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Vancouver father-daughter duo's series brings new perspective to disability, family dynamics
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (658+ words) Adapting is a new made-in-Vancouver family drama that screens on AMI this month. Father-and-daughter duo Garner and Rachael Ransom came up with the Vancouver-made dramatic series Adapting during their car rides in 2021. Produced by Bread & Better Films Inc., and set…...
Retiring Vancouver fire chief Karen Fry reflects on Hastings tent city, opioids, and sexism
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (942+ words) As Fry prepares to retire this month after 27 years in the fire service, she reflected in a wide-ranging interview on some of the challenges, accomplishments, and memories in an uncommon career In the hot, dry summer of 2022, an evolving, dangerous…...
Why is there an abandoned gas station next to one of Vancouver's elite condo developments?
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (720+ words) Properties such as this are sometimes referred to as “orphan” sites. One of the oddest sights in Vancouver is an abandoned gas station at 711 Beach Ave. What makes it odd is the location — at the foot of Vancouver House, one…...
Douglas Todd: Why Metro Vancouver residents are rapidly moving to other regions of B.C.
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (1017+ words) A big group of recent departers are aged between 20 and 44, some in the midst of having children. They are getting more bang for their housing dollar, less congestion and enjoying effortless access to B.C.’s outdoors. Penticton. Courtenay. Chilliwack. What do…...
All Boston Bar residents ordered out as new wildfire erupts
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (242+ words) Some residents had remained despite an evacuation order. The Fraser Valley Regional District has ordered residents who have remained in the Boston Bar area to leave immediately as a new blaze has erupted south of the Brunswick Creek wildfire complex....
Heat and air quality warnings in effect for parts of Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (401+ words) Daytime temperatures are expected to be in the 30s for many inland parts of the region. Heat and air quality warnings are in effect for parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with temperatures expected to soar in the mid…...
Property owner appeals B.C. judge's dismissal of bid to reopen Cowichan lands decision
1+ day, 38+ min ago (633+ words) Montrose Properties, which owns warehouses, a Coca-Cola distribution centre and other facilities in southeast Richmond, filed the appeal Tuesday with the B.C. Court of Appeal A Richmond company is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that threw out its bid to reopen…...
Suspect in 2022 Montreal murder arrested by police in B.C.
1+ day, 26+ min ago (173+ words) The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit searched a home in Burnaby and picked up Lee Van Smath Germain The B.C. anti-gang unit has arrested a man wanted in Quebec for murder. Lee Van Smath Germain was wanted in connection with the…...
Surrey defendant seeks delay to Sinaloa-linked forfeiture case
23+ hour, 23+ min ago (503+ words) The B.C. government wants two Surrey houses owned by James Sclater, worth almost $4 million, forfeited as proceeds of illicit activity A Surrey man who police allege has links to former Sinaloa cartel boss Ismael (El Mayo) Zambada wants to delay the…...
B.C. Wildfire Service uses drones to ignite burns in a Canadian first
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (511+ words) The controlled ignitions were dropped on the Brunswick Creek complex wildfires, which are burning in the Boston Bar area. In the battle against one of the most significant forest fires of this summer, the B.C. Wildfire Service says that for the…...