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Year-over-year declines in home sales across the province, combined with a jump in listings inventory, have put most of B.C. regions back into balanced-market territory, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association.

A corpse flower blooms at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, July 12, 2018. A unique and exotic tropical plant, acclaimed for its size and abhorred for its smell, is blooming at a Vancouver conservatory.

Photo Shutterstock An international erotic bike film festival returns to Vancouver one last time on July 26. Get ready for Bike Smut 9: Science Friction featuring D.I.Y.

Lower Falls on Gold Creek in Golden Ears Provincial Park. It’s unclear if this is the waterfall the men were swept off of.

Photo Shutterstock Fraser Riverkeeper and Swim Drink Fish Canada have launched a citizen science initiative to monitor E.coli levels in Vancouver's False Creek. “Everyone should have access to swimmable drinkable fishable water.

Photo Bob Kronbauer A campfire ban will go into effect starting at noon on Wednesday, July 18th (tomorrow). All open fires will be prohibited in the Coastal Region except for the fog zone (West Coast of Vancouver Island) and Haida Gwaii.

File photo A 48-year-old Langley man allegedly caught taking pictures of a woman in a BCIT washroom Monday afternoon was held by students until officers arrived to arrest him, according to police. Burnaby RCMP got a report at about 12:20 p.m.

RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington leaves court during a lunch break at his perjury trial in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday March 10, 2014.

Photo Pexels The City of Vancouver is introducing a Park Until feature on the PayByPhone parking app to help reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road.

Photo Melissa Shaw A group of youth that have aged out of foster care are advocating for barrier-free funding from the B.C. government that extends from age 19 to age 25.