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We've seen our fair share of it raining cats and dogs lately in Vancouver. But how about it raining rocks?

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart reiterated his call for the federal government to declare a federal health emergency around the opioid crisis.

Three people were shot inside the span of 15 hours, a gang turf war is taking root in the Downtown Eastside, says the VPD.

While it may seem like an outlandish proposition, a development company has inked out a plan to create a massive surf park off the highway to Squamish.

He’ll be giving a presentation, called Under the Surface: Vancouver’s Urban Salmon, as part of Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre’s One Earth Speaker Series.

A national research group recommends health-care providers offer injectable medical-grade heroin or another prescription drug to severely addicted patients if treatment with oral medication has not worked.

B.C.’s government is committing $5 million to allow municipalities to create local initiatives the province hopes will help reduce the overall poverty rate by 25% and the child poverty rate by 50% by 2024.

A young man who broke into a woman’s bedroom and sexually assaulted her when he was 16 - and then racked up 130 reported incidents at the Burnaby Youth Custody Services Centre - has been sentenced to four years in jail.

Vancouver police are investigating three shootings that took place over a 15-hour period in the Downtown Eastside, that have sent four people to hospital.

Travellers without valid government-issued photo ID must produce two pieces of government-issued ID, one of which must include the person’s name and date of birth.