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Is it safe to visit Mexico? What Canadians need to know about the 2024 travel advisory

Is it safe to visit Mexico? What Canadians need to know about the 2024 travel advisory

Kidnapping is a "serious security risk" throughout much of the country.
Trippy new vortex mural transforms this Burnaby art gallery

Trippy new vortex mural transforms this Burnaby art gallery

The mural is an homage to 1960s modernist architecture, inspired by early video artists.
Wine overtakes beer as B.C. drinkers' preferred summer beverage purchase

Wine overtakes beer as B.C. drinkers' preferred summer beverage purchase

Wholesales for wine, spirits and coolers rose last summer, while beer wholesales fell.
'Something out of a movie': Fireworks shoot out of B.C. apartment

'Something out of a movie': Fireworks shoot out of B.C. apartment

Fireworks were seen erupting from a highrise balcony in Surrey.
Health Canada approves RSV vaccine for use in pregnancy to immunize infants

Health Canada approves RSV vaccine for use in pregnancy to immunize infants

The vaccine is manufactured by Pfizer.
B.C. drag queens' sexual assault, defamation case ends without trial

B.C. drag queens' sexual assault, defamation case ends without trial

"I just want this to be over," said a Facebook post.
Black bear chased out of ‘den’ under Cowichan couple’s deck

Black bear chased out of ‘den’ under Cowichan couple’s deck

They had seen the bear fishing in the nearby Cowichan River but didn’t want it living under their home during hibernation, which can be up to six months
Man who ran illegal poker league out of Burnaby bowling alley granted discharge

Man who ran illegal poker league out of Burnaby bowling alley granted discharge

Police went undercover to infiltrate an illegal poker league being run out of a lounge at Revs Bowling. The league's organizer, 58-year-old Richard Kurt Giebelhaus, was sentenced to a year of probation last month.
Heads of 17 Canadian environmental charities collecting major compensation packages

Heads of 17 Canadian environmental charities collecting major compensation packages

MONTREAL — A small group of leaders of Canadian charities in the environment, conservation, and animal protection sectors are taking home compensation packages equivalent to, and in some cases higher than, the salaries of provincial premiers.
Burnaby firm ordered to pay $81K to ex-employee fired over 'strongly worded' email

Burnaby firm ordered to pay $81K to ex-employee fired over 'strongly worded' email

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered Burnaby's Gisborne Holdings Ltd. to pay an ex-employee more than $81,000 for wrongful dismissal.