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A manicure, missing keys and food follies rank among the lowlights of 2017

Mountains on Vancouver’s North Shore. Photo Shutterstock Adventurers are being warned to use caution in the mountains north of Vancouver as a winter storm sweeps through the region, increasing the avalanche risk.

Canada's marijuana industry is expanding rapidly and some First Nations are looking to cash in on the emerging economic opportunities.

Elementary school students applied for--and were granted--a building permit from the City of Surrey to construct a "gingerbread community."

Left photo: archives. Right: Karen Hilburg via Twitter There's been a lot of TALK about UFOs in the media lately, as the U.S. Defense Department confirmed it had been spending millions of dollars investigating “anomalous aerial vehicles”.

The V2V Empress left the Point Hope Shipyard on Dec. 13. Photograph By DARREN STONE, Times Colonist A passenger ferry between downtown Victoria and Vancouver has delayed its return to service until the new year.

The carnage of Christmas leaves plenty of things to recycle. Christmas is a time of plenty, including plenty of garbage. Here’s a quick guide to what you can and can’t put in your recycling bins.

Marijuana/Shutterstock Marijuana consumers are likely to have a flood of options when pot becomes legal next summer and now a not-for-profit group is stepping in to help determine which products to trust.

Tacheena Sutherland, 8, left, watches Nevaeh Porter, 9, look at the burned out truck at her grandparents’ home in in Ashcroft, B.C., on Monday November 27, 2017.

Larry Claypool. Photo Gofundme Yesterday we shared the story by Jessica Kerr of the Vancouver Courier about an online fundraising initiative that had launched for one of the victims of the Burrard Bridge car accident earlier in the week.