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Here's what B.C.'s new "urgent primary-care centres" are all about

Here's what B.C.'s new "urgent primary-care centres" are all about

Doctor/Shutterstock Premier John Horgan has announced the opening of 10 urgent primary care centres across the province over the next year, starting with the first in Surrey this fall.
Here's why a giant 40ft inflatable Disney character is hanging out in a Vancouver parking lot

Here's why a giant 40ft inflatable Disney character is hanging out in a Vancouver parking lot

Ah, the sights along Vancouver's False Creek. Sunlight shimmering on the water (or, more commonly, rain drops falling), Science World's familiar orb, Rogers Arena, a giant 40ft inflatable toddler chilling in a parking lot...
A&W Canada is going to stop using plastic straws at all its restaurants

A&W Canada is going to stop using plastic straws at all its restaurants

A&W Food Services of Canada has pledged to eliminate all plastic straws from its restaurants by the end of the year.
Local firefighter who posed with Hells Angels defends biker club

Local firefighter who posed with Hells Angels defends biker club

Burnaby firefighter Nick Elmes, right, poses with members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. B.C.
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain found dead in France at 61

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain found dead in France at 61

Anthony Bourdain poses for a photo during an interview with The Canadian Press in Toronto on Monday, October 31, 2016. Renowned chef Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in France while working on CNN program.
Poll says most young people considering leaving due to housing costs

Poll says most young people considering leaving due to housing costs

With housing costs through the roof in urban regions across the province, it's not surprising that B.C.’s young adults are struggling to afford where they live, and now a new poll has backed this up. Three in five B.C.
Investigators release photos of suspects in North Van gangland killing

Investigators release photos of suspects in North Van gangland killing

Do you recognize this individual? Homicide investigators are hoping the public can possibly identify the men in these photos suspected of being connected to the killing of Gavinder Grewal, who was found dead in a North Van apartment Dec. 22.
Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives win majority in Ontario

Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives win majority in Ontario

Ontario PC leader Doug Ford reacts after winning the Ontario Provincial election to become the new premier in Toronto, on Thursday, June 7, 2018.
Bathtub races return to Vancouver for the first time since 1996

Bathtub races return to Vancouver for the first time since 1996

Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society Commodore Greg Peacock is ready to tub Photograph By DAN TOULGOET It’s not often you see Vancouver nick ideas from our neighbours to the west, but if there’s one thing Nanaimoites know, it’s bathtubs.
Improv show 'Avocado Toast' pokes fun at Vancouver stereotypes

Improv show 'Avocado Toast' pokes fun at Vancouver stereotypes

Photo VTSL Vancouverites are invited to laugh at themselves and their city through a new improv show called Avocado Toast --Vancouver Grown, Free-Range Comedy.
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