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B.C. hearings start with repeated call for more time for missing women inquiry

B.C. hearings start with repeated call for more time for missing women inquiry

Photo Pexels What's expected to be the last public hearings into the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are being held in Metro Vancouver this week.
Straws, coffee cups targets of Vancouver strategy to cut down on plastic garbage

Straws, coffee cups targets of Vancouver strategy to cut down on plastic garbage

The City of Vancouver is looking for ways to cut down on plastic garbage.
FortisBC boosting LNG shipments to China

FortisBC boosting LNG shipments to China

Artist’s rendering of the Tilbury LNG Expansion Project. Photograph By FortisBC FortisBC is filling 20 more LNG containers bound for China, the company said Thursday.
Two arrested, charged in connection with violent Surrey bus attack

Two arrested, charged in connection with violent Surrey bus attack

Photo: Transit Police Police have arrested and charged two suspects allegedly involved in an assault and robbery against a 61-year-old woman on a bus in Surrey.
Extra billing for insured health services made illegal in B.C.

Extra billing for insured health services made illegal in B.C.

MRI machine. Shutterstock Doctors billing patients for health-care services outside the public system will face sanctions in British Columbia.
Millionaire deported after using Richmond-based immigration scam

Millionaire deported after using Richmond-based immigration scam

Chinese passports were seized by Canadian Border Services Agency after a “significant” fraud scheme was uncovered earlier this year The dominos are starting to fall in what was previously revealed by border agents to be B.C.
March home sales slow in Metro Vancouver but prices stay high: real estate board

March home sales slow in Metro Vancouver but prices stay high: real estate board

A real estate sold sign is shown outside a house in Vancouver, Tuesday, Jan.3, 2017.
No appeal for Vancouver police officer found guilty of running red light

No appeal for Vancouver police officer found guilty of running red light

File photo A judge in British Columbia has rejected an appeal by a Vancouver police officer found guilty of running a red light more than four years ago. A provincial court heard Const.
B.C. researcher's identification of scorpionfly shows Canada-Russia connection

B.C. researcher's identification of scorpionfly shows Canada-Russia connection

A 53-million-year-old insect fossil called a scorpionfly is shown in a handout photo.
Pipeline protester's pooch pooping in Burnaby detachment shows disrespect: RCMP

Pipeline protester's pooch pooping in Burnaby detachment shows disrespect: RCMP

Dog pooping/Shutterstock Anti-pipeline protesters who allowed a dog to take a dump in the lobby, left the excrement outside and shared images of incident on social media showed a lack of respect during a protest at the Burnaby RCMP detachment, police
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