Around the block
Businesses go broke every day and their merchandise, furniture, computer equipment-even the buildings-must be sold. But what about an entire town?
 

Road Show star has global reach
Hugh Bulmer heads Maynards' antiques and fine arts department, but he has another claim to fame: he recently became an appraiser for the Antiques Roadshow.
 

Cops want pot club regulated
City police want the Compassion Club closed unless it stops distributing pot to people without Health Canada permits.
 

Squamish nation to celebrate 'moral victory'
The Squamish Nation is expected to hold a special ceremony this month for its 3,000-plus members on a piece of land near the south end of the Burrard Bridge that once served as an ancestral village.
 

Rubber roof protects PNE home
Allowing a burning tree branch to sit on a roof for 15 minutes seems more than a little foolish, but for the company that provided the roof panels for this year's PNE prize home, it makes for an attention-grabbing sales pitch.
 

Historic hotel to get upgrade
The Downtown Eastside's once majestic Pennsylvania Hotel will get a major upgrade now the provincial government has removed it from a list of sidelined social housing projects.
 

Group needs cash to fight car overuse by students
Kids won't be the only ones heading back to school this week-so will droves of cars, as students are driven or drive themselves to classes.

Backpacks hurting kids
The average student lifts approximately 11 tons-the equivalent of six full-sized automobiles-in his or her backpack each school year.

Province staying neutral with Lafarge debate
The provincial government will not be taking sides in the battle between residents living near Burrard Inlet and a company that wants to build a ready-mix concrete plant on the former Sterling Shipyard site.

Wal-Mart offered downtown location
Wal-Mart may study the feasibility of locating one of its big-box stores in the struggling International Village mall after receiving an invitation to move in from the landlords.