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Janet Austin.Photo: Chung Chow for BIV British Columbia's next lieutenant-governor has a deep background in working with social and government organizations in the province.

The Liberal government is planning to introduce long-promised legislation as early as Tuesday to strengthen controls on the sale, licensing and tracing of guns. A Ottawa hunting store salesperson wipes a shotgun on Tuesday, May 16, 2006.

Cover of British publication The Observer shows AggregateIQ whistleblower Chris Wylie, who was raised in Victoria.

Penny Kerrigan attended the official opening Monday of a temporary refuge centre in the Downtown Eastside for survivors and families expected to attend the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

RCMP say more than a dozen people protesting the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline have been arrested at a construction site in Burnaby, B.C. A B.C.

North Shore News file photo British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man taken into custody in Surrey.

File photo RCMP in Surrey say three men have been arrested after drugs including marijuana and LSD were seized at a home near a high school.

Photo: Wendy Cutler Cherry Blossoms have begun blooming across Vancouver.

Kris Schulz is getting the band together for an afternoon of free guitar lessons at International Village Mall.

Free Nando’s chicken coming to Metro Vancouver this weekend. Image courtesy Nando’s Chicken Do you love Portuguese chicken? Nando’s is offering free flamed-grilled chicken with fries for one day only on Sunday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.