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100 forced out by fire

100 forced out by fire

Surrey Aug 21, 2016 / 8:09 pm

More than 100 residents of a Surrey apartment building are homeless in the wake of a massive fire, late Saturday. The broke out about 10:30 p.m. at the complex...

Punching above their weight

Punching above their weight

Vancouver Aug 21, 2016 / 7:00 am

Arriving to the lockup for the Supreme Court of Canada's decision on medically assisted suicide, members of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association...

Shots fired vehicle torched

Shots fired vehicle torched

Coquitlam Aug 20, 2016 / 2:49 pm

A quiet street in Coquitlam became the stuff of nightmares Friday when a flaming pickup exploded and then barrelled into a fire truck. That was the second part...

Chinatown's growing pains

Chinatown's growing pains

Vancouver Aug 20, 2016 / 9:18 am

The transformation of Vancouver's Chinatown, fuelled by a changing population, crisis of affordability and ripe potential for new development, has left some...

Blaze at BC's oldest school

Blaze at BC's oldest school

Vancouver Aug 20, 2016 / 7:44 am

Firefighters are mopping up after a blaze at Sir Guy Carleton Elementary in east Vancouver, the province's oldest school. The four-alarm fire broke out...

Punched in face on bus

Punched in face on bus

Surrey Aug 20, 2016 / 5:00 am

A Surrey senior is recovering from a punch in the face after an altercation on a bus. Kris McGourlick was struck by a woman after she admonished a rambunctious...

Angry Birds, beer at PNE

Angry Birds, beer at PNE

Vancouver Aug 19, 2016 / 3:11 pm

Ever wonder what it would be like to play life-size Angry Birds? That’s one of the main attractions at the 106th year of The Fair at the PNE. It opens...

Extra hours at injection site

Extra hours at injection site

Vancouver Aug 19, 2016 / 12:42 pm

Vancouver's supervised injection site is expanding its hours to deal with the crisis of overdose deaths. Vancouver Coastal Health, which operates Insite,...

Lights, camera, cop action

Lights, camera, cop action

Cloverdale Aug 19, 2016 / 9:04 am

The Terminator could have been pulled into real-life action in Cloverdale this week, had he actually been in town. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new...

Mural festival spreads colour

Mural festival spreads colour

Vancouver Aug 19, 2016 / 6:31 am

An east Vancouver neighbourhood has gotten increasingly colourful lately, but the people behind dozens of new murals in the area say the art is about more than...

Image adds fuel to fire: aunt

Image adds fuel to fire: aunt

Coquitlam Aug 19, 2016 / 6:07 am

The aunt of a Syrian toddler whose image lying lifeless on a beach shocked the world says a new photograph of a bloody boy pulled from a collapsed building in...

Carbon tax not enough

Carbon tax not enough

Vancouver Aug 18, 2016 / 11:06 pm

Experts say they're not sure British Columbia's overdue climate change plan will go far enough in increasing carbon taxes and tightening environmental...

Murder was targeted

Murder was targeted

Abbotsford Aug 18, 2016 / 12:28 pm

Investigators say the victim of a fatal shooting in Abbotsford was targeted. Police say the man was attacked in the northwest side of the city just after 9 p.m....

Shooting now a homicide

Shooting now a homicide

Abbotsford Aug 18, 2016 / 6:38 am

A Wednesday evening shooting in Abbotsford is now being investigated as a homicide. Police in the Fraser Valley city say the victim was attacked just after 9...

Shooting in city's Eastside

Shooting in city's Eastside

Vancouver Aug 18, 2016 / 6:15 am

Police are investigating a shooting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that sent one man to hospital, Wednesday. About 6:30 p.m., police responded to Columbia...

Dangerous suspect caught

Dangerous suspect caught

Maple Ridge Aug 17, 2016 / 5:10 pm

A suspected murderer police were calling armed and dangerous is behind bars. On Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 4:30 p.m., the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team...

Vandals leave huge mess

Vandals leave huge mess

North Vancouver Aug 17, 2016 / 4:42 pm

Vandals made an expensive mess in a new home under construction in North Vancouver. Police say trespassers poured 15 pails of paint throughout the new home,...

Charged with jail murder

Charged with jail murder

Surrey Aug 17, 2016 / 4:28 pm

An inmate is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of another inmate at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre. On Aug. 3, just after 7:30 p.m., Surrey...

Free convertible for a story

Free convertible for a story

Vancouver Aug 17, 2016 / 3:23 pm

For those dreaming of closing out their summer in a rad convertible, hair blowing in the wind as house music blasts from the speakers, someone in Vancouver may...

Former B.C. MP may run

Former B.C. MP may run

North Vancouver Aug 17, 2016 / 2:17 pm

A defeated Conservative MP is considering a political comeback — running for leadership of his party. Andrew Saxton, who lost his North Vancouver seat...