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Province releases repayment framework outlining how landlords and tenants will settle unpaid rent debt, while renters will be required to start paying rent in full starting Sept. 1, when the province will lift ban on evictions for non-payment.

FortisBC is implementing a clean growth innovation fund to help accelerate work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of its strategy to support the transformation to a lower carbon economy.

With British Columbians self-isolating at home in 2020 due to COVID-19, communities across B.C. have seen a surge of interest in homesteading activities, such as baking, gardening and preserving.

Despite a delay in the main spring planting season in B.C.’s Interior — and additional rules, regulations and costs due to the pandemic — treeplanters are expected to come close to planting 300 million trees this year.

A new gym will soon be coming to Richmond. Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness will be opening a new facility in north Richmond, at 10251 Saint Edwards Drive, near Highway 99 and Cambie Road. A She’s Fit! club will also be on-site.

Delta Police were called to the Alex Fraser Bridge around noon today for what appears to be an isolated incident involving a vehicle, its driver and a passenger.

Steveston-Richmond East MP Kenny Chiu has added his voice to those calling on the Canadian government to take a stand against human rights abuses by the Chinese government.

North Vancouver RCMP say one man has been arrested after brandishing a fake pistol on a bus at Phibbs Exchange. Around 10 p.m. Thursday, police received a 911 call from a passenger alerting them to a man with a gun.

A Site C worker from Alberta has tested positive for COVID-19, and four other close contacts have been put into quarantine at the work camp in Fort St. John.

A new online trip planner, the first of its kind in Canada, will help commercial vehicle operators plan their routes across B.C., the provincial government and TransLink announced Friday.