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Aspect Biosystems uses 3D bioprinters to create living tissue | Photo: Tyler Orton B.C. biotech firm Aspect Biosystems has grafted $1 million upon its coffers as it ramps up efforts to commercialize its 3D-printed human tissue technology.

Last November, more than 200 Marpole residents held a demonstration outside Vancouver city hall to protest plans for modular housing at West 59th and Heather Street.

The Coast Guard hovercraft Moytel was one of several vessels, including a BC ferry, called to search the waters off Gambier Island as part of a marine emergency Wednesday afternoon.

Darkness Into Light Vancouver Committee. Ciaran Brennan, Amy Sullivan, Ben Breslin, Elaine Ni Ghaoithin, Taryn Bywater, Audrey Brennan and Harry Clews.

Photo: HALEY RITCHIE Council voted to turn down the Garibaldi Springs development proposal at third reading on Tuesday evening.

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-

A group of teens leap from the wharf in Deep Cove in July 2015.

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. Photo Shutterstock Snoop Dogg will have a connection with the cannabis business in the Lower Mainland.

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.