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Trudeau travels to B.C. in support of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Trudeau travels to B.C. in support of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) take part in a joint press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.
Canadians can get emergency alerts on their cellphones starting today

Canadians can get emergency alerts on their cellphones starting today

Photo Pexels Starting today, Canadians won't have to be near a television or radio to receive emergency alerts. Life-threatening emergencies will now be broadcast on compatible mobile phones.
B.C. review draws link between corrections system and some overdose deaths

B.C. review draws link between corrections system and some overdose deaths

Photo Dan Toulgoet Two-thirds of people who fatally overdosed in British Columbia during a 19-month period were involved with the corrections system, says a panel that reviewed a skyrocketing number of illicit-drug deaths.
Second Kinder Morgan pipeline protester charged with assaulting Burnaby Mountie

Second Kinder Morgan pipeline protester charged with assaulting Burnaby Mountie

File photo A second anti-pipeline protester has been charged with assault for allegedly pushing and pulling at a Burnaby RCMP officer while he was trying to arrest another demonstrator for mischief last month.
Canadians have traded BitTorrent for Kodi for streaming pirated content: report

Canadians have traded BitTorrent for Kodi for streaming pirated content: report

Photo Shutterstock Canadians who stream pirated TV and film content have shifted almost entirely from using BitTorrent technology to the more user-friendly Kodi software that's commonly installed on TV set-top boxes running Google's Android operating
Fish farm moratorium to remain in place

Fish farm moratorium to remain in place

Atlantic salmon being raised at a B.C. fish farm. Photograph By Marine Harvest Canada The B.C.
Habitat Island a no go, for now

Habitat Island a no go, for now

Vancouver Park Board is asking the public to stay off Habitat Island for the time being until a rotting wildlife pole, that is currently home to a pair of nesting Northern Flicker woodpeckers, can be removed.
General orders new review of troubled flight that led to sexual assault charges

General orders new review of troubled flight that led to sexual assault charges

Tiger Williams The military’s top soldier has ordered a second investigation into a recent Team Canada trip that resulted in sexual-assault charges against a former NHL player and cast a cloud over the morale-boosting tours.
UPDATED WITH PHOTOS: Somebody drove a stolen truck into the ocean at Kits beach

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS: Somebody drove a stolen truck into the ocean at Kits beach

Vancouver Police are trying to determine how an unoccupied, stolen truck ended up in the waters off of Kits Beach. Photo: Cst. Goddard. The VPD issued a statement this afternoon regarding a stolen truck that they'd found.. in the water at Kits Beach.
Vancouver ridesharing app wants to fill void left by Greyhound cuts

Vancouver ridesharing app wants to fill void left by Greyhound cuts

The Poparide team wants Sea to Sky drivers to consider offering passengers a lift.
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