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Retail space remains scarce across Metro Vancouver

Retail space remains scarce across Metro Vancouver

Vancouver Mar 26, 2024 / 12:08 pm

Space is tight for retailers and restaurant owners looking to open stores in Metro Vancouver, despite developers building more space. Those wanting large...

'Grave mistake': Comedy troupe who made Pickton T-shirts perform at B.C. gym

'Grave mistake': Comedy troupe who made Pickton T-shirts perform at B.C. gym

Vancouver Mar 26, 2024 / 12:08 pm

A Vancouver gym has issued an apology for hosting a controversial comedy troupe over the weekend, calling it a "grave mistake." The Danger Cats’...

Small drug seizures down in Vancouver post-decriminalization, police say

Small drug seizures down in Vancouver post-decriminalization, police say

Vancouver Mar 26, 2024 / 11:22 am

Data from Vancouver police shows a "dramatic" drop in small drug seizures after decriminalization came into effect in British Columbia last year. The...

Forced-labour watchdog cites B.C. mining company, who says claims are nonsensical

Forced-labour watchdog cites B.C. mining company, who says claims are nonsensical

Vancouver Mar 26, 2024 / 6:42 am

Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog says a Vancouver-based mining company has allowed forced labour to occur at its gold mine in the Xinjiang region of...

Group asks Vancouver for more time over Crab Park homeless site cleanup

Group asks Vancouver for more time over Crab Park homeless site cleanup

Vancouver Mar 25, 2024 / 10:32 am

An advocacy group and others are making a final plea to the City of Vancouver to hold off on its second phase of a plan to clean up the site of a homeless camp...

Vancouver police chief says $10K signing bonus campaign a success

Vancouver police chief says $10K signing bonus campaign a success

Vancouver Mar 22, 2024 / 8:05 pm

The Vancouver Police Department’s campaign to hire 20 officers from other Canadian police forces and offer each of them a $10,000 signing bonus has been a...

B.C. Starbucks homicide case moves to preliminary inquiry

B.C. Starbucks homicide case moves to preliminary inquiry

Vancouver Mar 22, 2024 / 3:05 pm

The B.C. man accused of murdering a father at a downtown Vancouver Starbucks is pleading not guilty and proceeding to trial. Inderdeep Singh Gosal is charged...

Man charged with second-degree murder in death of woman near UBC campus

Man charged with second-degree murder in death of woman near UBC campus

Vancouver Mar 22, 2024 / 11:15 am

Police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a home on the edge of the University of British Columbia campus last...

Knife-wielding man arrested in Vancouver after refusing to drop weapon: police

Knife-wielding man arrested in Vancouver after refusing to drop weapon: police

Vancouver Mar 22, 2024 / 10:35 am

Police in Vancouver say a man has been charged with assault and remains in custody after allegedly waving a kitchen knife as he advanced toward two officers at...

Port of Vancouver boasts record cargo volume, despite strike and cooling economy

Port of Vancouver boasts record cargo volume, despite strike and cooling economy

Vancouver Mar 22, 2024 / 9:29 am

Record cargo volume rolled through the Port of Vancouver last year, despite a sputtering global economy and a big drop in container shipments. An unprecedented...

Man facing second-degree murder charges for UBC woman's death

Man facing second-degree murder charges for UBC woman's death

Vancouver Mar 21, 2024 / 5:48 pm

A man has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of a woman in a residence near UBC. Yang Christopher Liang, 35, made his first appearance in...

Numerous 911 calls result in arrests of two knife-wielding men in Vancouver

Numerous 911 calls result in arrests of two knife-wielding men in Vancouver

Vancouver Mar 21, 2024 / 5:46 pm

UPDATE 5:45 p.m. Vancouver police responded to numerous 911 calls Wednesday that culminated in the arrest of two men in separate knife-wielding incidents that...

Vancouver top city in Canada for commercial real estate investment, says report

Vancouver top city in Canada for commercial real estate investment, says report

Vancouver Mar 21, 2024 / 5:15 pm

Investor appetite in Vancouver commercial real estate remains hearty, despite some economic indigestion last year. Vancouver ranks as investors’ top...

Vancouver hotels priciest, most filled in Canada in February

Vancouver hotels priciest, most filled in Canada in February

Vancouver Mar 21, 2024 / 4:37 pm

Metro Vancouver hotel rooms in February were on average more expensive and more filled than those in any other major market in Canada, according to CoStar, a...

Suspect arrested for allegedly pushing 70-year-old man into moving Vancouver SkyTrain

Suspect arrested for allegedly pushing 70-year-old man into moving Vancouver SkyTrain

Vancouver Mar 21, 2024 / 2:30 pm

A 34-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly shoving a 70-year-old man into a moving SkyTrain earlier this month. The alleged incident happened March 11...

Vancouver police officer won't face charge over use of force: prosecution service

Vancouver police officer won't face charge over use of force: prosecution service

Vancouver Mar 21, 2024 / 2:23 pm

The British Columbia Prosecution Service says no charges have been approved against a Vancouver Police officer over an altercation that left a suspect with...

Stan Smyl surprises Canucks super fan at her 100th birthday party

Stan Smyl surprises Canucks super fan at her 100th birthday party

Vancouver Mar 20, 2024 / 4:42 pm

An avid Vancouver Cauncks fan got a big surprise during her 100th birthday party when team legend Stan Smyl popped in to help her celebrate her first century....

Decision pending in B.C. nurse's J.K. Rowling billboard case

Decision pending in B.C. nurse's J.K. Rowling billboard case

Vancouver Mar 20, 2024 / 4:40 pm

B.C.‘s College of Nurses and Midwives is awaiting the outcome of a hearing into the conduct of a nurse who allegedly made discriminatory comments about...

Climate activist's deportation could have 'chilling effect' on political speech, says lawyer

Climate activist's deportation could have 'chilling effect' on political speech, says lawyer

Vancouver Mar 20, 2024 / 1:41 pm

A lawyer for a Vancouver-based climate activist says government plans to deport his client could have a “chilling effect” on international students...

'Exercise caution in the area': Police investigating mid-morning attack on woman in Stanley Park

'Exercise caution in the area': Police investigating mid-morning attack on woman in Stanley Park

Vancouver Mar 18, 2024 / 4:47 pm

Police are searching for a suspect after a woman reported being attacked on a Stanley Park path. The incident happened around 10:45 a.m. on Monday, March 18,...

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