B.C. News

Hot, dry conditions presage bad fire season; some rivers at near-record low levels

Sara Duncan and her husband recently found a two-bedroom apartment in Fort St. John, but it wasn’t easy. “I’ve lived in Vancouver and in Victoria, and the rent is higher here than it was there,” she said.

Vancouver’s last remaining hookah lounges have just four more weeks until the city has the option to shut them down forever.

Kyle Washington, the executive chairman of Seaspan Corp.

LYTTON — The winds in the Fraser Canyon gust so strongly at times that it can be difficult to carry on a conversation with someone standing just a few steps away. That makes a wildfire on the steep mountain slopes here particularly hard to fight.

Residents of a Maple Ridge street and the homeless who have pitched their tents beside their homes see little progress in finding a solution to the problem.

Are you happy, comfortable, uncomfortable or miserable? Metro Vancouver residents who are over the age of 55, don't commute and own their homes outright are probably beaming from cheek to cheek over their living situation.

Vancouver market ‘will be even more active’ if $50,000 limit removed

A new study commissioned by the City of Vancouver rejects the B.C. government's argument that the city's soaring take of development fees — specifically Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) — is forcing housing prices to rise.

Deal will see Vancouver-based company help to set up China’s first float-plane service