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Researchers check out a dead right whale in the Gulf of St.Lawrence in a handout photo. The federal government is spending more than $9.

Canada's natural resources minister says Ottawa is determined to see the Trans Mountain pipeline expanded, despite an interprovincial dispute on whether the project should go ahead.

Photo Christine McAvoy Transport Canada says it has suspended Orca Airways Ltd.'s air operator certificate, a move that prohibits the company from providing commercial air services.

Plastic pollution in the ocean. Shutterstock Plastic has long been a ubiquitous part of modern life. Ocean Wise scientists were sounding the alarm Wednesday saying that microplastic pollution is threatening ocean life right here in Vancouver. Dr.

An image from Dmytro Kubyshkin’s website. Photograph By COQUITLAM RCMP A Coquitlam piano charged with three counts of sexual assault against his former students failed to show for his court hearing yesterday.

Denis Quesnel, 34, was living under a tarp at Cambie and Broadway Wednesday morning. He was expected to be counted in the city’s annual homeless count, which began Tuesday.

Opened in 1959, the George Massey Tunnel struggles to handle today’s traffic volumes. Photograph By Gord Goble Scrapping the George Massey tunnel and replacing it with a bridge will cost less than the $3.

As stores across the U.K. and U.S. prepare to close, negotiations underway for buyer of Canadian outlets

Provincial tourism minister Lisa Beare confirmed Wednesday that Vancouver would not be one of the host cities for the FIFA 2026 World Cup bid. Vancouver was in the running to host three to five games at B.C. Place Stadium.

A spill response boat secures a boom around the bulk carrier cargo ship MV Marathassa after a bunker fuel spill on Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., on April 9, 2015.