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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.

Photo Shutterstock The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is warning the public that they may have been exposed to the measles from an infected individual.

It's the final straw for plastic at Recipe Unlimited Corporation.

Photo BC Ferries B.C. Ferries has expanded its Coastal Naturalist Program to select ferry terminals and hired more people for the 2018 summer season.

File photo Police are recommending criminal charges after a father allegedly left his two young children in a vehicle outside a shopping mall in Metro Vancouver on Canada Day.

Burnaby firefighter Nick Elmes, right, poses with members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. The Burnaby firefighters union is pushing back against the firing of one of its members after he posed with three Hells Angels for a photo on social media.

The detached-home pendulum has swung into a buyer’s market, according to the monthly stats report from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV), released July 4.

Photo Contributed The 2nd annual Strathcona Artisan Market (SAM) will feature 40 vendors selling a variety of handmade goods made by low-income residents in the Downtown Eastside and Strathcona neighbourhoods.

If all else fails, this 1973-era submersible may be put up for public auction. The North Vancouver Museum & Archives is looking for a new home for the sub, which was designed to be used at trade shows in the 1970s.

Police line/Shutterstock Burnaby RCMP is looking for a gray Dodge Nitro SUV suspected in a hit-and-run that sent a local Mountie to hospital with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday morning.