B.C. News

Enrolment in B.C. schools is expected to rise again this year, for just the second time in nearly 20 years. This year, the ministry of education estimates that about 529,000 full-time students will enrol in public schools.

For most kids, the start of school evokes some combination of excitement and dread. Anticipation around who the teacher will be, whether friends will be in the same class and how the next 10 months of their lives are going to unfold.

A new international study is raising serious questions about a lucrative catch-and-release sport fishery for threatened white sturgeon in the lower Fraser River.

NORTH VANCOUVER — By quickly reporting an Internet dating scam that cost her $27,000, a North Shore woman was able to recover about 40 per cent of that money, North Vancouver RCMP said.

Home sales dropped in Metro Vancouver by up to 86 per cent after the introduction of the foreign investor tax on Aug. 2, according to official MLS data only available to realtors.

VANCOUVER — B.C. municipalities are appealing for a share of future taxes to help cover the costs of regulating pot dispensaries, as marijuana looks set to become legal in Canada by next spring.

LILLOOET — If you ask residents of this small southwestern B.C. town for their thoughts on local politics, they’ll likely present a binder full of documents.

Funding for public education is not keeping pace with growing costs and has fallen as a share of B.C.’s economy, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, released today.

VANCOUVER — The green water that stretches from the southern Gulf Islands, up the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound north to Desolation Sound, is proving to be a bit of a mystery.

Earlier this month, as surging Vancouver luxury home prices were making international headlines and local real estate boards reported continued price spikes, another set of gauges was telling a different story.