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When is a garden-variety plant more than a plant? When it provides multiple functions. Take flowering trees and shrubs that produce fruit, for example.

Its name could use a bit of marketing work, but a pale grey orca calf known simply as T46B1B is causing quite a stir off B.C.’s coast.

Terrified, soaked in urine and covered in feces – that’s how the BC SPCA found 15 tiny, badly neglected dogs

A government-run cannabis store may have missed out on the first round of applications currently being considered by the city, but it may not have to wait until the next round being before being considered.

As we move into the warmer months, many Tri-Cities residents are cracking open their windows to let in any wisp of a cool breeze — all fine until a child plummets from the window to the ground.

Imagine your baby has just been born. Imagine that even though you want to hold your baby more than anything in the world, you are told you can’t.

B.C.'s general hourly minimum wage will increase to $13.85 from $12.65, and the minimum wage rates for liquor servers, resident caretakers and live-in camp leaders will all also increase, effective June 1: * general minimum wage will increase 9.

Prolonged lockout would halt supply chain, damage economy

The City of New Westminster has tweeted out that the power is now back on in all parts of the city. “We have now located the source of the power outage and expect power to be restored by 6 p.m. tonight,” said an update from the city at 1:15 p.m.

The latest indicators from cardiac care centres across the country show Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster is a leader in treatment people who have had heart attacks.