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YVR seeks feedback on noise management

YVR seeks feedback on noise management

YVR breaks passenger record in 2017; changes planned for the airport. Image / Richmond News archive Vancouver Airport Authority is seeking the public’s feedback as it prepares an updated noise management plan.
Melissa Shaw joins the Vancouver Is Awesome team

Melissa Shaw joins the Vancouver Is Awesome team

Melissa Shaw I'm so, so proud to announce that we've brought another great member onto our growing team! Melissa Shaw has joined our editorial department as a full-time reporter working alongside Lindsay William-Ross, Adam Nanji and myself.
Taylor Owen - "Why Fake News Matters For Democracy"

Taylor Owen - "Why Fake News Matters For Democracy"

Taylor Owen talks about the design of surveillance capitalism, the rise of A.I. and how we need to think about the influence of fake news on our democracy. https://www.youtube.
Right whale deaths cost Gulf snow crab fishery its designation as sustainable

Right whale deaths cost Gulf snow crab fishery its designation as sustainable

Snow crab is unloaded in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, Feb. 14, 2000. An international organization has suspended a sustainability certificate for the snow crab fishery in the Gulf of St.
Vancouver ranked best North American city for quality of living

Vancouver ranked best North American city for quality of living

We have it good enough here to net Vancouver a fresh ranking as the number one North American city for "Quality of Living."
CEO of Metro Vancouver YWCA named B.C.'s new lieutenant-governor

CEO of Metro Vancouver YWCA named B.C.'s new lieutenant-governor

Janet Austin.Photo: Chung Chow for BIV British Columbia's next lieutenant-governor has a deep background in working with social and government organizations in the province.
Liberals bill would tighten controls on sale, licensing of firearms

Liberals bill would tighten controls on sale, licensing of firearms

The Liberal government is planning to introduce long-promised legislation as early as Tuesday to strengthen controls on the sale, licensing and tracing of guns. A Ottawa hunting store salesperson wipes a shotgun on Tuesday, May 16, 2006.
Victoria man at centre of international political thriller

Victoria man at centre of international political thriller

Cover of British publication The Observer shows AggregateIQ whistleblower Chris Wylie, who was raised in Victoria.
Vancouver first city to provide refuge centre for Indigenous women inquiry

Vancouver first city to provide refuge centre for Indigenous women inquiry

Penny Kerrigan attended the official opening Monday of a temporary refuge centre in the Downtown Eastside for survivors and families expected to attend the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
14 more protesters arrested at Trans Mountain work site

14 more protesters arrested at Trans Mountain work site

RCMP say more than a dozen people protesting the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline have been arrested at a construction site in Burnaby, B.C. A B.C.