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West End apartment fire caused by 'self-heating oil' rags left on balcony

West End apartment fire caused by 'self-heating oil' rags left on balcony

Sunday’s fire that sent black smoke billowing from a West End high-rise was caused by leftover rags soaked with linseed oil.
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Metro Vancouver business posts photo of KKK hooded beer cans 'lynching' a brown bottle

Metro Vancouver business posts photo of KKK hooded beer cans 'lynching' a brown bottle

A Coquitlam delivery company has been slammed on social media for posting a picture of three beer cans donning white paper hoods ‘lynching’ a brown beer bottle.
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This Vancouver market is handing out embarrassing plastic bags to customers

This Vancouver market is handing out embarrassing plastic bags to customers

This Vancouver market on Main Street is handing out embarrasing plastic bags to discourage people from using harmful single-use plastics.
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Pride flag hung at a Metro Vancouver church defaced

Pride flag hung at a Metro Vancouver church defaced

It’s an act of hate the community won’t tolerate. The pride flag was hung at the church last Thursday but someone has splattered it with black paint, ruining the flag.
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Nazi graffiti left on a Metro Vancouver trail

Nazi graffiti left on a Metro Vancouver trail

Swastikas were spray painted along the Central Valley Greenway trail between North Road and Cariboo Road.
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City of Surrey releases costly projection for new police department

City of Surrey releases costly projection for new police department

The City of Surrey released its Surrey Policing Transition Plan on Monday, June 3, and it includes an annual operating cost increase of 10.9% in 2021.
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This interactive map shows how much higher B.C. gas prices are than the rest of Canada (MAP)

This interactive map shows how much higher B.C. gas prices are than the rest of Canada (MAP)

While Metro Vancouver gas prices dropped considerably over the weekend, the province still pays a great deal more for fuel than the rest of the country.
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This adorable deer traveled wildly across Vancouver into Gastown (Video & Photos)

This adorable deer traveled wildly across Vancouver into Gastown (Video & Photos)

From Commercial Drive to an alleyway in Gastown, one young deer made a decidedly unusual urban trek across Vancouver on Saturday, June 1.
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All Canadians have a role to play in ending MMIW 'genocide,' report says

All Canadians have a role to play in ending MMIW 'genocide,' report says

The chief commissioner of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls told survivors and families on Monday they have started to rewrite Canadian history.
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Young bear hit and killed by SkyTrain 'was in the wrong place at the wrong time'

Young bear hit and killed by SkyTrain 'was in the wrong place at the wrong time'

A young bear was hit and killed by a SkyTrain travelling along the Millennium Line Friday, May 31.
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