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Thousands crowd legislature grounds to greet royal couple

The Duchess of Cambridge greets a large crowd of admirers during the welcoming ceremony at the B.C. legislature on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.   Photograph...

At least one dead, 100 injured after New Jersey train plows into platform: ‘I heard panicked screams’

DAVID PORTER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOBOKEN, N.J. — A crowded commuter train crashed into the bustling Hoboken station during the morning rush hour Thursday, killing...

A burger-flipping robot? How automation threatens to disrupt the workforce

Reid Southwick, Calgary Herald   Robots are capable of taking over countless tasks that human workers are paid to perform, and these meddlesome machines are not...

No hard hat, no deal: Quebec court becomes latest to slap down turban exemptions for Sikhs

Tristin Hopper, National Post The Port of Montreal requires hard hats for all workers on its property. Three Sikh truck drivers who perform regular pickups...

Targeted shooting leaves one dead in Maple Ridge

Maple Ridge: On September 24, 2016, just after 2:00 am, the Ridge Meadows RCMP responded to a report of shots fired in the area...

Mounties nab man in a stolen car

A man from Chilliwack is facing criminal charges for firearm and property crimes after being arrested by RCMP in early September. Cameron Joseph Koutecky, 25,...

Two persons with gunshot injuries in South Surrey

Surrey RCMP were called to a home in the 4200 block of 152 Street after learning of an adult male and female suffering from...

IHIT investigating suspicious death in Coquitlam – Victim Identified

Coquitlam: On September 23, 2016 just after 6:30 am, the Coquitlam RCMP responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle in the 4900 block...

Chilliwack Mounties bust dial-a-dope operation

Two people face charges after being arrested for drug offences by the RCMP in late August. Dipendra Varma Bundhoo, 27, of Delta, faces charges for...

BC NDP Director Raj Sihota becomes first South Asian woman to hold top staff position

News Talk 980 CKNW | Vancouver's News. Vancouver's Talk Bailey Nicholson Raj Sihota is now the first woman of South Asian descent to hold the top...

Ottawa gives conditional approval to giant LNG project for B.C. coast

By GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH, RICHMOND, B.C. - The federal government gave conditional approval Tuesday to the massive Pacific NorthWest LNG project planned for British Columbia's northwest coast. Environment...

Vancouver proposes licensed short-term Airbnb rentals to increase supply

THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - Vancouver is proposing a new business-licence system for short-term rentals through websites like Airbnb to deal with "dangerously" low vacancy...

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Magic Days Coming to Museum of Surrey

Surrey, BC – Lon Mandrake, magician, and son of the late famous Mandrake the Magician, will perform a little abracadabra at Museum of Surrey on...

TransLink completes modernization of 1980s-era SkyTrain technology

NEW WESTMINSTER: TransLink has replaced aging speakers and signs on the SkyTrain system by installing 280 new customer information screens and over 1,400 new...

Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital

SURREY – Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital after evidence of transmission in a medicine unit. Four patients at Abbotsford Regional...