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Snoop Dogg is connected to the world's largest pot greenhouse, located in B.C.

Snoop Dogg is connected to the world's largest pot greenhouse, located in B.C.

Snoop Dogg. Photo Shutterstock Snoop Dogg will have a connection with the cannabis business in the Lower Mainland.
North Coast oil tanker ban one step closer to becoming law

North Coast oil tanker ban one step closer to becoming law

Photo Shutterstock Legislation to ban tankers carrying over 12,500 metric tons (MT) of oil from stopping, loading or unloading at ports along the North Coast of B.C. has passed the House of Commons in a 204-85 vote.
B.C. is going to be home to the world’s biggest pot greenhouse

B.C. is going to be home to the world’s biggest pot greenhouse

Greenhouse owner and B.C. Tweed president Victor Krahn is pictured with Hilary Black, Canopy’s director of patient education and advocacy. Photograph By ADRIAN MACNAIR The world’s largest legal marijuana greenhouse operation will be in East Delta.
Salmon group calls for contained fish farms, saying wild salmon need protection

Salmon group calls for contained fish farms, saying wild salmon need protection

Atlantic salmon being raised at a B.C. fish farm.
SFU students help turn newspaper boxes into mini free lending libraries

SFU students help turn newspaper boxes into mini free lending libraries

Students at Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts have decorated and repurposed 11 newspaper boxes into miniature lending libraries. "Everything nowadays is digital.
Vancouver police issue warning about ‘virtual kidnapping’ scheme

Vancouver police issue warning about ‘virtual kidnapping’ scheme

Photo Pexels Vancouver police are warning the public after two students from China were targeted over the weekend in “virtual kidnapping” schemes.
New citizen science project helps kids save the bees

New citizen science project helps kids save the bees

Bumblebees – Photo Erin Udal NatureKids BC has launched a citizen science project encouraging schools, families and nature clubs across the province to collect data on local pollinators.
My name is Lucas, and I'm Autistic

My name is Lucas, and I'm Autistic

I’m Autistic. I’m unique. I’m me. My name is Lucas Gates, I’m 25 years old and I live in Vancouver. Growing up with autism wasn’t easy, let’s put it that way.
Oilsands development changes entire forest community: study

Oilsands development changes entire forest community: study

A Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest after being released near Creede, Colo., April 19, 2005. New reseach suggests that even underground oilsands mines have profound effects on the forest community above it.
Elderly man dies after being hit by a car in Vancouver

Elderly man dies after being hit by a car in Vancouver

Police line/Shutterstock An 82-year-old man was hit by a car while crossing the street at a crosswalk at Victoria Drive and Kingsway Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. First responders were called to the scene and rushed the man to hospital.
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