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$1.3 billion debt projected this year due to rising personal injury claims and expensive car repairs

A famous actor has a heart attack on stage as he performs King Lear; a paramedic-in-training jumps out of the audience to perform CPR; and a seven-year-old actress watches her mentor pass away.

Tyson, an Alaskan Malamute, is probably the biggest dog in Richmond. The giant three-year-old pooch weighs in at a whopping 150 pounds and a body length of 1.6 metres — not including his equally long tail.

Is your pet prepared for the “big one?” If a natural disaster hits, everyone needs to be ready – including furry friends. The BC SPCA is encouraging pet guardians across the province to include their animals in emergency preparedness plans.

Milkcow, the famous Asian dessert café chain, made its Canada debut in Richmond. Known for its organic soft serve ice cream creations such as cotton candy and raw honeycomb, Milkcow café in Richmond is featuring 12 unique types of toppings.

The common wisdom for choosing drinks to match Indian cuisine is pick fruity white wine, beer or lassis. But not red wine! After a media luncheon at Vij’s on Cambie Street, I realize that some Italian reds (Valpolicellas) are fantastic with curries.

The university's international enrolment has grown 41 per cent since last fall

Canada has reached an agreement with 10 other nations on a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a move that will likely strengthen Ottawa’s hand in its ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations with Washington.

B.C. inflation rate cools to 2% in December, says StatsCan

Meet Hua Hua and Zhong Zhong, eight week old monkeys successfully cloned by Chinese scientists.