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Drug overdose deaths decrease across B.C. for third straight month

Drug overdose deaths decrease across B.C. for third straight month

Drug overdose deaths continue to decrease across the province, and the Vancouver numbers in particular are striking.
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Have your say: How would you like to see areas around the Broadway Subway develop?

Have your say: How would you like to see areas around the Broadway Subway develop?

The City of Vancouver is calling on the community to tell them how they’d like to see the neighbourhoods surrounding the Broadway Subway line take shape in the future.
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Downtown Eastside hotel owners launch court challenge against City of Vancouver

Downtown Eastside hotel owners launch court challenge against City of Vancouver

Owners of two derelict hotels in the Downtown Eastside — the Regent and the Balmoral — are fighting Vancouver city council’s decision last month to expropriate both buildings for $1 each.
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TransLink releasing a limited number of 'Compass Mini' cards tomorrow

TransLink releasing a limited number of 'Compass Mini' cards tomorrow

The transit authority expands payment options with the introduction of the Compass Mini, which looks just like a small Compass Card.
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B.C. is preparing for the future with a new electric vehicles mechanics program

B.C. is preparing for the future with a new electric vehicles mechanics program

The BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) plans to launch a new electric vehicle maintenance training program for mechanics in the New Year, following the completion of a training pilot program conducted with the City of Vancouver.
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Your natural gas bill will be going down in 2020 across B.C.

Your natural gas bill will be going down in 2020 across B.C.

Natural gas bills will be going down for most of the province in 2020.
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Former B.C. mayor sentenced to two years less a day for sexual offences

Former B.C. mayor sentenced to two years less a day for sexual offences

The former mayor of a B.C. town has been sentenced to two years less a day for sexual offences involving four boys under the age of 16.
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If you lost your cocaine at a B.C. grocery store, police want to talk to you

If you lost your cocaine at a B.C. grocery store, police want to talk to you

Police were called Wednesday morning by an employee at a grocery store in the eastern central Vancouver Island area who had found a suspicious baggie in the produce aisle.
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This formerly homeless chef now helps prepare 2,500 meals for UGM's Christmas Dinner

This formerly homeless chef now helps prepare 2,500 meals for UGM's Christmas Dinner

On Saturday, formerly homeless Vancouver chef Mike Miller will be busy in Union Gospel Mission’s kitchen helping to prepare the charity’s annual holiday feast.
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'They are taxis': Burnaby to charge ride-hailing cars same fees as cabs

'They are taxis': Burnaby to charge ride-hailing cars same fees as cabs

The City of Burnaby plans to put ride-hailing services on a level playing field with taxis by requiring a business licence to operate in the city.
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