Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan is drawing on the Greek philosophy of Stoicism and the Christian tradition to deal with his grief over losing the vote to run for a second term as mayor.

VANCOUVER - Fecal coliform counts in False Creek are off the scale, prompting Vancouver health officials to issue an unprecedented warning to recreational boaters.

DELTA - They have tried legal appeals, petitions and using their cars as blockades.

Kim Manky struck her blow for the Little Guy last Friday.

METRO VANCOUVER - A man charged with assault in connection with the beating of a man at a pay telephone booth in Langley is seeking bail.

METRO VANCOUVER - A 19-year-old University of B.C. student who was a math and biology whiz in high school has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two campus lockdowns at UBC last winter.

VICTORIA - RCMP and the coroners service are investigating the discovery of a body found in the Gorge Waterway early Thursday evening.

EDMONTON -- The new Alberta-wide 10-digit telephone dialing campaign is a success, according to Telus, with the company reporting that 82 per cent of land-line, local calls in Alberta and B.C. are now being dialed with area codes.

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SURREY - Three teenagers -- including two girls -- and an adult charged in the beating and stabbing death of another Surrey teen appeared in provincial Court Friday.

The Vancouver Sun's daily feature from all-traffic station AM730 to help readers with their commuting. Look to this space each day to find information on major road closures and continuing construction to avoid:

The average weekly wage in B.C. placed third among provinces in 2008, outperforming the national average. Here are the top six provinces in weekly wages per worker:

If you are of first nations ancestry, share your family's journey over the last 150 years. Did your family travel or stay in one area? What types of traditions and legends, wisdom from family elders or languages still spoken have been passed down through this time?

Share the best of your summer and you could win an adventure vacation for four.

MAPLE RIDGE - Jackson Farm may be saved from development after all.

Place your grad photos online and you could win a laptop with a wireless printer or an MP3 video player. Submit your stories, photos, tributes and memories at VancouverSun.com/grad2008.

HOME AND NATIVE LAND: The idea was to find some cheap gas in Canada after the B.C. government's carbon tax cut in on Canada Day. But the search resulted in something much more valuable -- a big-hearted demonstration of what Canada and Canadians are all about.

Students in public high schools across the province will all get a taste of Canadian literature this coming school year.

VANCOUVER - The Pacific National Exhibition has begun interviewing potential employees as it looks to fill 1,200 jobs for the annual fair.

A body recovered from Lynn Creek Friday morning has been identified as 26-year-old Andrew Koch, police said.