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The Metro Vancouver weather forecast calls for bright sunshine after the region received a great deal of rainfall overnight on Tuesday, July 9.

Vibrant rainbow bags will be hitting Ikea’s Richmond and Coquitlam floors July 27, just in time to celebrate Pride.

A Richmond student was crowned runner-up at the Miss Fiji Canada Pageant in the pre-teen category last week – at her first ever pageant. Riya KC, 12, a James Whiteside elementary student, was competing at the event in Surrey on July 4.

The province has announced new restrictions on open burning, including more stringent rules in areas near communities, shorter burn periods and a requirement to dry out debris.

‘Ecological engineers’ make major impact on ocean ecosystem

Dropping her two young daughters at their father’s dark Oak Bay apartment after learning his power had been cut off “is the biggest regret I have in my life,” Sarah Cotton testified through tears Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.

A homeless shelter, plans for which previously stirred up neighbours, is set to open its doors on Wednesday.

Charges are pending against two seniors after an alleged soup assault at a Burnaby mall on Saturday. At about 12:30 p.m.

Richmond city council’s decision to ban single-use plastics by 2020 may have been lauded by environmentalists, but not everyone is clapping their hands with joy.

Jason Guo was so upset after his pup died following an arduous flight from China that he set up a foundation to cope with his grief and help local animal charities at the same time.