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Event billed as tourism promotion

Free tours of Mountain View Cemetery run Sept. 6 and Oct. 11

It seems North Americans can’t get enough of dressing in white to picnic on wine and gourmet food in a secret location.

My wife got me hooked on Instagram . I was about to take a cross Canada road trip a few years ago, and she thought it would be the perfect time for me to sign up and document the trip through posted photographs.

Talks between Killarney Community Association and city stalled again

Roland Clarke, 46, is the coordinator of the Downtown Eastside street market. He is overseeing the transition of the market from Pigeon Park to a site at 501 Powell St., near Oppenheimer Park.

B.C. Ferries is temporarily slashing off-peak passenger fares across its fleet. Fares will be discounted by 50 per cent during certain off-peak periods Sept. 8 to Oct. 15, said chief executive Mike Corrigan.

Indulge your Jurassic World and superhero fantasies too

If you hear Pacific National Exhibition bosses singing “Taxman” by the Beatles, it’s not because Saturday’s opening of the annual fair coincides with the 51st anniversary of the Fab Four’s historic Empire Stadium concert.

Solar-powered warning lights added to crosswalk