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'Significant challenges': Metro Vancouver rental market tightens, vacancy rates cut in half

'Significant challenges': Metro Vancouver rental market tightens, vacancy rates cut in half

Abbotsford and Mission were the only urban areas in B.C. that saw supply of purpose-built rentals outstrip demand in 2021.
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Dozens scammed by fake online sellers in Vancouver who take the money and ghost buyers

Dozens scammed by fake online sellers in Vancouver who take the money and ghost buyers

An investigation led police to a home in Surrey where various weapons were seized
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B.C. mink farmers suing provincial government to overturn industry ban

B.C. mink farmers suing provincial government to overturn industry ban

Mink farmers say there was no meaningful consultation done before B.C. introduced its phased approach to end the industry.
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No jail time for man who threw sucker punch at Burnaby bus loop

No jail time for man who threw sucker punch at Burnaby bus loop

The altercation happened on Aug. 31, 2021 at the Lougheed Mall bus loop.
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Smoking is the number one consumption mode tied to B.C.'s overdose deaths. Here's why

Smoking is the number one consumption mode tied to B.C.'s overdose deaths. Here's why

Shift from injection drug use to smoking occurred in 2017
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Ex-Canuck Jake Virtanen pleads not guilty to sexual assault charge

Ex-Canuck Jake Virtanen pleads not guilty to sexual assault charge

Former Vancouver Canucks player Jake Virtanen wants his trial for sexual assault to be heard by a B.C. Supreme Court judge and jury.
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Environment Canada comments on Metro Vancouver long-term spring forecast

Environment Canada comments on Metro Vancouver long-term spring forecast

Are you sick of winter weather in Vancouver?
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B.C. ski hills that survive global warming could reap tourism windfall, says expert

B.C. ski hills that survive global warming could reap tourism windfall, says expert

By mid-century, climate change is expected to cause steep declines in snowfall at many ski resorts across the world. With its colder winters, could British Columbia's Interior mountains come out on top?
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'Too wet, too rainy': How climate change could end ski business for many B.C. resorts

'Too wet, too rainy': How climate change could end ski business for many B.C. resorts

Fifteen thousand years ago, the mountains of Vancouver's North Shore emerged from an ice shelf. Now, some climate scientists say the winter legacy of B.C.'s coastal mountains is on the brink of collapse.
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Nightlife: Catch top jazz, blues artists and singer-songwriters at Burnaby's Shadbolt Centre

Nightlife: Catch top jazz, blues artists and singer-songwriters at Burnaby's Shadbolt Centre

Molly Johnson, Ndidi O, Suzie Ungerleider and Stephen Fearing onstage in Metro Vancouver venue in March
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