Vancouver Sun media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Vancouver Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Vancouver Sun biased?
The rating organisations do not give Vancouver Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Vancouver Sun left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Vancouver Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Vancouver Sun reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Vancouver Sun are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Vancouver Sun has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Vancouver Sun’s own report linked underneath.
Several First Nations in British Columbia are challenging the federal government's decision to designate the Pacific Link pipeline as a project of national interest. They argue this designation circumvents the legal duty to consult and accommodate them before project approval.
Vancouver Sun reported it asB.C. First Nations file court challenge against the proposed Pacific Link pipeline (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The federal government has designated the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta, B.C., as a 'project of national interest'. This move is intended to accelerate trade capacity expansion and diversify Canada's trade routes, with commercial operations expected to begin sooner.
Vancouver Sun reported it asFeds list Port of Vancouver's $5.9 billion Roberts Bank Terminal 2 as project of national interest (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Vancouver Sun reported it asSir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men star with Vancouver ties, dies at 86 (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservative Party has won a majority government, leading to the resignation of BC NDP leader David Eby. Eby was re-elected in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding.
Vancouver Sun reported it asB.C. NDP Leader David Eby resigns after election defeat (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The U.S. Department of Commerce has set total import taxes on Canadian softwood lumber at almost 35 percent. The BC Lumber Trade Council said this figure is a reduction from the 45 percent rate announced last August, but still represents a significant burden.
Vancouver Sun reported it asReduced softwood lumber duties hardly a relief for B.C. as dispute drags on (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservatives have dropped candidate Jordan McIntosh after accusations of offensive social media posts that allegedly minimized aspects of the Holocaust. This marks the second time the party has removed a candidate over online remarks.
Vancouver Sun reported it asB.C. Conservatives cut ties with another candidate over social media controversy (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
Kimberly Polman has pleaded guilty to leaving Canada to participate in the activities of a terrorist group. She was repatriated to Canada in 2022 after nearly four years in a Syrian detention camp. Her trial was scheduled to begin in November 2026.
Vancouver Sun reported it asSquamish woman who wed ISIS fighter pleads guilty in B.C. to terrorism charge (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservatives have dropped candidate Joachim Agou for the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding due to social media posts. The posts included derogatory comments about Pakistan and a driver who struck pro-Palestinian protesters. The party leader stated there is no excuse for the remarks.
Vancouver Sun reported it asB.C. Conservatives drop, distance themselves from Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after controversial tweets surface (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby has promised to suspend a portion of the provincial gas tax and implement measures to curb corporate price gouging. The plan aims to provide drivers with significant savings at the pump.
Vancouver Sun reported it asB.C. NDP promise to lower gas tax and introduce price controls. Will it lower price at the pump? (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
LNG Canada's partners have approved a $33 billion Phase 2 expansion, which will double the facility's production capacity to 28 million tonnes of LNG per year. The project is expected to create up to 4,000 construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions.
Vancouver Sun reported it asLNG Canada's Phase 2 switches from plan to project under construction with decision (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The FBI is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar. He is accused of orchestrating the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and has been added to the FBI's most-wanted fugitive list.
Vancouver Sun reported it asFugitive and alleged killer of Surrey Sikh leader added to FBI's Most Wanted list (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The Fleetwood Islamic Academy Society in Surrey, British Columbia, reported vandalism including threatening graffiti and raw bacon between 11 p.m. on 30 August and 5 a.m. on 31 August 2026. RCMP are investigating the incident as a hate crime. British Columbia’s attorney general condemned the act.
Vancouver Sun reported it asVandal leaves threats, bacon on Fleetwood Islamic Centre in Surrey (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
Three federal byelections took place on Monday, including one in the Liberal stronghold of Beaches, East York in Toronto. These elections were held to fill seats in Parliament that had recently become vacant.
Vancouver Sun reported it asVoters go to the polls in North Vancouver-Capilano federal byelection (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
The CANXPORT export logistics facility has officially opened at the Port of Prince Rupert. The $750 million project aims to increase the transfer of Canadian products from rail to containers for global markets.
Vancouver Sun reported it as'Timing is fortuitous': New Prince Rupert port facility adds Canadian export capacity just as trade war heats up (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
England and Wales have withdrawn support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino over plans to sell minority stakes in FIFA Forward Enterprises, valued at $20bn, to private equity. The Scottish FA has not commented, while its president chairs FIFA’s Finance Committee.
Vancouver Sun reported it asAs Carney joins anti-Infantino chorus, Canada Soccer still cautious (opens Vancouver Sun in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Postmedia NetworkMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
- Leon CoopermanBillionaireparent group
- AllianzCorporationparent group
- Chatham Asset ManagementPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Official site
- vancouversun.com
- Seen publishing on
- vancouversun.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 15
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
15 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 14 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Vancouver Sun ran the story anyway.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Vancouver Sun’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 11 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 7 October 2026.
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