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Far from home, seafarers docked in Vancouver get some Christmas cheer with donated gift bags
Over the holiday season, Mission to Seafarers says it will deliver gift bags to more than 1,500 ship crew members passing through Vancouver, as a gesture of gratitude for their work and effort to ease the loneliness seafarers may experience while far from home over the Christmas season.
Report into destructive 2023 Okanagan wildfires details how fire spread
A new report on the destructive and costly 2023 Central Okanagan wildfires is detailing how flames spread in communities and why some homes were more likely to catch fire while others were spared.
How big of a deal is home flipping in B.C.?
Home flipping has been a focus for policy makers in recent years, with both the federal and B.C. governments introducing tax measures to rein it in — all in the name of trying to address housing affordability. But how significant is the issue, and to what degree does it contribute to the housing crisis in the province?
Do big drug busts actually cause more harm?
On Wednesday, Surrey RCMP said it had conducted one of the largest seizures of illicit drugs in the detachment's history. However, advocates for drug policy reform say such busts actually lead to an increase in violence, overdoses and other negative health effects.
Remaining CRAB Park residents ordered out as Vancouver enforces eviction
The seven remaining residents of Vancouver's CRAB Park encampment began moving out on Thursday after more than three years of living there.
Former Vancouver dog trainer fined for causing distress to animals
Glen Affenzeller, 66, who ran a dog training business called Dogtalk, was charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in 2019 after officers seized his four dogs.
Metro Vancouver sells Bowen Island land to conservation group
Metro Vancouver has agreed to sell the majority of its Cape Roger Curtis land on Bowen Island to a conservation group that opposed a previous plan to create a campground at the site.
Probe clears 7 VPD officers in deadly 2015 beating of Myles Gray
A Police Act investigation into the 2015 death of Myles Gray, who was 33, has cleared seven Vancouver Police Department (VPD) officers accused of abuse of authority, six of whom were also accused of neglect of duty.
B.C. e-bike companies had been charging PST despite exemptions
Three e-bike rental companies had been charging provincial sales tax (PST) on the use of their bikes, despite the government making qualifying e-bike rentals exempt from the tax since 2021.
Man charged after Vancouver attacks that left 1 dead, 1 injured
Brendan Colin McBride, 34, has been charged with aggravated assault and second-degree murder in connection to a pair of attacks in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday that left one man dead and another with a severed hand.