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How long will it take for the Canucks to put Quinn Hughes on the first power play unit?

Canucks coaches Newell Brown and Travis Green were in no rush to put Quinn Hughes on the first power play unit in his five-game audition last season.

Oct 9, 2019 7:30 AM Read more >

Burnaby RCMP units descend on SFU after report of man carrying gun

Burnaby RCMP have arrested a 19-year-old man in relation to an incident that occurred earlier today at Simon Fraser University. Just before 2 p.m.

Oct 8, 2019 5:29 PM Read more >

Did someone find Canuck the Crow’s dead body or is it a hoax?

Rumours are beginning to spread that Canuck the Crow – Vancouver’s unofficial winged ambassador — has been found dead.

Oct 8, 2019 4:33 PM Read more >

Vancouver-Granville candidates spar over housing, opioids, climate change

Five of the six candidates vying for votes were in attendance Monday night

Oct 8, 2019 2:51 PM Read more >

Surrey developer Bob Cheema files defamation suit against Coun. Jack Hundial

Claims states council motion from Hundial erroneously stated Cheema attended meeting between government officials, including Mayor Doug McCallum; instead, Cheema only arranged the meeting, says the Solicitor General’s office

Oct 8, 2019 1:37 PM Read more >

Canada-wide recall of popular infant formula after possible Cronobacter contamination

Loblaw Companies Limited is recalling a popular powdered infant formula from the marketplace due to possible Cronobacter spp. contamination.

Oct 8, 2019 12:45 PM Read more >

Three dogs injured in separate cougar attacks

Despite nicks to her jugular and a fractured skull, the prognosis is good for an 18-kilogram dog that was mauled by a cougar in Langdale on Oct. 4.

Oct 8, 2019 10:57 AM Read more >

Vancouver hotel strike disrupting corporate events

Local strike threatens to drag on longer than the sector’s 24-day job action in 2000

Oct 8, 2019 10:27 AM Read more >

Heather Leung running 'independently' but not as an 'independent,' campaign says

Campaign navigating 'very strange' situation

Oct 8, 2019 9:50 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: Teens want province to tackle ‘throw-away plastic economy’

Charlotte Brady and Anastasia Castro began raising a ruckus about single-use plastics when they were in Grade 8 — a bit younger than Greta Thunberg was when she sat down for her first climate protest.

Oct 8, 2019 6:00 AM Read more >