News By Chris Parry

ENVIRONMENT: India’s tiger reserves open to tourists after Supreme Court decision

NEW DELHI - India's top court has lifted a ban on tourism in tiger reserves across the country but asked local governments ...

TRAVEL: Air Koryo, considered worst airline in the world, starts Internet booking service

[caption id="attachment_330088" align="alignright" width="300"] Travellers disembark from an Air Koryo Tupolev 504 aircraft upon arrival at Pyongyang airport earlier this year. ...

HEALTH: St. Paul’s Hospital: A day in the life of the early afternoon shift

BY ELAINE O'CONNOR, THE PROVINCE To grasp the scope of what St. Paul's Hospital accomplishes in a single day, we spent 24 ...

CRIME: Gas siphoning on the rise in Fraser Valley as Langley hit-and-run reveals truck filled with jerry cans

JOHN COLEBOURN THE PROVINCE Langley RCMP continue to investigate a hit-and-run collision that may be linked to a number of gas-siphoning thefts. Langey RCMP ...

STANDOFF: Surrey man facing weapons charges over Fairmont Hotel standoff

By Staff Reporter, VancouverDesi.com A 27-year-old Surrey man is facing several charges following a 10-hour standoff with police in a downtown Vancouver hotel ...

PANGHALI: Surrey strangler loses murder conviction appeal over death of pregnant wife

[caption id="attachment_327578" align="alignright" width="300"] Mukhtiar Singh Panghali[/caption] A Surrey man who strangled his pregnant wife and burned her body nearly six years ...

ENVIRONMENT: Richmond MP defends restaurants’ right to serve sharkfin soup

[caption id="attachment_326929" align="alignright" width="300"] Richmond MP Alice Wong eats sharkfin soup. Photograph by: Ming Pao , for Richmond News[/caption] BY ALAN CAMPBELL, ...

SURREY: Judge dismisses landlord’s case after he misses paperwork deadline

BY TOM ZYTARUK, SURREY NOW If you're thinking about suing City Hall you might first want to bone up on the time ...

Surrey driver turns himself in after striking boy exiting school bus

A driver accused of striking an 11-year-old boy as he exited his school bus in Surrey has turned himself in. “We are ...

China consumes quarter of world meat supply: expert

BY MALCOLM MOORE, DAILY TELEGRAPH China now eats twice as much meat as the U.S. and must rein in its appetite or ...

Goodbye Vancouver sunshine, rain is here to stay

[caption id="attachment_325478" align="alignright" width="300"] Summer has officially ended as Metro Vancouver is reacquainted with rainy weather, which is going to stick ...

Sikh temple in Vancouver, Wash. destroyed by blaze

The Guru Ram Das Sikh temple in Washington State's Vancouver was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning. The temple on NE 20th ...

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