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Flames are no longer visible and the smoke over New Westminster has waned, but firefighting crews remain on scene of a barge fire in the Fraser River.

Burnaby firefighters had to retreat from a burning South Slope duplex Thursday when part of its ceramic-tiled roof started to collapse. Crews were called to the home at 5512 Clinton St. shortly before 6 p.m.

The Wooden Coaster first opened for 1958 Pacific National Exhibition

Saturday street party welcomes all members of the community

Raincoast Conservation Foundation says dilbit threatens local fish

Residents of a Metrotown apartment highrise were for forced out onto the street Wednesday by a fire in a fifth-floor suite. Fire crews were called to the building at 7077 Beresford St. at about 3:10.

People in the Middlegate area of Burnaby were surprised to see an armoured vehicle and officers in tactical gear carrying assault rifles and converging on a house on Balmoral Street Wednesday afternoon. At about 1:20 p.m.

And four other reasons Vancouver is awesome this week

On housing: "We’ve got the province and the city now stepping up. We need the federal government to step up, and that’s the big gap that’s missing here.”

We spoke to firework producer Kelly Guille to find out how the magic happens