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Killer gets 15 years for Christmas Day 'mistake'
The Surrey man who shot a corner store clerk dead with a sawed-off rifle during a Christmas Day robbery told a provincial court judge that it was a mistake.
The reality is pretty much anything passes TV test
At what point, I wonder, did reality TV take over the tube?
Calendar of Events
Wednesday, January 16...Glenbrooke North Residents Association, annual general meeting, 7 p.m. in the Green Room at Dunwood Pace, 901 Colbourne St. Help needed to get the association started again.
Long game flick premieres Saturday
It was a little more than a year ago when a group of 40 women played hockey for 10 days at Burnaby 8Rinks to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis and set a Guinness world record.
'Long game' documentary premieres Saturday
It was a little more than a year ago when a group of 40 women played hockey for 10 days at Burnaby 8Rinks to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis and set a Guinness world record.
Flight soars with first-rate Denzel Washington performance
Flight. Directed by Robert Zemekis. Starring Denzel Washington. Rating: 8 (out of 10)
Youthful sounds at Cliff Avenue
Start your Sunday morning off with some inspiring music in a service that will include an accomplished, worldly children's choir this weekend.
Luciana Souza creates in the immediacy of the moment
THERE has hardly been a moment in Luciana Souza's life when she hasn't been listening to, making, or thinking about music.
WV athlete shoots for Paralympic gold
WHEN she's at her best, Janet McLachlan's defenders have the look of flummoxed children gazing upwards and hoping their ball rolls off the roof.
More and more are discovering three little numbers
911 is part of the social consciousness. And even 411 is something people know about. But what about 211?
The author who wasn't there
If you're going to read only one bad book this summer, read one by an author who does not exist.
The author who wasn't there-
If you're going to read only one bad book this summer, read one by an author who does not exist.
Pull out the spy glass for event
Always wanted to play detective? Detect and dine at the Murder Mystery Theatre and Dinner event at Socrates Greek Taverna in Burnaby on Sunday, May 27.
A career move to get you wanted
I'm not suggesting anything, per se, ye underpaid wipers of bottoms and writers of columns of the Lower Mainland. I'm just stating a fresh fact that makes all kinds of sense in trying economic times.
They TiEd it up
Vancouver and Richmond teens from TYE Vancouver won a $25,000 prize package in a business plan competition in Atlanta, Ga. this weekend. The five teens-Ravi Chalhotra, Rajeev Bagga, and Aman Malhotra from Vancouver, and Richmond's Dayah Johal and Kampreet Sanghera-beat a dozen teams from around the world to win the TiE Young Entrepreneurs Global Competition with their GenAid, a spray-on cast system that could be used instead of a splint.
High school students fly south for business competition
Weekends spent studying business skills and mulling over biology and chemistry questions have cleared the way to Atlanta, Ga. for a group of Vancouver and Richmond teens.
Spartan set to play for Canada at qualifier
Trinity Western University setter Kelci French will be playing volleyball for Canada in Mexico next week.
Real Housewives, with apologies to Jane
IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a good fortune, Prada bedroom slippers and enough Botox to smooth out a sharpei must be in want of a reality TV series, whether she be situated in Beverly Hills, Atlanta or here.
