Burnaby News

Mounties are asking for the public's help tracking down a man who is the prime suspect in sexual assaults in two B.C. communities.

It's been a while since there's been an Asian North American box-office hit. The Joy Luck Club, The Wedding Banquet , and Snow Falling on Cedars were all from the '90s. Indie successes like Better Luck Tomorrow and Eve and the Fire Horse have been few and far between over the past decade.

A view of the McGill University campus in Montreal. The school took the No. 1 spot in the medical doctoral category and the University of Toronto was ranked second, its same rank as last year.

First Vancouver got Daniel Boulud, a big-deal, three-Michelin-star, internationally acclaimed New York chef.

The man responsible for discharging a high-powered assault rifle a few metres away from an elementary school in the Viking Ridge residential complex is facing numerous weapons offences charges.

A Vancouver couple who lost their beloved dog Charlie to antifreeze poisoning over the weekend is using the tragedy to help protect other pets from suffering the same fate.

A 19-year-old Burnaby man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a local woman.

Some Burnaby schools are experiencing higher-than-usual absenteeism rates, but the reasons behind that are unknown, said district superintendent Claudio Morelli.

VANCOUVER a ' Two men were acquitted Friday of attempted murder with a firearm, which was related to the shooting of two brothers at a Shark Club in Burnaby almost four years ago.

Of students in Burnaby school district, 32.2 per cent are vulnerable on at least one measure of development, according to the latest research results from the University of British Columbia.

The North Shore is home to a wide range of businesses -- from national and international head offices to thousands of small, home-based enterprises.

It's a whopper of an expense, but TransLink is pressing forward with plans for another rapid transit expansion project in the Lower Mainland.

Despite rumours to the contrary, BC Place Stadium is still getting a multi-million dollar retractable roof and other upgrades.

A 30-year-old Vancouver man has been charged in connection with a stabbing spree that saw five men stabbed in less than a half an hour in East Vancouver Saturday night.

A Wal-Mart greeter in Langford was attacked with bear spray Sunday afternoon. West Shore RCMP received a call from the Wal-Mart store at 860 Langford Parkway just before 3 p.m. after three men approached a store greeter and released the spray.

HSBC Bank Canada's national headquarters will remain in downtown Vancouver, but the financial institution has put its banner on a new office development at the city's periphery for about 1,000 employees who carry out administrative functions.

Motorists will see an increase in the gas tax as part of a plan approved by Metro Vancouver mayors Friday to boost funding to TransLink by $130 million.

Ottawa continues to hold a group of 76 presumed Tamil migrants in detention nearly a week after they arrived in British Columbia, as the government tries to determine if any of the men hold ties to terrorist or criminal organizations.

U.S. citizen and war resister Rodney Watson attended a war-resisters rally at Main Street and 27th Avenue in Vancouver last June.

Metro Vancouver mayors are expected to vote Friday to approve a $130-million annual funding lift for TransLink to bridge a growing deficit and avert deep transit service cuts.