Kevin Griffin, The Vancouver Sun

Kevin Griffin

The Vancouver Sun

Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Past articles by Kevin:

Pandemic, disasters, deaths: A grim, hectic year in British Columbia

A pair of public health emergencies, discoveries of unmarked graves, and disasters dominated the news cycle in a busy, and often grim, year. → Read More

Stanley Park coyote cull recommended last summer as they were ‘dangerous wildlife’: B.C. government

B.C. conservation officials took action in summer because of ‘escalating risk to the safety of the public,’ according to internal documents. → Read More

B.C. mudslide survivor recalls hearing 'roar of mud and trees and rocks'

The mudslide hit Chelsey Hughes' car sometime Sunday between 7 and 7:30 pm. → Read More

'It was terrifying': Rain and wind storm's impact felt across southern B.C.

Average annual cost of property damage or losses due to severe weather has increased from about $400 million before 2009 to about $2 billion annually in the last few years. → Read More

Storm's impact felt across B.C. south coast

Average annual cost of property damage or losses due to severe weather has increased from about $400 million before 2009 to about $2 billion annually in the last few years. → Read More

B.C. artist Jim Hart awarded the $100,000 Audain Prize for visual art

Jim Hart, described as "one of B.C.'s greatest living artists", is the recipient of the $100,000 Audain Prize for visual art → Read More

Audain Foundation donates $100 million to new Vancouver Art Gallery

The campaign to build a new Vancouver Art Gallery has received a major boost with a $100-million donation from the Audain Foundation. → Read More

Vancouver Art Gallery to receive largest cash gift to a public gallery in Canadian history

An announcement is being made Thursday morning about the largest cash gift in Canadian history for the new Vancouver Art Gallery → Read More

Animals being injured, dying due to snap traps for rats: animal welfare groups

Animal welfare groups say traps meant to kill rats inadvertently cause excruciating pain to partially trapped squirrels, skunks and racoons. → Read More

Sale of Burnaby co-op threatens seniors with higher market rentals

Residents of the 244 units could see their rents increase between 40 and 100 per cent once new owners take over Nov. 1, warns the CEO of the Co-operative Housing Federation of B.C. → Read More

Sale of Burnaby co-op threatens seniors with higher market rentals

Low-income seniors living in a co-op in two highrises in Burnaby face a precarious future as early as November because the union owning the property reportedly… → Read More

Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart kills plan to charge car owners $45 a year to park on city streets

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart took the deciding vote on Wednesday night to scrap a plan to implement a $45 a year permit to allow car owners to park their… → Read More

Firm at troubled North Van site also behind B.C. megaprojects

Province says it has not hit construction problems with three large projects by the contractor who stopped work on a Metro Vancouver sewage plant in North Vancouver → Read More

Coyote-feeding busts in Stanley Park ‘significant first step’: wildlife advocate

Two people arrested and a vehicle seized in connection to feeding coyotes in Stanley Park on the day the park reopened after a coyote cull. → Read More

This Week in History, Sept. 18: Burnaby renames street after Dag Hammarskjold, killed in Congo plane crash

In November, 1961, Burnaby held a ceremony to rename a street in honour of Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjold killed in a plane crash → Read More

Police say they hope for voluntary compliance on vaccine cards

Both the Vancouver police and the RCMP say they're hoping for compliance rather than confrontation with COVID-19 vaccine cards. → Read More

COVID-19: Police say they hope for voluntary compliance on vaccine cards in B.C.

Both the Vancouver police and the RCMP say they're hoping for compliance rather than confrontation with COVID-19 vaccine cards. → Read More

Report finds Vancouver has highest rental eviction rate in the country

The first-ever national report on evictions found that Vancouver has the highest eviction rate for tenants at 10.5 per cent → Read More

Report finds Vancouver has highest rental eviction rate in the country

The first-ever national report on evictions found that Vancouver has the highest eviction rate for tenants at 10.5 per cent → Read More

This Week in History, Sept. 11: Carol Burnett turns her dysfunctional past into TV comedy gold

The Carol Burnett Show made its fans laugh with film parodies, slapstick humour, and great outfits for 11 seasons starting Sept. 11, 1967 → Read More