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Metro council salary increases double that of average worker and inflation

Metro council salary increases double that of average worker and inflation

Biggest increases occurred in Anmore, Port Moody, Vancouver, New Westminster and White Rock
VIDEO: What you need to know about legal pot in Vancouver explained in three minutes

VIDEO: What you need to know about legal pot in Vancouver explained in three minutes

Non-medical marijuana becomes legal in Canada on Oct. 17. But information about what you can and can't do remains a little... hazy. Here are some answers to questions Vancouverites might have about legalization.
Chinese live-streamer held for 'insulting' national anthem

Chinese live-streamer held for 'insulting' national anthem

A popular Chinese live-streamer has been sentenced to five days detention for "insulting" China's national anthem by waving her arms and mimicking a conductor as she sung the song during a broadcast to millions of her followers.
West Van students answer call from Canadian astronaut in training

West Van students answer call from Canadian astronaut in training

Students at West Vancouver’s Ecole Pauline Johnson had a recent lesson that was out of this world. Students gathered in the school gym Oct.
UBC is on the World’s Most Innovative Universities list

UBC is on the World’s Most Innovative Universities list

The list "identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science"
Ticket for driver who went airborne in Richmond parking lot

Ticket for driver who went airborne in Richmond parking lot

RCMP say the driver was an 80-year-old woman.
Learn about snow geese at this walk and talk in Delta

Learn about snow geese at this walk and talk in Delta

The next program in the Fraser River Discovery Centre’s BioDiversity Speaker Series will take place this Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island.
Retired RCMP won’t get veterans’ plates

Retired RCMP won’t get veterans’ plates

Special B.C. veterans’ licence plates will remain reserved for veterans. A proposal to expand the program to retired RCMP members has been nixed by the province.
Can I blaze before my flight? YVR says yes

Can I blaze before my flight? YVR says yes

Vancouver’s International Airport says people are welcome to smoke weed in its designated smoking areas post-legalization, but the Airport Authority is reminding travellers that crossing international borders with the plant is still not allowed regar
Video: SUV barely misses pedestrian in Richmond

Video: SUV barely misses pedestrian in Richmond

The white vehicle launched through some bushes at Yaohan Centre.