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Shutterstock A Vancouver company called Buddybuild just announced that they've been acquired by Apple.

File photo of Vancouver firefighters at work: Bob Kronbauer A Vancouver firefighter is in hospital after being injured while attending a call early Tuesday.

Goodbye 2017... Once again, we had the pleasure of writing about all the strange, wonderful and incredible stories that came out of B.C. in this past year.

Guy Heywood (left) and Amal Hasan, volunteer co-ordinator with North Shore Neighbourhood House, join Jon Kempf in going over 10 years of back tax returns. The volunteer tax help program helped Kempf get back on his feet.

Tip: a bedsheet really comes in handy

A smoky haze hung over Vancouver and the Lower Mainland for a record number of days this summer. Metro Vancouver issued five different air quality advisories spanning 19 days.

Post-Christmas bargain hunting. Photo Shutterstock As shoppers search for the best post-Christmas deals, a study by the University of British Columbia has found bargain hunters tend to dehumanize customer service staff.

Photo Surrey RCMP RCMP in Surrey, B.C., are searching for a man who managed to give his police guard the slip and escape from a Metro Vancouver hospital while still wearing handcuffs.

Olivia set to comfortably claim top girls’ name in B.C. for second year in a row

Photo BC Government Changes are being made to the Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums that will see fees cut by 50% beginning Jan. 1, 2018 and the income threshold for exemptions increased.