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Vancouver condo developer's project in Squamish gets denied

Vancouver condo developer's project in Squamish gets denied

Photo: HALEY RITCHIE Council voted to turn down the Garibaldi Springs development proposal at third reading on Tuesday evening.
Vancouver realtors, developers told ‘the end is nigh’

Vancouver realtors, developers told ‘the end is nigh’

Photo: Rob Kruyt High-profile real estate developers, marketing executives and real estate agents are bracing for a sustained downturn in the housing market after sales in April – usually one of the most active months of the year – plunged by double-
North Van is reconsidering its $200 fine for jumping off wharfs

North Van is reconsidering its $200 fine for jumping off wharfs

A group of teens leap from the wharf in Deep Cove in July 2015.
Canuck the crow is on the front page of our weekly paper

Canuck the crow is on the front page of our weekly paper

V.I.A.’s print thing for Thursday May 10th First things first: yes, we have a weekly paper. Not quite a newspaper, our "print thing" as I call it is a 1-2 pager that comes out every week and is delivered to apartments and condos downtown.
Snoop Dogg is connected to the world's largest pot greenhouse, located in B.C.

Snoop Dogg is connected to the world's largest pot greenhouse, located in B.C.

Snoop Dogg. Photo Shutterstock Snoop Dogg will have a connection with the cannabis business in the Lower Mainland.
North Coast oil tanker ban one step closer to becoming law

North Coast oil tanker ban one step closer to becoming law

Photo Shutterstock Legislation to ban tankers carrying over 12,500 metric tons (MT) of oil from stopping, loading or unloading at ports along the North Coast of B.C. has passed the House of Commons in a 204-85 vote.
B.C. is going to be home to the world’s biggest pot greenhouse

B.C. is going to be home to the world’s biggest pot greenhouse

Greenhouse owner and B.C. Tweed president Victor Krahn is pictured with Hilary Black, Canopy’s director of patient education and advocacy. Photograph By ADRIAN MACNAIR The world’s largest legal marijuana greenhouse operation will be in East Delta.
Salmon group calls for contained fish farms, saying wild salmon need protection

Salmon group calls for contained fish farms, saying wild salmon need protection

Atlantic salmon being raised at a B.C. fish farm.
SFU students help turn newspaper boxes into mini free lending libraries

SFU students help turn newspaper boxes into mini free lending libraries

Students at Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts have decorated and repurposed 11 newspaper boxes into miniature lending libraries. "Everything nowadays is digital.
Vancouver police issue warning about ‘virtual kidnapping’ scheme

Vancouver police issue warning about ‘virtual kidnapping’ scheme

Photo Pexels Vancouver police are warning the public after two students from China were targeted over the weekend in “virtual kidnapping” schemes.