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Vancouver’s marijuana dispensaries have parents worried

Vancouver’s marijuana dispensaries have parents worried

When Valia Thorburn walks with her three kids down West Broadway and West Fourth avenues, they ask her about the bright green neon signs shaped like leaves that have sprung up like weeds along the busy business corridors.
Elderly B.C. killer deemed too high-risk for private family visits

Elderly B.C. killer deemed too high-risk for private family visits

Jean James, 76, wants time alone with husband and son in house on Fraser Valley Institution grounds
Heiltsuk First Nation calls for extension of herring fishery closure

Heiltsuk First Nation calls for extension of herring fishery closure

The Heiltsuk First Nation is calling for a coast-wide closure of the 2016 herring fishery, after it successfully shut down the 2015 fishery on the central coast earlier this spring.
Burrard Bridge to close for International Day of Yoga

Burrard Bridge to close for International Day of Yoga

The official slogan of Yoga event is 'Om The Bridge'
Fourth sinkhole opens up during Evergreen Line construction

Fourth sinkhole opens up during Evergreen Line construction

A major road in Port Moody is shut down after another sinkhole on the Evergreen Line, the fourth in less than a year. Clarke Road is closed at Seaview Drive until further notice while crews investigate the problem.
Year of close calls for ships on B.C. coast

Year of close calls for ships on B.C. coast

Commercial ocean-going ships reported being involved in at least 14 official occurrences on the B.C.
Gulf Islands deer population at ‘crisis’ level

Gulf Islands deer population at ‘crisis’ level

Native plants such as Arbutus trees threatened YVONNE ZACHARIAS Vancouver Sun Gulf Islands residents are wrestling with a deer population explosion that is threatening the landscape and its native plants.
Gulf Islands deer population at ‘crisis’ level

Gulf Islands deer population at ‘crisis’ level

Gulf Islands residents are wrestling with a deer population explosion that is threatening the landscape and its native plants.
New B.C. Crime Stoppers program offers cash rewards for guns

New B.C. Crime Stoppers program offers cash rewards for guns

Frustrated with comments like “The bullets fell from the sky,” police agencies are hoping cash will root gangsters’ guns out of Metro Vancouver. Sgt.
B.C. judge strikes down Canada's dangerous offender law

B.C. judge strikes down Canada's dangerous offender law

Man who raised the challenge will still be deemed dangerous