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Plugging in to what's hot in back to school electronics
Whether they're 12 or 20, today's students are tech-savvy when it comes to the latest in electronics.
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West Vancouver police ask public for ID help
WEST Vancouver police are looking to the public to help them catch a pair of suspected fraudsters.
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Videos, talks part of teen reading club
Teens can do the talking, do the writing, make the videos and win the prizes this summer at the New Westminster Public Library.
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Thinking outside the blue box
Once a week, New Westminster residents haul blue boxes filled with plastic bottles, glass containers and tin cans out the curb. And once a week, they cart yellow and blue bags full of newspaper and cardboard out as well.
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Province launches battery recycling program
A government-mandated, provincewide household battery recycling program will be launched July 1 in an effort to reduce waste in B.C.'s landfills, the Ministry of Environment announced Tuesday.
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Environmentalist blames Styrofoam for disappearing Point Grey birds
Terry Slack was out bird watching when he came across a monstrous white blob he described as "the size of the back of a half-ton pickup truck."
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Thinking outside the blue box
Once a week, Burnaby residents haul blue boxes filled with plastic bottles, glass containers and tin cans out to the curb.
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CDs - Nerd rockers Weezer confront the challenges of middle age
Nerd rock is, in its way, a brilliant little post-modern wrinkle: a music and identity that celebrate everything rock'n'roll was supposed to transcend. And then, 15 or so years into it, Weezer reached the umpteenth reality check of an unreality career: how does nerd rock act its age?
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Wal-Mart plans to expand grocery section
Wal-Mart wants to expand and update its Langley store, adding a full grocery section.
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Ironworkers show mettle
For years Alvin Unger, president of Clearbrook Iron Works Ltd., held a summer golf tournament for the employees and clients of the company.
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Best Buy's arrival should help increase mall traffic
The first Best Buy in Abbotsford is getting ready for its grand opening this fall at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre.
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Boating mishap on river claims life
Authorities are still looking for the body of an Alberta man who was killed in a boating accident Sunday in the Fraser River.
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Development sites worry False Creek residents
Residents who live in False Creek South want to be involved in comprehensive planning for the area.
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Adventures in the scream trade
Dee Snider is a rock 'n' roll animal who 25 years ago recorded the album Stay Hungry and took glam metal to the Alice Cooper extreme. After selling millions of records, facing off against Tipper Gore about censorship and living through the '80s clean, sober and married to the same gal, Snider is now a horror film director and a radio host. We asked him to take us on a journey back to 1984.
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The Sounds of the Sea
Mike Ross remembers the Spirit of the Sea Festival moment that inspired his future in music.
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Bed Bath & Beyond opens doors in Surrey; first location in B.C.
SURREY - Bed Bath & Beyond opened its doors for the first time in B.C. on Wednesday at their newest location in Surrey's Central City Mall.
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Sweet hazard
At the eighth hole of the Fraserview Golf Course in southeast Vancouver, golfers will find a new orchard of 30 apple, pear and cherry trees. They're among 45 trees planted on the city's three golf courses as part of the Fruit Tree Sustainability Project launched by the park board in March at Fraserview, Langara and McCleery courses. The trees were planted in natural areas and will be maintained by golf course staff over the coming years.
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Man detained thanks to warrant
The following are some of the calls of interest the Delta police responded to in the South Delta area between Wednesday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 7:
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