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The B.C. government launched its Rental Housing Task Force on Monday with a new website and a tour across the province to speak with renters and landlords starting next week.

A 46-year-old Vancouver man faces 12 charges in relation to a string of bank robberies, including more than one in Burnaby. Police identified Sean Bishop as a suspect after a bank robbery in the 1900-block of Rosser Avenue on Feb.

Post-secondary student group says educational institutions need to do more to protect students

Oil went into ground and contained at Darfield facility.

City council has heeded calls from the Burnaby’s fire and police departments to create a bylaw that ensures emergency radios work properly in new highrises.

Non-market housing project being considered on Hastings Street

A high-risk sex offender failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house Wednesday night

A high-risk sex offender failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house Wednesday night

New protections for renters devised by the provincial government have now come into effect. Changes to the Residential Tenancy Act aim to compensate renters who face eviction because of renovation or demolitions.

People in B.C. who have served as jurors – and experienced stress and mental-health challenges from that service – will now have access to free counselling sessions at the conclusion of a trial, thanks to a new juror support program.