Vancouver theatre faces a real tragedy
By MARK HUME
Monday, May 20, 2013
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-- mhume@globeandmail.comWhen internationally acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie designed what is now called The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts, he was challenged to do a lot in a confined... FULL STORY
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Pipeline foes hope to sway Liberals
Many had been hoping for an NDP victory, because leader Adrian Dix had promised to reject both Enbridge and Kinder Morgan plans
By MARK HUME
Friday, May 17, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- The collapse of the NDP at the polls this week denied power to a party that would have blocked oil pipelines in British Columbia.But opponents of two proposed pipelines, one that would cross... FULL STORY
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B.C. Liberals storm to a win
By MARK HUME
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- British Columbians voted overwhelmingly to send the Liberal Party back to power, in one of the most dramatic political comebacks in recent Canadian history.The election represented a stunning... FULL STORY
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'Together, we will make British Columbia better'
Liberals soar to majority as NDP support wilts, but leader fights to hold her own seat
By MARK HUME
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- British Columbians voted overwhelmingly to send the Liberal Party back to power, in one of the most dramatic political comebacks in recent Canadian history.The election was a stunning turnaround... FULL STORY
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Theatre nearing rebirth as evangelical church
By MARK HUME
Friday, May 10, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- An evangelical church has announced it is negotiating to buy the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts, which could drop the curtain on one of the city's most glamorous and troubled arts... FULL STORY
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Infected fish at centre of lawsuit
By MARK HUME
Thursday, May 9, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- An independent researcher who has been warning of salmon disease outbreaks on the West Coast is taking the federal government to court for allegedly allowing farms to move infected fish to ocean... FULL STORY
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Kootenay East: Infrastructure top concern
The question of deer culling is also an issue that can separate the winning candidate from the losing one
By MARK HUME
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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-- Tucked away in British Columbia's southeast corner is a riding so distant from the Lower Mainland that it's in a different time zone - maybe culturally as much as geographically. FULL STORY
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Northern Gateway chief brushes off SFU spill report
By MARK HUME
Friday, May 3, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- John Carruthers, president of Northern Gateway Pipelines, has dismissed a report by Simon Fraser University that calls into doubt the oil-spill risk assessments done by Enbridge.In a written... FULL STORY
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Enbridge underestimated risk: Study
Simon Fraser professor says internationally accepted model predicts a spill every 10 years if Northern Gateway pipeline is built
By MARK HUME
Thursday, May 2, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- British Columbia will be hit by more oil spills than Enbridge has predicted if the Northern Gateway pipeline is built, says a new risk assessment by Simon Fraser University.''The overall conclusion... FULL STORY
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Leaders urging voter engagement
By MARK HUME
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- With new oil pipelines, tanker routes, LNG plants, mines and hydro-power projects proposed throughout British Columbia, aboriginal leaders are telling people in their communities to get out and... FULL STORY
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Peace River North
A Liberal stalwart faces an independent upstart spoiling for war in Peace region, where fortunes are booming - and precarious
By MARK HUME
Monday, April 29, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- During the petroleum crash of the early 1980s, a bumper sticker became popular in Alberta - this was long before anyone had dreamed of Twitter - that summed up the angst of those who had wealth... FULL STORY
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Activist hopes marijuana a topic on debate docket
By MARK HUME
Monday, April 29, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- When the televised leadership debate in the British Columbia election campaign turns to law and order issues Monday night, perhaps no one will be listening more closely than Dana Larsen. FULL STORY
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Airship, brewer revive hunt for Bigfoot
Fans of the legendary biped to boldly go where science can't be bothered, and they don't mind being used by beer marketers
By MARK HUME
Friday, April 26, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- A $1-million reward offered by a beer company and an innovative airship that can float silently over the forest loaded with cameras are breathing new life into the old hunt for sasquatch in the... FULL STORY
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Three facing second-degree murder charge
By MARK HUME
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- Neighbours on a quiet street in Prince George were surprised when a small house where an elderly woman reportedly lived with her grandchildren became a crime scene, as police began a grisly murder... FULL STORY
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Hearings sought over harbour plans
With Port Metro vying to become major North American coal hub, a citizens group demands to be in kept in the loop
By MARK HUME
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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VANCOUVER -- In an attempt to reframe a debate over coal exports that has brought Port Metro Vancouver under intense scrutiny, officials have announced plans to hold more public hearings and to consult with... FULL STORY
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