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Vancouver missing person reports dominate 1,380 VPD calls to modular housing for homeless

Vancouver missing person reports dominate 1,380 VPD calls to modular housing for homeless

Ten temporary modular housing sites built in Vancouver to house people who were previously homeless generated 1,380 police calls over the first eight months of this year.
Missing hiker found safe after spending night on North Vancouver mountain

Missing hiker found safe after spending night on North Vancouver mountain

Rescue crews have found a missing female hiker safe after she was stranded overnight in the backcountry of Crown Mountain in North Vancouver.
B.C. premier to discuss state of logging road bus took before deadly crash

B.C. premier to discuss state of logging road bus took before deadly crash

British Columbia Premier John Horgan is expected to meet with Indigenous leaders on Vancouver Island next week to discuss the state of a treacherous logging road where two students died in a bus crash.
B.C. conservation officers can decide a bear's fate but who decides theirs?

B.C. conservation officers can decide a bear's fate but who decides theirs?

BCCOS is developing an external oversight mechanism that would deal with complaints about its officers' actions, according to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
This is how Vancouver students are taking action against climate change (PHOTOS)

This is how Vancouver students are taking action against climate change (PHOTOS)

Hundreds of students took to the streets of downtown Vancouver Friday afternoon for a “die-in” kicking off a week of action against climate change.
B.C. motorists’ privacy protected under webcam rules: ministry

B.C. motorists’ privacy protected under webcam rules: ministry

While police routinely seek B.C. highway camera surveillance footage, the provincial government says the cameras aren’t capable of providing information that could violate anyone’s privacy.
Odds are good that most B.C. residents view gambling favourably

Odds are good that most B.C. residents view gambling favourably

Research Co. asked British Columbians earlier this month about their gambling habits and perceptions.
Vancouver police chief defends role of officers in Downtown Eastside drug scene

Vancouver police chief defends role of officers in Downtown Eastside drug scene

Police Chief Adam Palmer is defending his department’s role in the Downtown Eastside after a study released Wednesday says policing strategies were creating barriers for drug users to access overdose prevention sites.
Surgical wait lists in B.C. at record-breaking high levels

Surgical wait lists in B.C. at record-breaking high levels

Surgical wait lists have hit alarming, record-breaking levels in the province according to the BC Anesthesiologists' Society.
Dazzling full "hunter" moon to illuminate Metro Vancouver skies

Dazzling full "hunter" moon to illuminate Metro Vancouver skies

Since the harvest moon took place in September this year, the full hunter moon will take place on Sunday, October 13.
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