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Harold Backer leaves the B.C. Provincial Court building in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, May 1, 2017. A former Olympic rower who mysteriously disappeared for nearly 18 months has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge.

The VPD have released a statement asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who may be responsible for damaging 78 vehicles in the west side over the past few months.

Megan Scraper and her boyfriend Alexey Lyakh, a vlogger with High on Life.

The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission says it has fined Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. $920 for four violations of the provincial Water Sustainability Act related to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Ryker Gamble photo via Facebook The Vancouver Sun is reporting that Vancouver adventure travel vlogger, Ryker Gamble, was one of the three people who died in the unfortunate accident that occurred at Shannon Falls.

Three Greenpeace protesters hang suspended under the Ironworkers bridge Tuesday morning.

Photo supplied The once-stalled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is set to restart and barrel ahead through Alberta and B.C. to its Burnaby terminus.

Last Friday’s front feature in the Richmond News highlighted the growing problem of so-called “birth tourism” in Richmond Non-residents paying to give birth at Richmond Hospital accounted for 22 per cent of all births last year, up from 17 per cent t

Photo Shutterstock The British Columbia government has released the fine print on its new employer health tax as it diverts the cost of medical services plan premiums away from individuals.

Casino/Shutterstock When the BC Liberals were first elected to run the provincial government in 2001, one of their campaign planks was to “stop expansion” of gambling because of its associated problems. Once in power, however, that didn’t happen.