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Photo Pexels From wedding dresses to summer apparel, consumers planning to add new items to their wardrobes are being warned to watch out for knock-off brand name merchandise that is increasingly tricking online shoppers.

Photo Shutterstock University of B.C. economics professor Marina Adshade argues that sex robots could improve marriages by making them more about love and less about sex.

In this Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003 file photo, a whale is hauled on a fishing boat after it was killed in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Iceland.

The night before Vancouver’s 4/20 celebrations, CBC is hosting a panel for kids and parents to discuss marijuana-related issues.

Cedar George-Parker addresses the crowd as protesters opposed to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline extension defy a court order and block an entrance to the company’s property, in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday April 7, 2018.

Photo: STEWART BLACK/FLICKR.COM The provincial government is considering legislation that would add sharper teeth to child and spousal support enforcement.

Sylvie Zhao A Richmond realtor has been fined after tricking a buyer to display a New Coast Realty “sold” sign outside the property for a year.

A judge in British Columbia has stayed assault charges against three Mounties accused of pepper spraying a man in custody, saying lengthy delays in getting the cases to trial have violated their charter rights. A written ruling says RCMP Cpl.

The Senate committee on National Finance hears from Jean-Denis Frechette, Parliamentary Budget Officer, during a meeting on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.

Promotional staff watch a man as he enters a pop-up installation from the mattress company Casper aimed at encouraging the public to use “nap rooms,” equipped with their mattresses, in Toronto on Friday August 19, 2016.