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Recipe Unlimited to phase out plastic straws at its 19 brands by 2019

Recipe Unlimited to phase out plastic straws at its 19 brands by 2019

It's the final straw for plastic at Recipe Unlimited Corporation.
BC Ferries expands Coastal Naturalist education program

BC Ferries expands Coastal Naturalist education program

Photo BC Ferries B.C. Ferries has expanded its Coastal Naturalist Program to select ferry terminals and hired more people for the 2018 summer season.
Children rescued from hot vehicle outside Tsawwassen Mills mall

Children rescued from hot vehicle outside Tsawwassen Mills mall

File photo Police are recommending criminal charges after a father allegedly left his two young children in a vehicle outside a shopping mall in Metro Vancouver on Canada Day.
Burnaby firefighter who got fired after posing with Hells Angels being defended by union

Burnaby firefighter who got fired after posing with Hells Angels being defended by union

Burnaby firefighter Nick Elmes, right, poses with members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. The Burnaby firefighters union is pushing back against the firing of one of its members after he posed with three Hells Angels for a photo on social media.
Metro Vancouver detached homes enter a buyer’s market

Metro Vancouver detached homes enter a buyer’s market

The detached-home pendulum has swung into a buyer’s market, according to the monthly stats report from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV), released July 4.
Strathcona Artisan Market aims to empower low-income residents

Strathcona Artisan Market aims to empower low-income residents

Photo Contributed The 2nd annual Strathcona Artisan Market (SAM) will feature 40 vendors selling a variety of handmade goods made by low-income residents in the Downtown Eastside and Strathcona neighbourhoods.
Age of Aquarius I ends as museum seeks substitute home for submersible

Age of Aquarius I ends as museum seeks substitute home for submersible

If all else fails, this 1973-era submersible may be put up for public auction. The North Vancouver Museum & Archives is looking for a new home for the sub, which was designed to be used at trade shows in the 1970s.
Hit-and-run sends Burnaby Mountie to hospital

Hit-and-run sends Burnaby Mountie to hospital

Police line/Shutterstock Burnaby RCMP is looking for a gray Dodge Nitro SUV suspected in a hit-and-run that sent a local Mountie to hospital with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday morning.
UPDATED: [WED 11:57] Bodies of missing hikers located at Shannon Falls

UPDATED: [WED 11:57] Bodies of missing hikers located at Shannon Falls

Shannon Falls. Photo Shutterstock Underwater dive teams were at work on Wednesday morning to recover the bodies of the three people who dropped 30 metres from the top of Shannon Falls.
Learn some sweet kung fu moves and how to film it

Learn some sweet kung fu moves and how to film it

Matthias Klenk is leading two months’ worth of instruction in kung fu and kung fu filmmaking out of the Moberly Arts Centre beginning July 7.