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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver-based light infantry unit of the Canadian Army is asking residents to not be alarmed if they hear automatic gunfire this weekend around the site of the former Molson-Coors brewery.

There have been 26 confirmed cases in B.C., Ontario, Quebec, P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador. 

New Westminster police are urging witnesses of the early morning incident on Tuesday, Nov. 21, to come forward.

The probe will include examination of accounts of diversion of prescribed opioids, says Ya’ara Saks

Around Town: A New Westminster firefighter, a pickleball pro and a former professional poker were Top 3 in a charity poker tournament

The results of a new study, captured during one of the deadliest storms on record, could help scientists aid at-risk animals in future mega-storms made worse by climate change.

Island poultry and egg producers are knocking on wood that the deadly influenza spread by migrating wild birds won’t affect any major flocks here

When deer numbers are high, the deer struggle to find adequate food on the island and are susceptible to starvation and disease, the group says.