did," Jago told The Citizen this week."My focus has been to recruit a strong candidate as president, but the university needed to be in ...

The Tsay Keh Dene First Nation in northern B.C. has approved an agreement with the province and B.C. Hydro that ends a court case launched over the 1960s flooding impact of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam and the Williston Reservoir.The settlement -- which received 80 per cent support from the Tsay Keh Dene members who voted -- provided a one-time payment of $20.9 million and annual payments of $2 ...

Grace Kostamo and George Brooks will be showcased in the Artist Feature Room at the Prince George Community Arts Council's Studio 2880 opening today from 7 to 9 p.m.Kostamo is a self-taught artist hailing from the Philippines and Africa. Her work contains vibrant colours and high contrast in modern designs.Brooks is a retired teacher who took up the hobby of wood turning under the mentorship of ...

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The one-miler. It's a legendary running race. The one-miler. It’s a legendary running race. Some say that the mile is the classic test in track and field. It combines speed and stamina.

Anthills, a mud pit and more mosquitoes than anyone could count didn't stop the Hot Hounds race series from achieving a record turnout this past weekend.

What was apparently a mighty dust devil shot up Lewes Boulevard Thursday afternoon, to the amazement of children and adults who witnessed it.

Canadian military and civilian search planes continue to scour the mountains in the territory's southwest corner for a missing plane and its two American passengers.