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Hockey commentator Don Cherry is shown in Toronto on February 15, 2011. Cherry says he’s frustrated about the lack of visible poppies being worn by new Canadians ahead of Remembrance Day.

Photo: FILE PHOTO/PIQUE NEWSMAGAZINE Something to note if you are planning to head north past Whistler this weekend, drivers.

British Columbia's rental housing crisis goes far beyond factoring the impact of short-term rentals, say housing experts who say more building is needed to help families find affordable homes.

Hockey commentator Don Cherry is shown in Toronto on February 15, 2011. Cherry says he’s frustrated about the lack of visible poppies being worn by new Canadians ahead of Remembrance Day.

Students from St. Mary's elementary school, St. Francis de Sales, St. Catherine’s Langley and St. Helen’s School joined soldiers from the 39th Brigade to place poppies at veterans’ gravesites at Mountain View Cemetery on Wednesday.

At 106, the Port Coquitlam resident is one of the country’s oldest war heroes, having served for nearly three decades with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and the Royal Canadian Air Force until his retirement on April 30, 1962.

Burnaby teen Kingston Z. Walters - a.k.a King Zoom the Vegan Kid - is a 15-year-old animal activist who is garnering international attention.

Earthquakes Canada says three quakes, ranging from 4.5 to 4.7 magnitude, struck about 50 kilometres south of the Village of Queen Charlotte.

Commuters who rely on a busy pedestrian ferry connecting Vancouver to the North Shore are enjoying a reprieve from cancellations.

Trans Mountain released a new video showing the pace of work so far on projects related to the pipeline in Burnaby.