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Squamish tourist attraction puts policy into effect on Friday

The BC Centre for Disease Control has issued COVID-19 exposure warnings for two more flights through Vancouver. The two domestic flights were added to the BCCDC’s list of public exposures Monday evening. The affected flights are: Aug.

An SUV caught fire in the parking lot of a townhouse complex at Gilbert and Granville roads Monday evening, according to neighbours in the area.

“Today is Day 22 of our hunger strike, and we are still waiting for the province to tell us how they plan to help hard-hit hotel workers.

The dog that attacked an 80-year-old woman last week in Richmond will not be put down.

A Richmond McDonald’s has closed its doors after a case of COVID-19 was confirmed with one of its employees. The McDonald’s at 8191 Alderbridge Way was shut down immediately on Monday, Aug.

Face masks are now mandatory at Ikea’s Richmond location. The policy also applies to the Coquitlam store and other B.C. locations. Ikea Canada says the new policy – which kicked in Aug.

Vancouver International Airport (YVR)’s control tower was one of many landmarks in Metro Vancouver to light up in a purple glow in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day on Monday evening. The day is observed on Aug.

The rare white orca spotted off Sooke last weekend is sticking around. For the second time in seven days, whale-watching operator Paul Pudwell photographed T046B1B, otherwise known as Tl’uk, in the waters off Sooke on Sunday.

A Richmond-based company has been helping Canadians reunite with their boats that were left stranded in the U.S. since the border closed in March. Philip Cragg, owner of Pacific Coast Yacht Sales, started receiving a “wildfire” of phone calls from B.