April 28, 2024

A fond farewell to Empire Field

Equal parts new beginning and a trip down memory lane, Empire Field returns to the annals of history at the end of Saturday’s Vancouver Whitecaps clash with the Seattle Sounders. The 27,500-seat temporary stadium was erected on the same Hastings Park grounds as the historic Empire Stadium that hosted the Lions and Whitecaps from 1954 to 1983. And … [Read more...]

Farewell, Jack

The death of NDP leader Jack Layton early yesterday morning shocked many British Columbians and those who knew him. B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair said he will always remember the one-on-one chats he had with the 61-year-old, who lost his battle with cancer. “When Jack would come to town, he would phone me up and we would go for … [Read more...]

Farewell Foundation awaits decision

The Farewell Foundation made their final submissions to Justice Lynn Smith in B.C. Supreme Court yesterday in their bid to go ahead with a civil challenge of the Criminal Code sections pertaining to ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]