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Save-On-Foods also offering $25 bread price-fixing reward

Save-On-Foods also offering $25 bread price-fixing reward

Save-On-Foods is now offering their customers $25 each as compensation in response to the Loblaws bread price-fixing scandal.
17 assisted death patients turned away from Catholic hospitals in Vancouver

17 assisted death patients turned away from Catholic hospitals in Vancouver

St Paul’s Hospital. Photo Shutterstock Two incidents in British Columbia have renewed a debate about whether faith-based health institutions that receive public funding should be allowed to opt out of offering medical assistance in dying.
Opioid addiction an often-hidden problem in the South Asian community

Opioid addiction an often-hidden problem in the South Asian community

Dr. Rupinder Brar, an addictions specialist, poses for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday January 9, 2018. A medical clinic in B.C.
Vancouver breaks visitor record for fourth consecutive year

Vancouver breaks visitor record for fourth consecutive year

Vancouver gets approximately 230 cruise ship calls annually. Photograph By TOURISM VANCOUVER/BARBERSHOP FILMS 2014 was a banner year for tourism in Vancouver. 2015 was even better. 2016 pushed the bar even higher with 10 million visitors.
North Vancouver icon Lonsdale "Q" sign replaced

North Vancouver icon Lonsdale "Q" sign replaced

Crews prepare to install the next generation Q sign at North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Quay. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News It’s out with the old and in with the Q.
Hot Tub Cinema is coming to town with booze-filled tubs and film screenings

Hot Tub Cinema is coming to town with booze-filled tubs and film screenings

An Australia-based group is putting together an interesting event that's coming to Vancouver in May of 2018.
Illegal ride-hailing underway in B.C. while government reconsiders laws

Illegal ride-hailing underway in B.C. while government reconsiders laws

Shutterstock As the British Columbia government explores the potential impact of allowing ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, a number of such services have already been operating illegally in the province.
City of Burnaby demands removal of porta-potties from pipeline protest camp

City of Burnaby demands removal of porta-potties from pipeline protest camp

Protesters on Burnaby Mountain ran into some porta-potty problems this week. The City of Burnaby does not allow them on public lands. Above, Douglas Fugge near Shellmont Street and Underhill Avenue.
City misses goal of 600 modular housing units for homeless before winter

City misses goal of 600 modular housing units for homeless before winter

City’s goal was to open 600 modular housing units before winter
Judge denies bail for Jamie Bacon, accused of counselling murder of individual

Judge denies bail for Jamie Bacon, accused of counselling murder of individual

A British Columbia judge has denied bail to Jamie Bacon, who is accused of counselling the murder of an individual. Bacon's lawyer has said he pleaded not guilty to the charge and he is scheduled to have his trial heard by a jury in April.
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