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Save-On-Foods officially opened its 19th in-store B.C. wine department at its Mission store on September 27, bringing the number of grocery stores in the province that sell wine on shelves to 29.

Two people have been hurt and dozens more have been forced out by a fire that tore through an upper floor of a multi-storey apartment tower in North Vancouver.

Tuesday, the city issued an order under the Fire Services Act to close Funland at Art Knapp Plantland, which has been under investigation for several years for alleged health and safety problems.

A senior Delta police officer has been suspended and is currently the subject of a Police Act investigation. The complaint involves the officer's interactions with a young woman interested in policing in the province and whether any of those interactions were in violation of the Police Act.

While there are a number of spooky things to do during the Halloween season, A Night for all Souls offers a totally unique experience. The annual affair is considered at Mountain View Cemetery is considered a non-denominational sacred event, meant to honour souls that have passed on.

The BC Coroner's Service has just released an updated account of overdose deaths in the province during 2016 and 2017. Its findings show that a vast number of the people that died as a result of drug overdose tried to seek help for mental health issues.

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. plans to add a third Metro Vancouver fulfillment centre: a 450,000-square-foot site on Tsawwassen First Nations Land that will be in addition to fulfillment centres in Delta, and in New Westminster next to the Braid Street Skytrain station.

On Sunday, September 30th, thousands of people will flood Vancouver's Canada Place terminal with cruise ship passengers and crew.

The report indicates that people are willing up to give a great deal in order to keep their smartphones with them at all times. In fact, over a quarter of BC residents ages 25 to 54 report that they would rather give up seeing their spouse or partner for a day than give up their smartphone or tablet for 24 hours.

The Vancouver Police Board has ordered an independent study of the Vancouver Police Department’s practice of conducting “street checks” after data posted to the VPD’s website showed an overrepresentation of Indigenous and black people being stopped by officers.