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Plastic straws/Shutterstock Results of a new survey indicate that most Vancouverites are in favour of city council's decision to ban plastic straws , foam cups and containers by June 1, 2019. The online survey conducted by Research Co.

With the number of near-misses on the rise, police and port officials are bracing for some busy nights on the water as the annual Honda Celebration of Light looms.

Photograph By KELVIN GAWLEY The City of Burnaby is hoping a B.C. Supreme Court judge will give it the power to forcibly evict an encampment of pipeline protesters.

Delta police recovered the body of a male from the Fraser River Thursday morning in the 8200-block of River Road in Ladner.

A female killer whale is seen in the waters off Vancouver Island pushing the body of her newborn calf in this July 25, 2018, handout photo. Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at The Centre for Whale Research in Friday Harbour, Wash.

Photo Shutterstock Another baby Buble has arrived. Singer Michael Buble and actress Luisana Lopilato have welcomed their first daughter, who is the couple's third child. Vida Amber Betty was born Wednesday in Vancouver. She is 6 pounds, 1 ounce.

Photo GVBT Talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres will be coming to Vancouver for a moderated Q&A conversation on October 19 at the Rogers Arena.

TransLink has found a new famous face to voice its transit announcements. In a tweet, the transit operator confirmed that Vancouver-born actor Seth Rogen had taken on the job. "Hey Vancouver it's Seth.

Photo BCLC One lucky Vancouver woman is in a state of shock and disbelief after learning she has won a record-breaking $400,000 Keno & Keno Bonus retail prize.

The City of Vancouver will have to spend roughly $1 billion over the next 82 years on infrastructure to prepare for an anticipated sea level rise of at least one metre by the year 2100, city council heard Wednesday.