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The use of traditional opioids in South Asian communities could potentially carry an additional risk, according to Fraser Health, which recently alerted health professionals to lead contaminated drugs.

Advocates and politicians say that if Vancouver becomes part of a successful 2026 World Cup bid, as the city is hoping for, they are worried the additional surveillance from security forces will increase vulnerabilities for low-income…

TransLink will experiment with four fully electric buses in south Vancouver as part of the company’s plans to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

A Burnaby city councillor is lobbying to bring back controversial photo radar to ensure road safety after three people were hit by cars on a crosswalk in less than a week, with one fatality.

Reported Lisa Tanh The practice of purchasing property to turn a profit was a main concern for several city councillors during the Housing Vancouver Strategy presentation. Speculative investment, the purchase of property based on…

Reported by Nick Valka Although in Canadian universities there are still inequalities in pay between female and male teaching staff, the gap in the employment rate is getting smaller. According to a Statistics Canada survey done over…

Reported by Myra Dionne British Columbia has seen the highest decrease in employment insurance beneficiaries in the country which some experts attribute to a boom in the job market. According to a new Statistics Canada report, the…

Reported by Lindsey Lloyd and Allison Hayes When a Mexican migrant worker arrived at an Abbotsford farm 11 years ago to work, he found himself sleeping on a floor. He came to Canada as a farm worker with the federal government’s Temporary…

For the third year in a row, the average rent in Vancouver has increased past the allowance set by each province annually, according to a report release this morning.

Reported by Ana Rose Walkey and Saša Lakić As part of its proposed roll-out of double-decker buses for the Greater Vancouver region, TransLink tested one of the two buses on the Richmond-White Rock route on Tuesday. According to the…