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Have you checked on the senior in your life during the heatwave?

As the heatwave in B.C. continues — with temperatures hitting the high 30s in some areas — BC Care Providers Association is urging the public to check on their elderly friends, relatives and neighbours to make sure they're feeling well.
Burnaby event honours sacrifices in Korean War

Burnaby event honours sacrifices in Korean War

If you saw somebody walking around with a poppy on their lapel today (Friday), and wondered why, it was the anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 1953.
Ready to go boom: on board the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks barge

Ready to go boom: on board the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks barge

Vancouver's fireworks competition beings July 28 with a show by South Africa

UPDATE: Stabbing in Burnaby's Central Park sends man to hospital

A man was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening stab wounds after another attack in Burnaby’s Central Park Thursday. Police were called to an area of the park near the Patterson SkyTrain station at about 8:30 p.m.
Richmond fire makes for smoky conditions in Vancouver, traffic woes in Richmond

Richmond fire makes for smoky conditions in Vancouver, traffic woes in Richmond

It's not just haze, Vancouver. That's smoke. Although we are indeed in the midst of another fire season in British Columbia, the smoke lightly shrouding Vancouver is from a large fire at the DND reserve area south of the Richmond Nature Park.
Online parks permit application system expands

Online parks permit application system expands

Applying for renewals, amendments and transfers of existing park-use permits for BC Parks just got easier, with the expansion of FrontCounter BC’s online permit application system.
Mars shines brighter as it nears earth; the next time it will be this close is 2287

Mars shines brighter as it nears earth; the next time it will be this close is 2287

Earth passes between sun and red planet during celestial event
Assistant fire chief who supported Camp Cloud quits to escape suspension

Assistant fire chief who supported Camp Cloud quits to escape suspension

Burnaby's Bryan Kirk said he expected 'the heaviest suspension ever levied in the history of the Burnaby fire department'
Court apology for Burnaby teen Luka Gordic's death 'too little, too late': prosecutor

Court apology for Burnaby teen Luka Gordic's death 'too little, too late': prosecutor

A man convicted of manslaughter in the 2015 swarming death of Burnaby teen Luka Gordic in Whistler read out an apology to a nearly empty court gallery in Vancouver Wednesday. The family of the slain teen had walked out the moment he began to speak.
Seth Rogen will be making your transit ride ‘even more awesome’

Seth Rogen will be making your transit ride ‘even more awesome’

Vancouver comic will be the voice of TransLink's "tap to pay" messages