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Vancouver real estate advertised in Shanghai first

Vancouver real estate advertised in Shanghai first

A Chinese-language website run by a Shanghai-based company is listing and arranging tours of Vancouver residential properties, and splitting commission fees with local agents. Vanfun.com gives its users a jump.
Peace Region’s first wildfires of the season under control

Peace Region’s first wildfires of the season under control

The first two Peace Region wildfires of the season are under control near Moberly Lake, the B.C. Wildfire Service says.
Burnaby condo owners fined for 'unacceptable' behaviour

Burnaby condo owners fined for 'unacceptable' behaviour

A couple accused of screaming bigoted and obscene taunts at their neighbours and smearing dog feces on doors in their Burnaby condo complex have been ordered to fork over thousands of dollars in unpaid strata fines.
B.C. politics: Delays, interference plague ministerial email records

B.C. politics: Delays, interference plague ministerial email records

VICTORIA — B.C. cabinet ministers will no longer be able to delay the release of public records through deliberate stalling or inaction, as part of changes coming to the province’s Freedom of Information system, The Vancouver Sun has learned.
'Unique' Shaughnessy house facing demolition has rich history

'Unique' Shaughnessy house facing demolition has rich history

A home is so much more than its mortar, bricks and wooden beams. That’s no revelation. But some homes harbour more history than most and the 94-year-old English Tudor residence at 1550 West 29th St. in Vancouver’s tony Shaughnessy is one of them.
Pilot walks away from crash landing near Abbotsford Airport

Pilot walks away from crash landing near Abbotsford Airport

A pilot walked away from a crash landing Sunday near the Abbotsford Airport with no serious injury.
B.C. Hydro wants Vancouver Site C protest camp gone

B.C. Hydro wants Vancouver Site C protest camp gone

Camp has become health and safety hazard, utility says
B.C. care-home fall rates highest in 3 capital region facilities

B.C. care-home fall rates highest in 3 capital region facilities

At the three care facilities in B.C.
Accused in torture killing escapes Washington state psychiatric hospital

Accused in torture killing escapes Washington state psychiatric hospital

SEATTLE — A man accused of torturing a woman to death but found too mentally ill for trial was on the loose Thursday after crawling out a window in a locked, lower-security unit of a Washington state psychiatric hospital already facing federal scruti
B.C. care homes provide anti-depressants without diagnoses

B.C. care homes provide anti-depressants without diagnoses

New data from B.C.’s Seniors Advocate shows residents in the majority of care homes in the province are still being prescribed anti-depressants and anti-psychotics without having a diagnosis for those ailments. It has been a priority in B.C.