Sarah Grochowski
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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German tourists on celebratory trip latest victims in 'horrific' B.C. avalanche season
What was supposed to be a celebratory ski trip to B.C. for a German father, his friend and two sons, ended in tragedy Wednesday when three of the men died ... → Read More
White Rock handyman goes from homeless to housed with help from neighbours
Jay fell on hard times amid COVID-19 and his contracting business went under. But the White Rock resident of 15 years remained determined. → Read More
Metro Vancouver couples say wedding photographer cost them 'irreplaceable' memories
Two newlywed couples say a wedding photographer who claimed to know how to capture "little perfect moments" instead sent them shoddy images. → Read More
Allegations against New Westminster drug recovery centre contractor spark police investigation
The accusations surfaced last month in an anonymously created Facebook group, consisting mostly of former and current clients of Last Door. → Read More
MySafe defends devices' security after reports some users selling their drugs
The professionals behind Vancouver’s drug-vending machines acknowledge it is possible that patients have sold or handed out their prescriptions to youth on the streets. → Read More
Controversial Bikram yoga founder's planned Vancouver workshops raising flags
Bikram Choudhury’s Vancouver classes are raising concerns among some people in Vancouver’s yoga community. → Read More
Vancouver to consider $2 million plan for urgent 'uplift' of Chinatown
Adopting the relief plan will add $2.2 million to the city's 2023 budget, with taxpayers possibly on the hook. → Read More
B.C. travellers hunker down inside Mexican resorts as cartel violence erupts in Sinaloa state
Violence was triggered by the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, the son of cartel boss Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman. → Read More
RCMP called out after security incident on Flair flight landing at Vancouver International Airport
There have been no reports of any injuries on the Flair → Read More
Heritage Vancouver asks city to tread lightly around SROs in 'historic' DTES community
Heritage Vancouver is calling on the city to consider the preservation of the single-room occupancy hotels and those who occupy them in its oldest neighbourhood. → Read More
Majority of YVR flights expected to resume but more than 100 passengers still stranded
More than 480 flights are expected to come and go today, tackling a backlog of more than 1,000 flights that were cancelled this week. → Read More
Power outages affecting thousands in the Lower Mainland: B.C. Hydro
The majority of power outages are affecting people in Abbotsford, Langley and Surrey. → Read More
Vancouver airport travellers in limbo as snow grounds YVR flights
Airport authority providing free access to hotels, meal vouchers amid wicked holiday weather as families like the Cabagers wait. → Read More
TikTok creators making Vancouver less lonely for millennials, one meetup at a time
After more than five meetups, Sebastian Breuninger's events now regularly top more than 60 people. → Read More
Fighting to be named: Sexual assault survivors tell Ottawa to change publication ban law
Women say they should not have to fight the law when they decide they want to go public about their ordeals. Read more. → Read More
A look inside CRAB Park: The 20-person tent city running off of a single outlet this cold snap
As snow began to fall Friday, people living out of tents at Vancouver’s CRAB Park were doing whatever they could to stay warm, utilizing space heaters, ovens and other electrical appliances hooked up to a single outlet. → Read More
Abbotsford couple loses home to fire year after devastating B.C. floods
Flames decimated the damaged house, including the home's second floor. The family also lost their dog, Graci, in the blaze. → Read More
Vancouver family seeks answers for why it took so long to know what happened to missing son
The B.C. Coroners Service told Postmedia that the cause of Darius Smallboy's death remains under investigation. → Read More
Vancouver council votes in controversial definition of antisemitism
Council voted six to one Wednesday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism as an expression of "hatred toward Jews," their property, religious institutions and community facilities through both rhetorical and physical manifestations. → Read More
Vancouver council to consider call to adopt controversial definition of antisemitism
Some fear that definition is being used to block any criticism of Israel → Read More