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File photo The Abbotsford police department has removed one of its officers from active duty while an investigation is underway into a possible theft at a crime scene.

Metro Vancouver’s board of directors, including Coun. Raymond Louie (far left), rescinded Friday an earlier motion to give themselves a pay increase and retirement allowance.

File photo Vancouver police have identified 37-year-old Christopher Thomas Schiller as the victim of Thursday’s homicide in Yaletown . Police say Schiller approached staff at the Parq Casino near Smithe Street and Pacific Blvd around 1:30 a.m.

Justin of 'Justin's Massage' posters fame got back to me after I sent him a message earlier this afternoon. If you're just arriving, these posters have been popping up all over town over the past week, leaving people slightly baffled.

Kamloops Matters travelled to a prescribed burn in the Chu Chua area to see, first-hand, how the B.C. Wildfire Service reduces risks in communities. This particular burn covered 27 hectares near the Neqweyqwelsten School on Dunn Lake Road.

Brandon Bartelds smokes three joints at once while attending the 4-20 annual marijuana celebration, in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday April 20, 2018.

A number of interesting posters advertising 'Justin's Massage' went up on various telephone poles around town this week. The ads show a guy's face (presumably Justin), the words 'Justin's Massage', and a telephone number. 778-302-5612.

Shutterstock What was a tent city for the homeless just a few months ago on Vancouver's eastside is now a modular housing project where some of those campers and others will be housed. The project is one of four the B.C.

Oysters. Photo via Pixabay. The BC Centre for Disease Control says four shellfish farms linked to the norovirus outbreak have been closed. BCCDC says there have been 132 cases of illness recorded in B.C.

A health sciences researcher at Simon Fraser University is challenging myths around sex for women living with HIV through a new project called Life & Love with HIV .