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By Andrea Dante While some predicted that Canada’s elimination from the soccer FIFA World Cup group stage would dent revenues at bars, pubs and restaurants screening the matches, many in the service industry say soccer fever will keep…

By Samantha Holomay This upcoming holiday season will be difficult for the retail and hospitality sectors as managers struggle to deal with staffing shortages. Ian Tostenson, the president and CEO of the B.C. Restaurant and…

By Melbah Grace Jacob  Vinyl records, CDs and cassettes have been making a comeback as people seek a deeper connection with music.  A sense of nostalgia, the actual possession of the item and the deepened experience of playing an…

By Chris Harcourt Non-profits are opening temporary warming shelters as temperatures drop in Vancouver. The Lower Mainland is expected to get its first significant snowstorm of the season on Tuesday. The City of Vancouver has created…

By Rigo Bacaltos Samantha Chalifoux says the mistreatment her son said he faced from an Abbotsford group home played a significant role in her son’s death. A public coroner’s inquest started Monday morning in Burnaby into…

By Kalvin Moses B.C. is expanding the number of internationally educated doctors allowed to practice in B.C., in order to meet the demand of the province’s shortage of family doctors International doctors are coming A practice…

By Nicholas Naylor The blueberry bush-killing scorch virus has been a common issue to B.C. farms, but virus mutations are making detection and treatments more difficult. According to the BC Blueberry Council, several viruses affect…

By Tom Eley The PNE has banned the Breakout music festival after a riot ignited last September when the headlining act failed to show up, according to a PNE spokesperson. On Sept. 18, a handful of disgruntled fans caused $300,000 in…

By Shashi Goel The creation of British Columbia’s first new medical school in 50 years received an injection of $4.9 million, Premier David Eby announced Monday. The school, to be established at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey…