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Cannabis legalization has been better for California than for B.C.

Cannabis legalization has been better for California than for B.C.

San Francisco and Vancouver share a long and rich parallel history, and their paths to cannabis legalization had been similar, until recently.
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Endangered frog making a comeback in B.C.

Endangered frog making a comeback in B.C.

Efforts to conserve the local population of Oregon spotted frogs, the most endangered amphibian in Canada, took a leap in the right direction last week.
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Meet ‘Oscar,’ the garbage sorting bot using artificial intelligence at YVR

Meet ‘Oscar,’ the garbage sorting bot using artificial intelligence at YVR

Vancouver International Airport is hoping to eliminate any confusion with the use of its new artificial intelligence enabled waste bin,
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Lucky Lager, Lionel Richie and community love on display at awards gala

Lucky Lager, Lionel Richie and community love on display at awards gala

The event is called the Ma Murray Awards, named after “Canada’s crusty queen of publishing” (as she was called in the latest book to be written about her).
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U.S. Porsche driver arrested, released as probe continues into fatal Peace Arch border crash

U.S. Porsche driver arrested, released as probe continues into fatal Peace Arch border crash

RCMP say a man from Washington state has been arrested and released from custody as the investigation continues into a deadly crash near the Peace Arch border crossing.
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Rogers Media buys Vancouver-based podcast company Pacific Content

Rogers Media buys Vancouver-based podcast company Pacific Content

Rogers Media (NYSE: RCI) has purchased Pacific Content, a Vancouver-based sponsored-content podcast company, for an undisclosed amount.
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Peace Arch border crossing re-opens following fatal crash

Peace Arch border crossing re-opens following fatal crash

The Peace Arch border crossing re-opened to travellers entering Canada early Friday morning following a deadly crash that claimed one life on Thursday.
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Police killed both man and woman in B.C. hostage-taking in March: investigators

Police killed both man and woman in B.C. hostage-taking in March: investigators

A man and a female hostage died of gunshots fired by police after officers entered a home following an overnight standoff in March, says B.C.'s police watchdog.
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Vancouver police looking for witnesses in Downtown Eastside assault

Vancouver police looking for witnesses in Downtown Eastside assault

Vancouver police are looking for witnesses after a possible assault last weekend in the Downtown Eastside.
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$3.5M “cat trauma” lawsuit against Burnaby co-op dismissed

$3.5M “cat trauma” lawsuit against Burnaby co-op dismissed

A woman suing a Burnaby housing co-op for “cat trauma” and other damages has lost an appeal in B.C. Supreme Court.
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