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Near-fatal cancer beaten back with blood pressure pill

Near-fatal cancer beaten back with blood pressure pill

Trish Keating’s cancer is now almost undetectable
Priciest Metro Vancouver homes draw buyers from China

Priciest Metro Vancouver homes draw buyers from China

Falling dollar makes mansions a bargain in yuan
Premier Clark says anti-terror Bill C-51 could 'impinge' on rights

Premier Clark says anti-terror Bill C-51 could 'impinge' on rights

B.C. Premier Christy Clark is raising concerns that the federal government's anti-terrorism bill could "impinge" on the rights of Canadians.
B.C.'s water sale plans raise concerns about price

B.C.'s water sale plans raise concerns about price

More than 82,000 people have signed a petition against the government’s plans to sell B.C.’s water for $2.25 per million litres. “It is outrageous,” says the online petition from SumOfUs.org, that corporations can buy water “for next to nothing.” B.
Striking university staff rally in Prince George

Striking university staff rally in Prince George

Striking university staff rally in Prince George Tiffany Crawford Vancouver Sun Professors from across Canada joined hundreds of people rallying in Prince George on Saturday afternoon to support staff on strike at the University of Northern B.C.
Haida Nation wins injunction against commercial fishery

Haida Nation wins injunction against commercial fishery

HAIDA GWAII, B.C. — A First Nation in Haida Gwaii, B.C., says it has won an injunction to block a planned herring roe fishery on its territory.
Aging farm pesticides, livestock medications collected for disposal

Aging farm pesticides, livestock medications collected for disposal

VANCOUVER —Vancouver Island and Fraser Valley farmers turned in more than 19,000 kilograms of unwanted pesticides and livestock medications during an October collection campaign.
Electric ferry jolts discussion over powering ships in B.C.

Electric ferry jolts discussion over powering ships in B.C.

Norwegian vessel challenges assumptions about limits of battery power
Vancouver waterfront fire contained, health effects yet to be seen

Vancouver waterfront fire contained, health effects yet to be seen

Symptoms of exposure to the chemical-laden smoke that blanketed portions of east Vancouver and carried into Burnaby could be delayed by as much as 24 hours, health officials warned after a massive container fire at the port Wednesday afternoon.
UBC scientists find key to deadly poplar tree fungus

UBC scientists find key to deadly poplar tree fungus

VANCOUVER - University of B.C. scientists say they have discovered why a certain type of fungus is killing poplar trees.