At Large

By River Kero and Melbah Grace Jacob As winters begin early this year in Vancouver, people around the city seem to be enjoying the weather.  As the year is close to an end, the photographs symbolize people taking time to reflect on this…

By Marco Shum and Chris Harcourt The “Winter distress” series captures the mundane things that we tend to ignore in our daily lives since we are always mentally drowned and overwhelmed by ourselves. In this series, the message…

By Joyce Liew Some Vancouver school board trustees say student opinion was ignored by the ABC Vancouver majority on the board when they voted to return police officers to schools. Lois Chan-Pedley, a re-elected Green Party trustee,…

By Seth Forward Indigenous leaders say youth leadership is critical for communities to thrive, and they have plenty of ideas and programs in motion. There were plenty of issues brought up at the B.C. Cabinet and First Nations…

By River Kero An inquest investigating the death of Traevon Chalifoux-Desjarlais heard that mental health and anxiety played a major role in his life.  Linsey Thompson, the social worker for Traevon’s case, testified that his family…

By Virender Singh  The RCMP in Surrey will struggle to recruit the needed 161 new officers despite city council approving a move back to the Mounties, according to the fledgling Surrey Police Services.  Monday night, Surrey city…

By Chris Harcourt Non-profits are opening temporary warming shelters as temperatures drop in Vancouver. The Lower Mainland is expected to get its first significant snowstorm of the season on Tuesday. The City of Vancouver has created…

By Rigo Bacaltos Samantha Chalifoux says the mistreatment her son said he faced from an Abbotsford group home played a significant role in her son’s death. A public coroner’s inquest started Monday morning in Burnaby into…