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Bowen Island’s only taxi owner, Mike Shannon, holds some of the bottles of rum — including the one that was stolen — that people gave him after reading of his travails on Facebook.

An 87-year-old Saanich man with no criminal history died in the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre late Wednesday while the judge, Crown and defence worked on a plan to release him on bail.

The Vancouver Park Board and Bloedel Conservatory, with the help of social media, have named its titan arum, a.k.a. “corpse flower,” after the fictional Addams Family character Uncle Fester. Vancouver’s celebrity plant du jour officially has a name.

Photo CTV Vancouver A young woman whose throat was slashed inside a University of British Columbia student residence has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging negligence.

Andrew Davison, a North Vancouver man reported missing. photo supplied North Vancouver RCMP is asking for the public’s help in finding a 28-year-old North Vancouver man reported missing.

Photo Shutterstock The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) is calling on the Calgary Stampede to suspend its chuckwagon race after a horse suffered an injury and had to be put down.

Photo Lauren Yang/ AI4ALL A group of 24 Grade 11 girls from across Canada are spending two weeks of their summer exploring the world of artificial intelligence (AI) at SFU's Burnaby Mountain campus.

Photo contributed 1:35 p.m. The grass fire is now listed at 20 hectares, according to a tweet from the B.C. Wildfire Service. Forty-nine firefighters, air tankers, one helicopter and fire investigators are responding to the blaze.

Sometimes, maybe you just really want to smash something. Multiple Richmond “anger rooms” are giving visitors just that opportunity.

Prince Michael demonstrating Muffin’s Halo Guide for Blind Dogs outside the Courier’s office.