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Pets may help open Asian doors for B.C. pot companies

Pets may help open Asian doors for B.C. pot companies

Firm pitches pet-health products overseas
Two thirds of Canadians support a change on birthright citizenship: Survey

Two thirds of Canadians support a change on birthright citizenship: Survey

Metro Vancouver, especially Richmond, is considered as Canada’s epicentre for a booming and unregulated birth tourism industry – many foreign individuals come here for the sole purpose of giving birth to a Canadian baby.
BRAKING NEWS: Toyota hoping to get wheels on the moon

BRAKING NEWS: Toyota hoping to get wheels on the moon

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Toyota takes aim at the moon While electric vehicles tend to grab most of the headlines these days, fuel-cell powered machines have been improving by leaps and bounds.
'Pipelines are full,' says NEB in touting Trans Mountain

'Pipelines are full,' says NEB in touting Trans Mountain

The National Energy Board says Canada's existing export pipelines are running at maximum efficiency and the only way to realistically get more oil to market through pipelines is to build more of them.
Three Burnaby schools score funding for new playgrounds

Three Burnaby schools score funding for new playgrounds

For kids growing up in neighbourhoods dominated by apartment highrises, playgrounds aren’t just playgrounds, they’re backyards too, according to one Burnaby principal.
Burnaby RCMP steps up presence at local mosques after New Zealand massacre

Burnaby RCMP steps up presence at local mosques after New Zealand massacre

Burnaby RCMP has stepped up its presence at local mosques after a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand Friday.
Harvest Power’s stinky composting firm fined a record $300,000

Harvest Power’s stinky composting firm fined a record $300,000

Fine unlikely to be paid in full because of way parent company structured subsidiary: official
Hallmark Channel drops Lori Loughlin from Vancouver-filmed shows amid fraud charges

Hallmark Channel drops Lori Loughlin from Vancouver-filmed shows amid fraud charges

The Hallmark Channel has announced that it will no longer be working with actress Lori Loughlin amid allegations of college admissions bribery.
Burnaby school board mulling district owned and operated child care

Burnaby school board mulling district owned and operated child care

Before- and after-school care centres could be staffed with education assistants.
BC Place naming rights part of Crown corporation’s dispute with journalist

BC Place naming rights part of Crown corporation’s dispute with journalist

Whitecaps want licencing agreement disclosure order quashed