fonyo's lonely road
When Steve Fonyo goes to work these days, he doesn't run. He drives and walks. His cats Mopar and Viper accompany him to the Surrey garage where he's a heavy machinery mechanic.
 

Fun-raisers criss-cross Canada
A man from Surrey set out from Halifax on April 15 carrying a 25-kilogram bag of cement on his shoulder, hoping to raise $30 million for autism research on a walk to Vancouver. Michael Coles, inspired by his autistic son, is still in the Maritimes and has yet to reach five figures in donations.
 

Principal says pimps preying on students
An East Side elementary school is being targeted by teenage pimps attempting to lure young girls into drugs and the sex trade.
 

Smash and grab artists hit gallery
Police are trying to solve the mystery of who stole $60,000 worth of art early Wednesday from a well-known South Granville area gallery.
 

Mayor's main man didn't mention he was going to Italy
NPA Coun. Peter Ladner is questioning why the mayor's executive assistant didn't reveal in a report to council that he would be travelling to Italy on the city's dime.
 

Kits Beach bistro a month away
It's hard to imagine the unfinished steel, concrete and wood-framed structure at Kits Beach will be offering up sushi, salad and Sauvignon Blanc by the end of June, but that's what restaurateur Peter Barnett is aiming for.
 

Deadly skin cancer on foot often undetected
With record temperatures, flip-flops and sandals for men and women are being hyped by fashion mavens like never before, but that free feeling for your feet could be a danger to your health.
 

Dumpy way to spend Saturday billed as enlightening
Trying to convince people to spend a Saturday at a landfill rather than on a beach is no easy task.
 

Check out city's heritage houses June 5
There are still tickets left for the third annual Open Vancouver Heritage House Tour, June 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 

Fees vary from school to school
The notion of free public education was turned on its head last week as a school board report revealed students and their families pay hundreds of dollars in annual school fees.
 

Ultimate disappointment
The coordinator for the city's Ultimate (Frisbee) League is disappointed the parks board will only build one sports field on the green space at the corner of Oak Street and 37th Avenue.
 

Performers, artists at home on Grant Street
When Trish Klein lent out her bedroom for an arts festival two years ago, she didn't know what to expect. When she returned to her room to watch a performance, she found it transformed.
 

Long wait likely over for ecology society
The parks board has spent decades debating an ecology centre in Stanley Park, says the executive director of the Stanley Park Ecology Society.