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Clock ticks down on WestJet flight attendants’ strike deadline

The clock is ticking down toward a strike deadline that could see 4,400 WestJet flight attendants hit the picket line…

Western Canada’s tallest tower project to move ahead in downtown Vancouver

By a vote of 7-3, Vancouver City Council has approved the rezoning application for the Holborn Group’s massive redevelopment project…

Heat wave breaks multiple temperature records through Nanaimo & Oceanside

Unseasonably high temperatures throughout much of the province have seen a number of local temperature records broken.Preliminary data from Environment…

More B.C. communities under threat of encroaching wildfires

More communities across British Columbia are under threat from separate out-of-control wildfires.The latest overnight evacuation order was issued by the…

AMBER Alert issued for 4-year-old boy reported missing from West Kelowna

The West Kelowna RCMP says it has issued a BC AMBER Alert after receiving a report of a parental abduction.Mounties…

Family of New West senior rescued from burning building shares harrowing experience

Many of those displaced by a massive fire at a New Westminster apartment building earlier this month lost everything, but…

Vancouver multi-family sector faces correction as 24K new units hit the market

Multi-family real estate in Vancouver is undergoing a major correction as a boom in inventory coincides with lower immigration and…

Out-of-control wildfire prompts evacuation order, alerts around Pemberton area

An evacuation order has been issued for One Mile Park south of Pemberton, and several other properties in the area…

Bank of Canada holds key rate steady as confidence grows in economic rebound

The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady for the sixth consecutive time on Wednesday and said it…

Metro Vancouver outdoor workers’ union says job action paused as talks begin

The union representing Metro Vancouver’s outdoor workers says there has been “significant movement” in its mediation at the Labour Relations…