Kelly Sinoski
The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver, WA, United States
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Bankrupt mining company faces charges of polluting island in Hecate Strait
B.C. mining company faces charges of releasing waste into woods, wetland, and water on a Hecate Strait island. → Read More
Majority of Metro Vancouver residents call for transit improvements to boost housing affordability
Metro Vancouver residents are calling for transit improvements, saying better mass transit could help resolve region’s housing affordability → Read More
Skyrocketing housing costs ‘clear and present danger’ to Vancouver’s economy, new report warns
Expensive housing and long commutes are eroding Vancouver’s ability to attract talent and business investment, study says → Read More
Metro Vancouver cities aim for carbon neutrality
When Allan Moore makes his daily rounds of North Vancouver’s city parks, he skips the work truck and hops on an electric bicycle. → Read More
Much like warnings on cigarette packs, climate change advisorys may be coming to gas pumps
'The idea is we want to put labelling on gas pumps or on nozzles. ... We want to make it mandatory to say fossil fuels contribute to climate change' → Read More
Justin Trudeau to tackle the Grouse Grind
Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau plans to tackle Vancouver’s iconic Grouse Grind Friday morning as part of a B.C. electioneering stop. An advisory suggests Trudeau will hit the 2.9-kilometre trail at 10:45 a.m. with hopes to reach the top of the mountain within 90 minutes. → Read More
‘All of a sudden we have bananas’: Abbotsford plant bearing fruit after hot, dry summer in B.C.
Aird Flavelle has been nursing his banana plant for over a decade, shielding it each winter from the elements. This spring he was surprised to see flowers and now small, growing fruit → Read More
Abbotsford goes bananas as plant bears fruit after warm temperatures
Aird Flavelle has been nursing a banana plant in his Abbotsford backyard for the past decade, watching as its big-eared leaves reached 15 feet tall and stretched just as wide across his patch of Fraser Valley swampland. Imagine his surprise this summer when one of those leaves turned out to be a fistful of tiny flowering bananas. → Read More
Metro Vancouver residents only allowed to water grass once a week under new rules (and full ban could be coming)
Metro Vancouver has issued even more stringent water sprinkling regulations — saying residents can now only water once a week → Read More
Resounding majority of Metro Vancouver voters reject new 0.5% transit tax
Elections BC says 61.68 per cent per cent of voters were against the new tax, compared to 38.32 per cent in favour → Read More
Pattullo Bridge closures part of 18-month, $100-million rehabilitation project to begin in 2016
The Pattullo Bridge will be closed to heavy trucks, pedestrians and cyclists, as well as to all traffic on the weekends, for a year-and-a-half as part of a major rehabilitation program slated to start in mid-2016. → Read More
Last-minute ballots for Metro Vancouver transit plebiscite continue to stack up
Last-minute voters have been streaming into Metro Vancouver’s nine plebiscite service offices this week to hand deliver their ballots and make sure they count as the deadline for voting looms Friday. At Vancouver’s City Square mall on Wednesday afternoon, voters were adding their ballots to a thick stack of yellow envelopes. → Read More
Judge approves fireplace class-action settlement
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has approved a settlement agreement that will have three gas fireplace manufacturers provide free screens or barriers for appliances sold between 2001 and 2014. → Read More
Settlement deal looms on gas fireplace class-action
Three gas fireplace manufacturers have agreed to provide free screens or barriers for all appliances sold between 2001 and 2014 following a class-action lawsuit triggered two years ago when a toddler burned his hand on a glass-fronted fireplace. → Read More
Hot real estate market generates interest in flipping in West Vancouver
The hot real estate market is generating a frenzy of interest in property flipping in affluent West Vancouver as speculators turn big profits in only a few months. → Read More
West Vancouver flipping popular during hot real estate market
The hot real estate market is generating a frenzy of interest in property flipping in affluent West Vancouver as speculators turn big profits in only a few months. → Read More
Hot real estate market spurs flurry of flipping in West Vancouver
The hot real estate market is generating a frenzy of interest in property flipping in affluent West Vancouver as speculators turn big profits in only a few months. → Read More
Developers excited about prospect of light rail transit in Surrey
Surrey’s plans for two light rail lines have yet to materialize but developers are already queuing up to invest, with some going so far as to build room for the tracks in their current projects. City officials say a survey of 20 prospective developers found 72 per cent had confirmed they were ready to invest in Surrey if the $2.1-billion light rail project goes ahead. The city notes PCI… → Read More
West Coast Express passengers get Compass cards next month
TransLink will roll out its Compass Card to West Coast Express passengers next month, but there's still no word on when the mass public will be using the new system. → Read More
B.C. a ‘no man’s land’ when it comes to pot shops
As Vancouver attempts to control a proliferation of marijuana dispensaries by regulating them, other B.C. cities have taken stringent measures to stop the storefronts from popping up in the first place. → Read More