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Ugly sweater boosts sales

Ugly sweater boosts sales

Vancouver Nov 12, 2014 / 7:48 am

With sales of Vancouver Canucks merchandise down dramatically, retailers say an unusual -- and ugly -- clothing item may make the save of the season. John...

Poking fun at Kinder Morgan

Poking fun at Kinder Morgan

Burnaby Nov 10, 2014 / 8:43 am

Bulging eyes, scrunched noses, bared teeth — anti-oil pipeline protesters are facing off against energy giant Kinder Morgan with the meanest mugs they can...

Neil Young: Pipeline scabs

Neil Young: Pipeline scabs

Vancouver Nov 10, 2014 / 6:40 am

Music icon Neil Young says Canadians need to stand up for clean air, land and water by taking on big oil companies in particular. He calls issues involving...

Driver dead after train hits car

Driver dead after train hits car

Abbotsford Nov 8, 2014 / 10:04 pm

A 36-year-old Abbotsford man is dead after a train slammed into his car early Saturday. Const. Ian MacDonald with Abbotsford Police says several train cars were...

Poppy boxes stolen

Poppy boxes stolen

North Vancouver Nov 7, 2014 / 10:10 am

North Vancouver RCMP are appealing to the public to help identify a male wanted for questioning after two poppy collection boxes were stolen from local...

Secondary school stabbing

Secondary school stabbing

Surrey Nov 7, 2014 / 9:47 am

Surrey RCMP say the suspect involved in a stabbing incident at a secondary school yesterday was taken into custody. At approximately 4:30 p.m., the 17-year-old...

Fired over nazi Facebook posts

Fired over nazi Facebook posts

Vancouver Nov 7, 2014 / 7:14 am

A 33-year-old minor hockey coach from Langley has been fired after posting a series of shocking Nazi propaganda images to his Facebook page, according to CTV...

Rainfall warning

Rainfall warning

North Vancouver Nov 6, 2014 / 6:56 am

Another rainfall warning has been issued for Metro Vancouver, just two days after torrential rains caused flooding and evacuations in the District of North...

Out of luck & $3.6 million

Out of luck & $3.6 million

Maple Ridge Nov 5, 2014 / 8:00 pm

A man who claimed his $3.6 million lottery ticket was stolen is out of luck after a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected his claim. Franz Prokop, a realtor and...

Cleanup continues after flood

Cleanup continues after flood

North Vancouver Nov 5, 2014 / 7:47 am

A massive cleanup effort is still underway on the North Shore after heavy rainfall caused creeks to overflow, flooding streets, houses and a school Monday...

Premiers meet for first time

Premiers meet for first time

Vancouver Nov 3, 2014 / 1:26 pm

Alberta Premier Jim Prentice says he and his BC counterpart Christy Clark have moved on from the tempestuous days of Alison Redford. Redford, Alberta's...

Rainfall warning in effect

Rainfall warning in effect

Vancouver Nov 3, 2014 / 8:29 am

Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver and is warning residents that heavy precipitation could lead to localized flooding. CTV...

3rd fire in 4 years at sawmill

3rd fire in 4 years at sawmill

Surrey Nov 1, 2014 / 8:47 pm

Fire has caused extensive damage to a building at a Surrey, B.C., sawmill where two other blazes have occurred in recent years. Deputy fire chief Karen Fry says...

Old email haunts mayoral hopeful

Old email haunts mayoral hopeful

North Vancouver Oct 30, 2014 / 8:10 am

An angry, homophobic email has put a City of North Vancouver mayoral candidate on the defensive just weeks before the municipal election. According to CTV...

Falling debris at BC Place

Falling debris at BC Place

Vancouver Oct 22, 2014 / 8:15 am

Leaking water isn’t the only thing that’s fallen onto the BC Place field since its $563 million renovation was completed three years ago, reports...

8-hour standoff ends

8-hour standoff ends

Vancouver Oct 22, 2014 / 6:17 am

A Vancouver man is being treated for mental disorder and minor injuries after an eight-hour standoff with police. Cst. Randy Fincham says police arrived at an...

Beer honours rescue hero

Beer honours rescue hero

Vancouver Oct 17, 2014 / 7:46 am

A brewery in North Vancouver, BC has partnered with North Shore Rescue to create a beer dedicated to the late rescue hero Tim Jones. The brew, named...

Homeless fold up tent city

Homeless fold up tent city

Vancouver Oct 16, 2014 / 7:38 pm

The day Ben DuPont walked out of jail last July, he bought a little green tent for $64 and pegged it into a Downtown Eastside park that soon sprouted a motley...

Child sex assault arrest

Child sex assault arrest

Surrey Oct 16, 2014 / 4:10 pm

Police have arrested a 28-year-old Chilliwack man in relation to a sexual assault that took place in Surrey. This coming after another man had been arrested in...

Deadline passes at tent city

Deadline passes at tent city

Vancouver Oct 16, 2014 / 6:41 am

Tents remained up in a homeless camp on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside early Thursday, following an emotional day that saw a coroner remove a man's body...