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Man shot in East Van

Man shot in East Van

Vancouver Aug 27, 2016 / 9:04 am

A man was shot in a suspected targeted shooting in East Vancouver Friday night. At about 11:30 p.m., the 27-year-old man was shot near East 3rd Avenue and...

Joe's a Pirate, not Trader

Joe's a Pirate, not Trader

Vancouver Aug 27, 2016 / 5:00 am

A U.S. court has the authority to hear a trademark lawsuit by grocery chain Trader Joe's against a man who buys the company's products and resells them...

Couple weds on SkyTrain

Couple weds on SkyTrain

Vancouver Aug 27, 2016 / 5:00 am

A Metro Vancouver couple tied the knot on SkyTrain this week. Newlyweds Nathaly and Jeff exchanged wedding vows Thursday on board a train at the...

Park attackers sought

Park attackers sought

Abbotsford Aug 27, 2016 / 5:00 am

An assault at an Abbotsford park has police searching for two suspects. Two approached a woman in Albert Dyck Park, Thursday afternoon. One of the men grabbed...

Hospital flights can resume

Hospital flights can resume

Vancouver Aug 26, 2016 / 10:56 pm

Air ambulances will be allowed to resume landing at four B.C. hospitals. Helijet lost landing privileges earlier this month over concerns its aircraft...

Care home heartbreak

Care home heartbreak

Surrey Aug 26, 2016 / 4:09 pm

Every time the elevator doors open at Wolfram Gottschalk's care home and he sees his wife of 62 years, the couple's granddaughter says he always reacts...

Cities want cut of pot tax

Cities want cut of pot tax

Vancouver Aug 26, 2016 / 3:56 pm

Three municipalities in British Columbia want a stake in any tax revenue that the federal government collects from the legalization of marijuana. Nelson, Duncan...

Airbnb 'too aggressive'

Airbnb 'too aggressive'

Vancouver Aug 26, 2016 / 12:30 pm

Vancouver's rental vacancy rate remains critically low, so the latest recruitment campaign from Airbnb angers Coun. George Affleck. The online, short-term...

Reckless act against cabbie

Reckless act against cabbie

North Vancouver Aug 26, 2016 / 11:10 am

RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a serious assault on a taxi driver in North Vancouver. Just before midnight Thursday, the...

Temple damaged in fire

Temple damaged in fire

Vancouver Aug 26, 2016 / 9:32 am

One of Vancouver's largest Sikh temples caught fire in the early hours of Friday. The fire caused extensive damage to the historic Ross Street temple and is...

Crystal ball on lung disease

Crystal ball on lung disease

Vancouver Aug 26, 2016 / 6:38 am

Millions of people who feel like they're suffocating from the symptoms of a lung disease could benefit from a new website its creator considers a crystal...

Renter found explosives

Renter found explosives

Vancouver Aug 25, 2016 / 10:32 pm

An explosive device discovered in a Vancouver storage locker this week was found by a man renting the unit. The man alerted police through his lawyer. An...

Broke and broken hearted

Broke and broken hearted

North Vancouver Aug 25, 2016 / 6:45 pm

Not only was her heart broken, a North Vancouver woman was left with a big hole in her bank account after developing an online relationship with a mystery man....

Out of the bag & on a plane

Out of the bag & on a plane

Vancouver Aug 25, 2016 / 5:05 pm

The cat literally got out of the bag on an Air Canada flight to Vancouver this week. One of two felines on the plane decided to have a look around the cabin...

VPD vow to find driver

VPD vow to find driver

Vancouver Aug 25, 2016 / 2:23 pm

The family of a man who was killed in a hit-and-run in April is asking for the public's help in finding the person who killed their son. Ryan Barron, 30,...

14 ODs in one day

14 ODs in one day

Vancouver Aug 25, 2016 / 11:37 am

Workers at Vancouver's supervised-injection site have been faced with a higher-than-normal number of drug overdoses this week. A spokeswoman with Vancouver...

Paddlers pulled from water

Paddlers pulled from water

Coquitlam Aug 25, 2016 / 10:42 am

Four people were pulled from the water and taken ashore without injury after their canoe and kayak overturned Sunday on Indian Arm. Coquitlam RCMP were alerted...

IED in storage locker

IED in storage locker

Vancouver Aug 24, 2016 / 10:29 pm

UPDATE: 10 p.m. Vancouver police it was an "improvised explosive device" that was found in a Mount Pleasant storage locker. Staff Sgt. Randy Fincham...

Regulate THC: doctors

Regulate THC: doctors

Vancouver Aug 24, 2016 / 3:19 pm

The Canadian Medical Association says 72 per cent of doctors who responded to a survey it conducted want the federal government to regulate THC levels in...

Bear had to be put down

Bear had to be put down

Port Coquitlam Aug 24, 2016 / 2:52 pm

After being hit by a car, a black bear had be euthanized by police in Port Coquitlam. The Mary Hill Bypass was partially shut down late Tuesday to deal with the...