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Speculation tax expected to impact West Vancouver

Speculation tax expected to impact West Vancouver

Developer Michael Geller stands outside a heritage home he owns in West Vancouver. Geller worries he could be hit by the speculation tax while he awaits permits. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH, North Shore News Experts are still left to speculate how B.C.
Vancouver police roll out new electronic ticketing technology

Vancouver police roll out new electronic ticketing technology

Vancouver police Const. John Kim demonstrates the new electronic ticketing system. Photo Dan Toulgoet Vancouver police Tuesday morning rolled out a new way of writing tickets.
Senior rescued from Burnaby house fire fuelled by massive book collection

Senior rescued from Burnaby house fire fuelled by massive book collection

A Sumas Street house has been boarded up after a major fire Friday. Photograph By Cornelia Naylor A Burnaby fire captain singed his face pulling an elderly man to safety from the doorway of his burning house during a two-alarm fire Friday.
Data of 620,000 Canadians improperly shared with consulting firm: Facebook

Data of 620,000 Canadians improperly shared with consulting firm: Facebook

Photo Shutterstock Facebook says the data of more than 620,000 Canadians was likely shared improperly with a political consulting company that is at the centre of an international uproar over the use of social-media information for political purposes
Video game addiction a disease? WHO prepares to codify 'gaming disorder'

Video game addiction a disease? WHO prepares to codify 'gaming disorder'

Shutterstock Lisa Pont has heard plenty of skepticism about video game addiction and whether it's truly a medical condition that should be classified as a disease, as the World Health Organization plans to officially do in a couple of months.
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.
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