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Top 5 things to do
It's an action-packed weekend in the Royal City with a parade, a home tour and entertainment galore among the offerings. We're continuing with our popular feature, The Record's Top Five (or More) Things to Do This Weekend and offer the following suggestions for the May 24 to 26 weekend.
Keeping the motorsports drive alive
Burnaby's Dino Milacic is hoping to celebrate his 40th birthday with his first race win of the season in June.
Civic-minded teenager needs your vote for national award
Ladner's Morgan Leung has been nominated for a national award honouring her work to make a difference in the community and abroad.
Media sheep never ventured from the pond
IT appears to be impossible to avoid attending inquest after inquest into the Great 2013 British Columbia Election.
Inquiring Reporter: What should B.C. do to get more people to vote?
IF you're a registered voter in B.C. there's a 48 per cent chance you did not vote on election day. In 1983, 70 per cent of eligible British Columbians voted in the provincial election. In 2013, only 52 per cent of British Columbians voted. The B.C. Liberals snagged 58 per cent of the seats with 44 per cent of the votes. Does that disparity mean we should ditch first past the post and switch to proportional representation or a single transferable vote system? Or do we just need a better-informed electorate choosing from a higher calibre of candidate?
Lesson for non-voters
My congratulations to the Liberal party, but more importantly to the Liberal voters.
B.C. voters opted for 'anything but'
The great thing about political punditry is the ability to be right and wrong at the same time and get away with it, which is why the pundits who were no better at predicting the outcome of the B.C. election shouldn't be expected to be any better at interpreting the results.
B.C. voters opted for 'anything but'
The great thing about political punditry is the ability to be right and wrong at the same time and get away with it, which is why the pundits who were no better at predicting the outcome of the B.C. election shouldn't be expected to be any better at interpreting the results.
Grandview-Woodland: Meat and greet (VIDEO)
As part of the Courier's ongoing Vancouver Special neighbourhood series...
Huntington makes history with re-election in Delta South
Vicki Huntington has made history in Delta South.
Backstage Past: Waldorf steeped in history
When the city granted heritage status to the Waldorf Hotel on May 15, it ended the latest chapter in the history of the 64-year-old hotel, perhaps opening the potential of a future one
Sweet Spot: Hole lotta love
As a kid growing up in East Vancouver, Vince Piccolo knew a fresh doughnut by the smell.
Getting Surrey's chickens in a row
As the public conscience turns more and more toward leading a healthy lifestyle and increasingly away from commercial food sources, one South Surrey woman is hoping to see Surrey make changes that would allow for more residents to raise their own chickens.
Ride, don’t hide, in support of mental illness
Vancouver elementary school teacher and cyclist Michael Schratter is many things, and one of them is bipolar.
Movie review: Dark days for Star Trek crew
While J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek re-boot has been crafted for those too young to remember either the baby-boomer television show or the movies, there are certain expectations: you don’t have to be a convention-attending devotee to know that anything Star Trek should always be accompanied by a decent dose of kitsch and humour.
Prince of Wales outshoots Point Grey to win city golf championship
Prince of Wales outshot the five-member team from Point Grey by three strokes to win the city golf championship May 16 at Point Grey Golf and Country Club. Counting their four best scores on the par-72 course...
Clark's win good sign for equality
In 2006, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates was invited to speak at a business seminar in Saudi Arabia.
