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By Virender Singh In New Westminster, where the local government has taken a leading role in protecting tenants, advocates say bad landlords have found a new tactic to unfairly remove renters from their homes. Back in 2019, when…

McKee neighbourhood plan has been opposed by residents who enjoy the area’s mountainside trails

Byline: Shashi Goel Despite recent changes by city hall, a particularly tricky intersection in Richmond is creating confusion and fear for pedestrians, drivers and cyclists. Richmond Resident Lawrence Ho said he has been driving for a…

" No one wants to buy a paper these days," said Revelstoke city councillor Aaron Orlando.

By MARCO SHUM Bowen Islanders are concerned Metro Vancouver’s proposal for an overnight campground on the island might stop locals from travelling to Snug Cove during weekends because of the traffic. Ines Ortner, a 10-year resident…

By River Kero For members of the queer community, fentanyl can pose a specific and dangerous problem with a lot of stigma. Sexualized drug use — otherwise known as “party and play” or “PnP” — is a phenomenon that is associated with…

By Hannah Mondiwa Last month, high-level fentanyl trafficker Abd’l-Malik Rhyan Loubissi-Morris was sentenced in a Kelowna courtroom to 11 years in jail by Justice Steven Wilson. But it was not his first time before a B.C. judge.…

By JACOB ARON LEUNG This story was originally published on April 6, 2023.  Eight years into B.C.’s toxic drug crisis, a youth-led organization is stepping up to inform students about overdose prevention and the dangers of fentanyl.…

By Catherine McCallum Early one spring morning in a quiet neighbourhood, a fire truck followed by an ambulance stops in front of a bungalow. Soon the fire truck and the ambulance crew leave without a patient. Within an hour, police…

By Kalvin Moses Photographs by Nicholas Naylor and Ty Lim For a second day in a row, City of Vancouver workers backed up by police worked to clear tent encampments from East Hastings Street in the city's downtown core. In a…