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A large fire erupted at a Value Village store at the intersection of Victoria Drive and East Hastings Street in Vancouver, engulfing the store in flames late Wednesday night. Brad Hesse, assistant chief of operations with the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, told CBC News the fire broke out after …
Read More »Near doctor or daughter? Metro Vancouver senior faces tough decision about where to live after hospitalization
This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. Kristal Garbers of New Westminster, B.C. says she’s worried about where her 78-year-old father will live once he’s discharged from hospital. Her dad, Siegfried, has been …
Read More »Vancouver family elated after stolen homemade sailboat recovered by police
A Vancouver family that spent a year building a sailboat from scratch, only to have it stolen upon completion, says they are thankful for its recovery by police after onlookers reported seeing it being rowed on a local waterway. Duncan McDonald — together with his wife, Julie, and two young …
Read More »Soccer fans in Vancouver left disappointed after abrupt cancellation of Canada-Panama game
Fans wearing red and white Canadian national team soccer jerseys and carrying flags and signs were left crestfallen at the gates of B.C. Place in Vancouver Sunday after a friendly match with Panama was abruptly called off. “I mean we just got to the World Cup, a match in Vancouver …
Read More »Large cat mistaken for cougar scares Vancouver neighbourhood, brings out police
It took more than a flyer on a lamppost for a lost cat in Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood to be returned to its owner on Wednesday. Police and conservation officers were called after residents reported seeing a cougar, far from its natural habitat, in the area of Granville Street and 20th Avenue …
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