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Storm knocked out power

Storm knocked out power

Vancouver Jun 29, 2015 / 11:19 am

A powerful windstorm knocked out power to thousands of residents on the coast overnight. The storm downed trees and power lines, and scattered debris across the...

Ballard buys Protonex

Ballard buys Protonex

Vancouver Jun 29, 2015 / 6:09 am

Ballard Power Systems has struck an agreement to buy fuel cell developer Protonex Technology Corp. in a transaction valued at $30 million. The Vancouver-based...

What if? Metro transit vote

What if? Metro transit vote

Vancouver Jun 28, 2015 / 6:40 am

Residents of Metro Vancouver were handed an unprecedented opportunity to vote for new and improved regional transportation in a transit-tax plebiscite that both...

Air quality advisory

Air quality advisory

Vancouver Jun 27, 2015 / 7:27 pm

An air quality advisory has been issued for eastern parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Metro Vancouver issued a statement saying high...

Woman's arm amputated

Woman's arm amputated

Surrey Jun 27, 2015 / 2:12 pm

Surrey RCMP say a young woman's arm was amputated after she slipped and fell under a moving train. Staff Sgt. Blair McColl says a group of young people were...

Police investigate shooting

Police investigate shooting

Vancouver Jun 27, 2015 / 6:26 am

Vancouver police are investigating a shooting incident in front of a local business. Shots were fired Friday afternoon on Nanaimo Street, near Charles Street,...

Boat blaze in False Creek

Boat blaze in False Creek

Vancouver Jun 26, 2015 / 1:20 pm

pic.twitter.com/dN7VAxPrZe — Jason Cheung (@nazzy19) June 26, 2015 A sailboat caught fire Friday afternoon on Vancouver's False Creek. The highly...

Shots send 2 to hospital

Shots send 2 to hospital

Surrey Jun 26, 2015 / 6:27 am

Police say two men in their 20s were taken to hospital after an overnight shooting in Surrey. Residents reported hearing gunshots in their neighbourhood at...

Prolific offender busted

Prolific offender busted

Coquitlam Jun 25, 2015 / 7:29 pm

A 39-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly committing property crimes, driving offences and fraud in multiple jurisdictions ranging from West Vancouver...

Blaze at plastics plant

Blaze at plastics plant

Surrey Jun 25, 2015 / 4:51 pm

Fire crews battled a fast-spreading blaze at a plastics manufacturing plant in Surrey, Thursday afternoon. The fire started at Mansonville Plastics on 56th...

Pot protest still a go

Pot protest still a go

Vancouver Jun 25, 2015 / 4:14 pm

A marijuana activist is vowing to proceed with an annual Canada Day pot protest outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, despite a cease-and-desist letter from the...

Sweeping Lulu recall

Sweeping Lulu recall

Vancouver Jun 25, 2015 / 3:59 pm

Yogawear retailer Lululemon is recalling the elastic drawstrings from more than 185,000 women's tops in Canada after reports of injuries. Health Canada says...

Polygamy charges stick

Polygamy charges stick

Vancouver Jun 25, 2015 / 12:14 pm

The B.C. Supreme Court has thrown out a bid by a lawyer for Winston Blackmore to have a polygamy charge against him dismissed. The leader of a fundamentalist...

Push for pipeline probe

Push for pipeline probe

Vancouver Jun 25, 2015 / 12:03 pm

A group of environmental lawyers is calling on the provincial government to do its own evaluation of Kinder Morgan's proposed $5.4-billion pipeline...

City's pot plan panned

City's pot plan panned

Vancouver Jun 25, 2015 / 6:16 am

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is applauding Vancouver city council for regulating medical marijuana dispensaries but is warning the new...

Gun, cash, ammo seized

Gun, cash, ammo seized

Surrey Jun 24, 2015 / 7:50 pm

British Columbia's gang-enforcement team says officers found an automatic handgun, $5,000 in cash and ammunition during a routine traffic stop of a Mercedes...

Not a bright idea

Not a bright idea

Vancouver Jun 24, 2015 / 7:28 pm

Laser pointers are growing problem for Canadian pilots – and B.C. is not immune. There has been an increase of more than 40 per cent in laser strikes on...

Lions eager to push pace

Lions eager to push pace

Vancouver Jun 24, 2015 / 10:36 am

Tempo and speed have been buzz words around the B.C. Lions since Jeff Tedford was hired as the team's head coach. The only problem is someone forgot tell...

Man found dead in home

Man found dead in home

Surrey Jun 23, 2015 / 5:23 pm

A 60-year-old man was found dead in the 14100 block of 110th Avenue in Surrey this afternoon. Surrey RCMP have cordoned off the area and are investigating the...

Furlong stands his ground

Furlong stands his ground

Vancouver Jun 23, 2015 / 1:32 pm

Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong's temper boiled over while he was under cross-examination at the civil court trial where a journalist accuses him...