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The VPD rescue a man on a broken down mobility scooter in the middle of 2nd Avenue in Vancouver. Photo Richard Schell. V.I.A. reader Richard Schell sent in the above photograph and a pretty great story to go with it.

Two Vancouver athletes were among six in the region this week honoured in the 2019 Premier’s Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport.

A group of 200 Richmond residents have coordinated a search effort for Sengfeng Zhou, who has been missing since Wednesday.

The union representing 900 SkyTrain workers and their employer are returning to the bargaining table, as another Metro Vancouver transit union remains poised to strike next week.

North of Kamloops, there's a pile of spuds sitting in the mud, but don't bother eating them, because they're mostly duds.

An annual program is returning this Christmas, giving Vancouverites the chance to bring a little holiday cheer to local seniors.

Bowing to public pressure, Maynards auctions has pulled all the Nazi memorabilia it had planned to put up for auction in Richmond on Saturday.

Last year, Research Co. started tracking the perceptions of Canadians on the “state of driving” in their municipality. At the time, the collective responses outlined a pessimistic public that was dissatisfied at having to report a high frequency of regrettable behaviours.

TransLink has confirmed that 10 SeaBus sailings will be cancelled tomorrow as a result of the transit strike issued by Unifor.

Its statement of claim reveals a sordid tale of alleged corporate scheming that scuttled Jetlines’ ability to get necessary financing.