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B.C. is launching a new lung cancer screening program — the first of its kind in Canada — Premier John Horgan announced Monday. The program is exepcted to be fully operational by 2022. Horgan said it’s the first such program in Canada.

It could be a couple of days before the fire that’s destroyed part of Pier Park is fully extinguished. Mayor Jonathan Cote visited the site on Monday morning, where firefighters continue to work to contain the blaze.

But after a day in which several schools cancelled classes due to smoke, families are asked to keep their eyes open for updates tomorrow

The Sea to Sky Gondola Cable has been cut again. The incident happened on the early morning hours of Sept. 14, said general manager Kirby Brown. Brown said that no one was hurt in the incident. Squamish RCMP say officers were contacted at 4 a.m.

A "devastating fire" is still burning at New Westminster’s award-winning Westminster Pier Park and could be burning for days, according to the local fire department.

New Westminster’s historic pier area is still on fire and could continue burning for several days, according to the New Westminster Fire Department. The fire is at Westminster Pier Park and local firefighters are battling to contain it.

New Westminster will contribute financially to the well-being of vulnerable citizens in the community – but it wants the province to help out as well.

Smoke from Washington and Oregon wildfires is expected to continue to impact air quality over the weekend

Urban Academy is proposing an expansion to its Sapperton campus less than two years after moving into its new digs because of increasing interest in the private school.

Several people in the area reported a cougar Friday morning at the popular Coquitlam hiking destination.