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So-called “party buses” in B.C. will get hammered with fines up to $318 for infractions after the government came down heavy on the industry Friday.

Costs as low as $1 for 24 hours

A construction excavator fell into an empty pool, while demolishing a home in the Terra Nova neighbourhood on Wednesday.

Funding includes up to 10 beds in Vancouver for women who have been exploited

The Community Engagement Advisory Network is seeking volunteers to make health care more patient-centered.

Next month, Vancouver will have a new mayor and council after a historic election. Eight of the 10 councillors will be women, and three of them will represent the Green Party. The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) elected five members.

While they lasted far longer than Toronto’s did, Vancouver is saying goodbye to Seth Rogen’s Translink announcements. The funnyman’s charismatic stylings may be heard from now until Halloween, and then they are being taken off the system.

B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains on Oct. 23 introduced a bill to protect temporary foreign workers – a piece of legislation that will require employers to be registered and recruiters to be licensed.

Will Nygren doesn’t fit the profile of the typical Canadian business official working in China. For one, Nygren – who lived in Toronto for most of his adult life – doesn’t speak Mandarin.

A commuter who travels Downtown from Richmond every day is appealing for the River Rock Casino to reinstate its formerly free parking lot.