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Urban general Jamie Graham's tough approach wins praise from VPD troops

When it comes to measuring the power of the police over the public, it's worth stealing a line from Vancouver's Chief Constable Jamie Graham: "If I was to tell you what I know,"...

Women use fitness to Take Back the Night

That run a woman takes to prevent a heart attack may help her ward off another kind of attack-from a rapist.

Mothers get payback

A Vancouver TV producer is looking for moms to volunteer for a free spa weekend. The catch? You need a childless know-it-all to mind your brood and to let the reality show...

The return of God

Some say religion has no place in science. Proponents of theories like intelligent design are trying to negotiate a reconciliation.

Legal experts say welfare moms have rights case

Debbie Krull knows exactly what poverty looks like: a pot of pasta infested with maggots writhing in the boiling water. "This is so gross; is it okay to say this?" asks the 31...

Duelling Rights

Next month's legal review of a decade-long fight over gender boundaries probably won't end the courts' involvement This city's best-known women's shelter appears to be...

Mixed Nutcrackers

Love It Or Hate It, The Nutcrackeris A Yule Fixture That Floats Many A Ballet Company As legendary dance critic Richard Buckle observed, December's arrival means we are all...

Making decorating virtue of tight funds

If the phrase decorating on a budget conjures horrifying images of glue guns, marabou lampshades, and fake wood grain, you've been watching too much Trading Spaces.

Let's Give Americans a B.C. Liberty Tour

Bush-mad Yanks need flu shots, medicinal tokes, and orca-viewing; and we need bucks. To: Tourism B.C. Re: Liberty Retreats

Massive Change Is About Designing the World

Massive Change, the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition opening Saturday (October 2), is more likely to appeal to science-fiction writers, social activists, and environmentalists...