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Champagne tabby Lily, who'd never been outside, escaped her Steveston home and rode around the Lower Mainland in a car bumper the entire day

While Richmond is still determining how cannabis will be handled in the city , the province is moving ahead with its plans for online sales and has secured a distribution centre in Richmond.

Retail sales remain strong in British Columbia despite large declines across the rest of the country. British Columbia was one of three provinces to have its retail sales grow more than 1% in April from March. B.C.

A Richmond driver has has received a 24-hour driving prohibition and multiple violation tickets after driving a Ford F-150 onto a curb, knocking over displays, hitting a pole, then fleeing a Vancouver gas station on Thursday night.

This week at city council, topics such as trampoline park regulations and electric vehicle infrastructure are on the agenda. Richmond's city council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, June 25 in council chambers at 6911 No. 3 Rd.

A Vancouver-based company that has developed a virtual assistant for banking has been added to a digital store in Europe. Finn AI’s entry into the Temenos MarketPlace follows a win in Miami at the latter company’s Innovation Jam series in 2017.

May inflation hit British Columbians harder than consumers in other provinces, led by gasoline prices that were up nearly 23 per cent year over year, according to Statistics Canada. The consumer price index (CPI) for both B.C. and Manitoba rose 2.

An entrepreneur who got his start in Richmond has received recognition through the 2018 RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Awards. Hailing from Guangzhou, China, Kin Wah Leung landed in Vancouver in 1981.

Vancouver has the opportunity to become Canada Basketball’s home court, which would provide the national program with a base for talent development and an economic boost for future operations, officials said ahead of a pair of high-profile games sche

A financial technology company that traces its roots to Vancouver has found a buyer willing to dig deep into its own wallet. PayPal Holdings, Inc. is acquiring Hyperwallet Systems Inc. for US$400 million.