Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s home targeted with ‘hateful’ graffiti

Some threatening messages spray-painted at Mayor Ken Sim's home roughly translate to 'cover the family with a shovel' and 'F*** your ancestors for 18 generations'.

Acting assistant chief Kevin Copeland with the Surrey Fire Service told Global News that crews were called at 10:47 p.m. on Wednesday to the 10600 block of 135A Street.

The video shows the fireworks exploding on the front lawn of his home in the Newton area, showering the neighbourhood and several vehicles with sparks.

Published in 1969, The Peter Principle skewered corporate culture decades before Dilbert and The Office became pop culture hits. While it was written as satire, researchers have looked into the treatise to see what can be done to prevent workers from rising to their level of incompetence.

The province of B.C. claims buyers of massive debt-ridden real estate projects are trying to dodge millions in property transfer taxes through a unique financial mechanism supposedly designed only for "exceptional circumstances" in insolvency proceedings.

Canada's top-paid CEOs made over 200 times more than the average worker in 2023, says a new report — yet the gap between executives and employees narrowed slightly that year, as workers' wages rose and corporate profits declined during the comedown from high inflation.

The federal government promised to "pilot a new automatic [tax] filing service" in 2024 to help get benefits to low- and fixed-income Canadians — but ended up recycling a program from the year before that saw little uptake.

Since 2019, the word "detox" has trended, like clockwork, in internet searches in the first week of January. But what do these treatments and programs actually do — and do you really need one?

A letter sent to The New England Journal of Medicine and signed by Canadian health officials says the 13-year-old girl from British Columbia who tested positive for avian flu has been taken off supplemental oxygen and is no longer infectious.

A letter sent to The New England Journal of Medicine and signed by Canadian health officials says the 13-year-old girl from British Columbia who tested positive for avian flu has been taken off supplemental oxygen and is no longer infectious.

The 1913-built Regent Hotel at 160 East Hastings Street has been decaying since the City of Vancouver shut it down at the end of June 2018.

One of Vancouver's favourite New Year's Day traditions — the annual Polar Bear Swim — was celebrated by thousands again on Wednesday, in an event that has now spread across the world.

On Friday, a B.C. Labour Relations Board ruling permitted an expansion of the strike that has already limited sailings on the major Kootenay Lake routes.

Excitement over a newborn southern resident orca calf that was spotted with the population's J pod earlier this week has been muted by news that another calf has died.

A number of families across British Columbia rang in the new year by welcoming new babies.

The teen became the first critically ill pediatric patient with avian influenza in North America and information was published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Strong winds and almost freezing temperatures didn't deter thousands of brave souls from jumping into icy cold water for across Canada in a New Year's Day tradition.

The New Year's Polar Bear Plunge in White Rock, B.C., drew a crowd estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 people. This year marked the 55th anniversary of the event.

Vancouver police say a 66-year-old suspect has been charged with multiple offences following an attempted armed robbery at a downtown retailer on Monday.

B.C.'s first baby of 2025 was born at Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Baby Emerson is the first child born to his parents and came into the world at 12:02 a.m.

Vancouver police have laid multiple charges against a man they allege brought a gun, explosives and other weapons to a downtown Holt Renfrew store in an attempt to rob it.

A maximum 20-per-cent home-flipping tax is among new regulations taking effect in British Columbia as of Jan. 1, with a promised middle-income tax cut arriving in the coming months as well as a spring carbon tax increase.

The cost of living is slated to go up in a number of ways in 2025 in B.C., though there are a few silver linings for your pocketbook.

Vision boards, bingo cards and intentions have replaced resolutions, but people are still setting goals as a new year begins.

Invasive species researchers are heralding a dip in the City of Vancouver's Japanese beetle population as a win after years-long efforts to stop the spread of the ravenous plant-munching bug. But they're also warning that the work is far from over with its detection in other areas of B.C.

Affordability was one of the top issues — if not the top issue — for British Columbians during the 2024 provincial election. But it's unclear if there'll be relief for consumers in 2025, with B.C.'s economic forecast uncertain due to a couple of unpredictable factors

This year, we were treated with a total solar eclipse, fantastic displays of the northern lights, spectacular meteor showers and impressive rocket launches. Here's what's in store for the year ahead.

Classical music is experiencing a surge in popularity, with the under-35 crowd listening more today than in years. Still, many orchestras and classical music institutions are struggling to recover from the pandemic and falling attendance. Who's coming to save them? Cue social media.

The coming year will see some changes to existing tax measures, but those changes are expected to have only minor impacts on individuals.