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Pill bottles and inhalers were permitted to be used for ID in the recent B.C. election, but voter turnout was still a mere 48 per cent.

B.C. Provincial Election 2013

Coverage, interactive features and a discussion forum around the 2013 B.C. election.


 

Finding Happiness

Happiness

Finding Happiness Series

Vancouver Sun collumnist Daphne Bramham's six-part series about Finding Happiness: Beyond the necessities...


 

Gang crime

Kim Bolan

Inside the Hells Angels: Six-part series

Police agent Micheal Plante tells crime reporter Kim Bolan how he infiltrated the notorious East End...


 

Employment

Peter O'Neil

Special series: Temporary Foreign Workers program

Reporter Peter O'Neil investigates a B.C. coal mine bringing in hundreds of Chinese miners under the...


 
 
 

Top Picks

Male DNA has been found inside the female brain and researchers say it most likely got there from cells from a pregnancy with a baby boy. Male DNA had earlier been discovered in women's blood, bone marrow, liver and other tissues from male fetal cells, but this is the first time it has been found in the brain.

Three-part series: Neuroscience and the law

How brain discoveries lead to new questions about legal responsibility and morality


 

Online now

Canadian dollars (loonies) are pictured in Vancouver, Sept. 22, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

How do charities spend your dollars?

The business of giving: B.C. charities


 

Top Picks

Connors

'At Home' and thriving ... for now

Sun reporter Lori Culbert investigates how a two-year homelessness study transformed the lives of some...


 

Identity

Daphne Bramham

Daphne Bramham asks 'Who Are We?'

Everyone has a story, especially here. Vancouver’s history is studded with characters and now, ...


 
 

Crime

 

Pickton Inquiry

Missing Women inquiry

The Missing Women Inquiry

Read about the inquiry, the Pickton investigation and the women who've gone missing.


 

Top Picks

Vanishing point

Special Report: Vanishing Point

For the first time, a Vancouver Sun investigation reveals the full story behind the Highway of Tears...


 
 
 
 

Business

 

Economy

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BC 2035: A guide to our economic future

What will the year 2035 look like for us and our children? Join the discussion as The Sun's year-long...


 

Top Picks

Real estate signs adorn houses and condos sold and for sale in Vancouver.

Affordability index: Where and how can you afford to live?

Visit our real-estate page to keep tabs on house prices and development trends.


 

Employment

Peter O'Neil

Special series: Temporary Foreign Workers program

Reporter Peter O'Neil investigates a B.C. coal mine bringing in hundreds of Chinese miners under the...


 

Sea levels

Rising sea levels could put local agriculture in jeopardy due to increased salinity in the soil.

Three-part series: Rising sea levels

Sun reporter Tracy Sherlock looks at the impact rising sea levels have had on the Lower Mainland and...


 
 

Economy

Asian and emerging markets: our salvation?

A seven-week series about emerging and Asian markets, business, finance and how to increase your wealth...


 

Pipeline

Kitimat

Series: The Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal

A nine-part series published in January 2012 in The Vancouver Sun examining Enbridge's Northern Gateway...


 

Top Picks

The pensions piggy bank.

Pensions: A six-part series

Your one-stop guide to planning for retirement.


 

Home ownership

Power Smart New Home Builder

Special site: Mortgage Essentials

Get the goods on mortgages and refinancing.


 

Politics

 

Special site

Pill bottles and inhalers were permitted to be used for ID in the recent B.C. election, but voter turnout was still a mere 48 per cent.

B.C. Provincial Election 2013

Coverage, interactive features and a discussion forum around the 2013 B.C. election.


 

Elections site

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B.C. Municipal Elections 2011

Who won? Who lost and by how many votes? Your guide to the 2011 municipal vote in British Columbia.


 
 

Health/Lifestyle

 
 

Finding Happiness

Happiness

Finding Happiness Series

Vancouver Sun collumnist Daphne Bramham's six-part series about Finding Happiness: Beyond the necessities...


 

Top Picks

Pamela Fayerman

Series: B.C. is world leader on ovarian-cancer prevention innovation

The Sun's Pamela Fayerman reports on developments in ovarian-cancer research.


 

Health care

Jack Orange

Pamela Fayerman's series on life after a stroke

A two-part series on stroke: consequences and recovery


 
 

Health care

Sun Medical reporter Pamela Fayerman.

Pamela Fayerman's Patient Navigation series

The Sun's medical reporter navigates the health-care maze


 

Nutrition

The Fatabase

Have you searched THE FATABASE?

Nutritional information from over 80 BC chain restaurants in one easy-to-search database. The results...


 
 

Entertainment

 

Gastown

World traveller and Gastown resident Rommy Ghaly at home in June 2011.

The Gastown Project

View the historic Gastown neighbourhood through the eyes of residents.


 

Heritage

mackie

Visit John Mackie's Vancouver page for a taste of the city's rich heritage

Visit John Mackie's Vancouver page for a taste of the city's rich heritage


 

Music

Jazz preview on the South steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery

Jazz Festival Guide 2012

Vancouver's Jazz Fest: the concerts, the venues, the scene


 
 
 
 

Environment

 

Top Picks

 

Pine beetle

A stand of trees that has been infected with the pine beetle. Red trees are the affected ones. Photo: Ministry of Forests and Range.

Five-part series: In the wake of a plague

Sun reporter Larry Pynn investigates the devastation the pine beetle has wrought in B.C.


 

Environment

UNDATED— Submitted March 20, 2012 — Male northern elephant seal at Race Rocks near Victoria. Almost hunted to extinction, the species has made a comeback and now inhabits the length of the BC coast, including the Strait of Georgia, returning to breed mainly in California and Mexico.(With oceans Salish sea story by Larry Pynn.) Special to The Sun/Andrew Trites [PNG Merlin Archive]

Special series: Health of our oceans

Reporter Larry Pynn's series on our oceans' health and what it means.


 

Pipeline

Kitimat

Series: The Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal

A nine-part series published in January 2012 in The Vancouver Sun examining Enbridge's Northern Gateway...


 
 
 
 

Other

 

Top Picks

Male DNA has been found inside the female brain and researchers say it most likely got there from cells from a pregnancy with a baby boy. Male DNA had earlier been discovered in women's blood, bone marrow, liver and other tissues from male fetal cells, but this is the first time it has been found in the brain.

Three-part series: Neuroscience and the law

How brain discoveries lead to new questions about legal responsibility and morality


 

Anniversary site

100 years at The Vancouver Sun

The Sun at 100

Revisit our history through stories and photos, and see what our website might have looked like in 1912...


 

Gastown

World traveller and Gastown resident Rommy Ghaly at home in June 2011.

The Gastown Project

View the historic Gastown neighbourhood through the eyes of residents.


 

Cost of living

Pete McMatin

Pete McMartin on housing in Vancouver

Affordable housing in Vancouver? Why bother?


 
 
 

Taiyangbao.ca

Visit The Sun's Chinese-language website, taiyangbao.ca

Visit The Sun's Chinese-language website, taiyangbao.ca


 

Olympics

Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau reacts after winning the gold medal in the men’s moguls freestyle skiing at the 2010 Olympics, Cypress Mountain, in North Vancouver, February 14, 2010 during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

2010 Winter Games

Relive the excitement of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.


 
 
 

Award Winners/Nominees

 

Gastown

World traveller and Gastown resident Rommy Ghaly at home in June 2011.

The Gastown Project

View the historic Gastown neighbourhood through the eyes of residents.


 

Pine beetle

A stand of trees that has been infected with the pine beetle. Red trees are the affected ones. Photo: Ministry of Forests and Range.

Five-part series: In the wake of a plague

Sun reporter Larry Pynn investigates the devastation the pine beetle has wrought in B.C.


 

Public safety

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Broken Wings: A series on float-plane safety

Larry Pynn's Michener Award-winning series on what's needed to better protect pilots and passengers.


 

Child care

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Daycare series: Metro Vancouver daycare ratings

Week-long series on daycares and a searchable database of Metro Vancouver daycare facilities.


 
 
 

Nutrition

The Fatabase

Have you searched THE FATABASE?

Nutritional information from over 80 BC chain restaurants in one easy-to-search database. The results...


 
 
 

 
 

Blogs

 

Blog: Kim Bolan's The...

Blog: Kim Bolan's The Real Scoop


 

Health: Medicine Matters...

Vancouver Sun medical beat reporter Pamela Fayerman writes about...


 

Blog: B.C. Education...

Sun education reporter Janet Steffenhagen goes indepth on the...


 

Finance: Your Money

Market updates, personal finance information, business news ...


 

Jonathan Fowlie: Capital...

Jonathan Fowlie keeps an eye on the political situation in Victoria...


 

Russell Berrisford: ...

A 5 minute guide to the 90 minute game by Russell Berrisford


 

Michael Hobson: The ...

Michael Hobson provides an objective and provocative sports ...


 

Erin Ellis: Here's To...

Vancouver Sun reporter Erin Ellis on personal well-being issues...


 

City Hall: Civic Lee...

Jeff Lee tackles Vancouver municipal politics and shares the...


 

Canucks: FanAttic fan...

Vancouver Canucks fans blog on their favourite team as the Canucks...


 

Sports: Whitecaps Watch...

Bruce Constantineau storms the sideline and bangs in a series...


 

Daphne Bramham: Think...

Daphne Bramham looks at the most pressing issues affecting the...


 

Jenny Lee: Open for ...

Small business reporter Jenny Lee looks over the world of the...


 

Blog: Kim Bolan's The...

Blog: Kim Bolan's The Real Scoop


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pete McMartin

TRUMP: 10 minutes with the Hair

There he is, in the flesh, without the distorting lens of TV between us,

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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