Is the grass really greener, or at least cheaper, in another city or province? New data comparing rental prices from coast to coast reveals how much more, or less, your neighbours are paying every month.

The timing of Paper Excellence’s permanent closure two weeks ago of its Howe Sound newsprint mill, which put 169 workers off the job, was expedited by B.C.’s drought. But the closure came as no surprise to industry observers. Newsprint demand, following readers’ shift to digital applications on laptops, tablets and phones, has plummeted globally.

Record low river levels and warm water temperatures could have a devastating effect on millions of sockeye salmon headed for the Fraser River to spawn, according to a UBC biologist. If this summer’s unusual weather conditions continue, few salmon will brave the stifling temperatures of the river, and many of those that do will die trying, Tony Farrell said.

Region expected to run out of industrial land within a decade, port official warns

One of the biggest pride parades in the world, it attracts more than 600,000 visitors.

Fingerworks uses a person's back as a kind of canvas to translate the motion of fireworks through touch.

Metro Vancouver and Victoria now have more than 300 food trucks, but the trendy mobile restaurants are struggling and contrary to popular belief are not a “golden ticket” to success, according to a new report from Vancity.

B.C. is only in the first year of a drought. But already signs of heat stress to some of the trees are unmistakable.

Things are worse. They are so much worse. I cannot express how bad things are getting. It's because I love the work so much, that I have to leave. I've spent the last two years thinking about going. I've felt increasingly sorrowful that I simply cannot do all that these kids need and deserve me to do.

In an effort to stop the conversion of low-income single-room occupancy hotels, Vancouver council has adopted punishing new fees for owners wanting to get out of the business.

It’s been hoped for years that securing safe and affordable housing for the homeless and mentally ill would go a long way toward reducing substance abuse and addiction rates among that population. That belief has been a cornerstone in government policies in B.C. at both the provincial and civic levels, and among the social welfare agencies that advocate for that housing.

Daily water consumption in the region has not dropped enough, despite increasing water restrictions and reservoir levels falling well below the norm for this time of year.

It's hard to control where weeds grow but one particular kind of weed was found recently in a traffic circle in Vancouver.

A man shot and killed by police in northern British Columbia has been identified. The corners’ service has issued a news release identifying the man as James Daniel McIntyre, a 48-year-old resident of Dawson Creek, B.C. The release says McIntyre was fatally shot Thursday night outside a restaurant in Dawson Creek, where a hearing for the Site C hydroelectric dam was taking place. Eyewitness video shows a man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask laying...

Vancouver police staff sergeant Mark Horsley wanted to make at least one bust. Very much. It would have made his year, taking down one of the creeps responsible for assaulting and robbing disabled Vancouverites. People in wheelchairs, getting smacked around, mugged. It’s hard to imagine any crime more despicable or cowardly.

In modern-day Vancouver, policies at all three levels of government are leading to another great generational wealth transfer – not on Russia’s scale, perhaps, but certainly the largest in the city’s history

Rising sea levels, epic droughts, massive flooding: the effects of climate change are already here. How do we adapt? From the Netherlands to Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Alex Bozikovic explores the cutting-edge engineering – and cultural shifts – that could help

B.C.'s southern resident orcas may be the most studied marine mammals in the world but their survival is still precarious, particular for four calves born this year.

Joyce Murray's ad congratulates Aboriginal high school students on their sobriety

Hilliard MacBeth is standing by his prediction that the Canadian housing market is primed for a correction. The author of When The Bubble Bursts: Surviving the Canadian Real Estate Crash ​says it will happen this summer.