Entertainment, Media & Sports

Thirteen years after Vancouver 2010, Canada’s sport system at a crossroads and in crisis

While dreams of a 2030 Winter Olympics in Canada have not died, advocates say the country must first grapple with its crisis in sport

Feb 13, 2023 10:50 AM Read more >

Opinion: World Cup costs leave taxpayers scratching their heads

Taxpayers will be on the hook for about half a million dollars for every minute of game time in the World Cup games in Vancouver.

Feb 10, 2023 3:23 PM Read more >

BC Place planning suite expansion for FIFA 2026 World Cup

When BC Place Stadium hosted the Women’s World Cup in 2015, FIFA’s contract prohibited the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame from opening on match days.

Feb 10, 2023 9:07 AM Read more >

Netflix Canada begins password sharing crackdown, additional members cost $7.99

TORONTO — Netflix Canada is rolling out its long-anticipated plans to crack down on password sharing.

Feb 8, 2023 12:43 PM Read more >

Opinion: For better or worse, stories create histories not easily rewritten

In listening to the audiobook of Spare , the autobiography by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, I can hear in his narration a certain fear and loathing of the paparazzi and tabloid editors, the “paps” and the “tabs.

Feb 7, 2023 12:22 PM Read more >

Prince George to host the 2025 Special Olympics B.C. Summer Games

The event is expected to draw approximately 1,100 athletes competing in 10 sports.

Feb 6, 2023 9:21 PM Read more >

Accommodation tax will soften the blow for Vancouver’s big FIFA bill

The $230 million estimate is subject to change and include $52 million for contingency and inflation.

Jan 29, 2023 2:15 PM Read more >

Steveston businesses lose real world battle over fantasy TV show, with Disney stuck in middle

Once upon a time, not so long ago, two tenants fought with their landlord over payments from Disney for the filming of hit fairytale TV show OUAT

Jan 26, 2023 8:32 PM Read more >

Postmedia shuffles editors day after announcing 11 per cent of staff to be laid off

TORONTO — A Postmedia Network Corp. memo obtained by The Canadian Press shows the newspaper publisher has shuffled editors of its Prairies papers a day after it announced 11 per cent of staff would be laid off.

Jan 25, 2023 12:44 PM Read more >

Hockey’s Connor Bedard: The buzz, business and benefits

How Vancouver’s homegrown superstar could have a local impact

Jan 24, 2023 3:25 PM Read more >