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Vancouver senior offers $350 'finder's fee' for rental accommodation

Vancouver senior offers $350 'finder's fee' for rental accommodation

Derek Stephen, 66, has to vacate his basement suite by Aug. 1.
B.C. eatery shuttered three days for allowing pool playing

B.C. eatery shuttered three days for allowing pool playing

Johnnie Fox’s on Vancouver's Main Street didn't have a licence endorsement to allow patrons to leave their tables to play games such as darts, billiards, video arcade style games.
B.C. nurse's patient care skills found deficient

B.C. nurse's patient care skills found deficient

The nurse has agreed to a number of limits on their practice.
Bee die-offs due to cool weather, not aerial spraying, says provincial apiculturist

Bee die-offs due to cool weather, not aerial spraying, says provincial apiculturist

The biological insecticide Foray 48B affects only moth and butterfly caterpillars after ingestion, says Paul van Westendorp
Scientists eager to view sea floor after earthquake swarm

Scientists eager to view sea floor after earthquake swarm

The public is invited to come along via a live internet stream
Comment: Raise legal age to buy cigarettes by a year annually

Comment: Raise legal age to buy cigarettes by a year annually

We need to create a generation of non-smokers.
B.C. court changes conditional sentence to jail for sex assault

B.C. court changes conditional sentence to jail for sex assault

Farhad Maslehati was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious friend who had sought his help in treating her epilepsy.
Driver writes off Porsche on Cypress Bowl Road, West Vancouver police say

Driver writes off Porsche on Cypress Bowl Road, West Vancouver police say

No charges are pending, investigators say
Meet one of the young faces of Steveston's spot prawn industry

Meet one of the young faces of Steveston's spot prawn industry

Reid Thornton fell in love with spot prawn fishing after he started working in the industry five years ago.
Vancouver natural gas leads North American cities in toxic benzene

Vancouver natural gas leads North American cities in toxic benzene

Long-term exposure to benzene has been found to cause blood cancers like leukemia.