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How this Vancouver Downtown Eastside charity helps people give unemployment the boot

How this Vancouver Downtown Eastside charity helps people give unemployment the boot

Working Gear, a non-profit charitable organization on the Downtown Eastside, is helping low-income and/or unemployed men (and some women) get back into the workforce by providing them with appropriate clothing, gear and footwear at no cost.
Vancouver police make arrest related to West End homicide

Vancouver police make arrest related to West End homicide

A 23-year-old Vancouver man is in police custody in relation to a suspicious death in the West End.
B.C. man thanks police officer after being arrested

B.C. man thanks police officer after being arrested

A man arrested this week for theft, robbery, assault and resisting ended up thanking the Victoria police officer who took him into custody.
After 10 job applications and zero interviews, Sikh man says Burnaby discriminated

After 10 job applications and zero interviews, Sikh man says Burnaby discriminated

A Lower Mainland home builder has filed a human rights complaint against the City of Burnaby, saying the city won’t hire him because of his race, colour and religion.
B.C. speculation tax creating housing space, generating revenue, says finance minister

B.C. speculation tax creating housing space, generating revenue, says finance minister

B.C.’s speculation tax is increasing housing stock and generating revenue for housing creation, Finance Minister Carole James said Sept. 12.
So long, sun: Vancouver forecast calling for 7 days of rainfall

So long, sun: Vancouver forecast calling for 7 days of rainfall

While Wednesday saw a brief respite from wet weather, the Vancouver weather forecast calls for a great deal of rainfall this week beginning on Thursday, Sept. 12.
Report warns of 3 Trans Mountain 'hot spots' in Burnaby

Report warns of 3 Trans Mountain 'hot spots' in Burnaby

A new report identified seven “troubling hot spots” along the Trans Mountain pipeline’s proposed route, three of which are in Burnaby.
Richmond trampoline park facing another lawsuit

Richmond trampoline park facing another lawsuit

Another lawsuit has been filed against a Richmond trampoline park, this time by a customer who allegedly got severely injured.
Highway detectors in B.C. are intercepting Bluetooth signals

Highway detectors in B.C. are intercepting Bluetooth signals

The B.C. government has been intercepting Bluetooth signals from technology in people’s vehicles to study traffic patterns but stresses there is no risk of breaches of private data.
Liberal election plane damaged in B.C. after media bus drives under wing

Liberal election plane damaged in B.C. after media bus drives under wing

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's election plane sustained some damage in Victoria after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night.
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