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Can they search your phone at the Canadian border?

Can they search your phone at the Canadian border?

What are the rules around the Canada Border Services Agency officers searching your devices? It is important information to know, especially given the current political climate in the U.S.
B.C. overdose deaths drop in June, more than 100 still dying each month

B.C. overdose deaths drop in June, more than 100 still dying each month

Photo Dan Toulgoet The latest overdose statistics in British Columbia show a dip in the number of suspected illicit drug deaths in June compared with the same month a year earlier, but the death toll remains high.
UBC study: half of the garbage on Vancouver's shorelines is cigarettes

UBC study: half of the garbage on Vancouver's shorelines is cigarettes

Photo Shutterstock Cigarettes make up about 50 per cent of the litter found on Vancouver's shorelines, according to a new study from UBC.
Three men aboard float plane when it crashed in B.C. lake: RCMP

Three men aboard float plane when it crashed in B.C. lake: RCMP

Photo Shutterstock Mounties say three men were aboard a small float plane when it crashed into a British Columbia lake on Wednesday. Staff Sgt.
Body of missing Metro Vancouver man found on Washington beach

Body of missing Metro Vancouver man found on Washington beach

A body recovered from Neptune Beach in Washington state has been identified as a Richmond man who went missing from a float home in Ladner in April.
Survey: Vancouverites point to foreign buyers for causing housing crisis

Survey: Vancouverites point to foreign buyers for causing housing crisis

Photo Pexels An Insights West survey reveals that nine out of 10 Metro Vancouver residents agree the region is facing a housing crisis and 84 per cent agree that it is being caused by foreign home buyers.
Man barricades himself inside Denny's, reportedly threatens to blow up the restaurant (UPDATED)

Man barricades himself inside Denny's, reportedly threatens to blow up the restaurant (UPDATED)

Kamloops Mounties are currently on scene at the downtown Denny’s after a man barricaded himself early this morning.
Mayoral candidate Wai Young calls for ‘mutual respect’ policy aimed at cyclists, motorists

Mayoral candidate Wai Young calls for ‘mutual respect’ policy aimed at cyclists, motorists

Coalition Vancouver mayoral candidate Wai Young promised Wednesday to re-train 50 per cent of the city’s parking enforcement officers so they can hand out tickets to cyclists, pedestrians and motorists who break the law.
One dead, one missing after float plane crashes on B.C. lake, police say

One dead, one missing after float plane crashes on B.C. lake, police say

[caption id="attachment_272606" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Photo Shutterstock[/caption] RCMP say one person has died and another is missing after a float plane crashed on a remote lake in Gold Bridge, B.C.
Police watchdog clears VPD in dog bite case involving innocent man

Police watchdog clears VPD in dog bite case involving innocent man

The province’s police watchdog has cleared Vancouver officers of any wrongdoing in an incident involving a police dog that attacked an innocent man during an arrest in New Westminster.