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More people are using their phones while driving, ICBC says

More people are using their phones while driving, ICBC says

According to police data, distracted driving accounts for one-in-four fatal crashes each year in B.C.
Governments let 'once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to protect high seas sail by, Greenpeace says

Governments let 'once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to protect high seas sail by, Greenpeace says

“While countries continue to talk, the oceans and all those who rely on them will suffer," said Laura Meller of Greenpeace’s Protect the Oceans campaign
Campaign launched to save the oldest building on the North Shore

Campaign launched to save the oldest building on the North Shore

Navvy Jack House is one of the oldest buildings still standing in Metro Vancouver.
North Van man charged with attempted murder in stabbing

North Van man charged with attempted murder in stabbing

Police were called to the 5000 block of Ranger Avenue Friday night and one man was taken to hospital. He has since been released.
West Vancouver Blue Bus union warns of impending strike

West Vancouver Blue Bus union warns of impending strike

Picketing at Park Royal should stop almost all transit service in West Vancouver, the union says
B.C. researchers make insulin pill 'breakthrough’

B.C. researchers make insulin pill 'breakthrough’

Aside from improving the lifestyles of 300,000 Canadians who take insulin injections multiple times a day to manage Type 1 diabetes, a pill could reach millions more who currently can't access the medicine.
Update: High-risk sex offender wanted Canada-wide arrested

Update: High-risk sex offender wanted Canada-wide arrested

He was arrested four days after leaving his halfway house.
B.C. booze deliveries to resume as union stands down picket lines: BCGEU

B.C. booze deliveries to resume as union stands down picket lines: BCGEU

The BCGEU has announced it's ending job action at liquor and cannabis distribution warehouses.
Seaspan's tugboat strike impacts seven ships in Port of Vancouver

Seaspan's tugboat strike impacts seven ships in Port of Vancouver

Union job action delays cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse from leaving Port of Vancouver. Movements of four cruise ships and three freighters has been impacted.
B.C.'s summer heat to extend into fall, says meteorologist

B.C.'s summer heat to extend into fall, says meteorologist

The extended warmer temperatures are a result of a very dry and hot August.