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Air quality from wildfire smoke hits dangerous levels in cities across B.C., as smoke heads west

For days, thick smoke from wildfires has blanketed B.C. cities in the Kootenays and Okanagan. Now, Metro Vancouver is bracing for that smoke to...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Smoke headed for Metro Vancouver, Stanley Park closed overnight as 241 wildfires burn across B.C.

Wildfire smoke is in the forecast for B.C.’s south coast this weekend, in addition to a heat wave, which in the wake of...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Lytton, B.C., looks to its history as it starts to rebuild after devastating wildfire

Vancouver-based photographer Kathryn Mussallem was most likely the last tourist to visit the village of Lytton, B.C., before it was devastated by a...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Plenty of room for house prices in Canada to rise as interest rates stay low

In what’s shaping up as a post-pandemic battle for talent, an Ontario company has a plan to harness the Canadian itch to get into...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Burnaby shopping centre

There’s been another shooting in Metro Vancouver, this time at a shopping complex in Burnaby. Police on the scene at Market Crossing told CBC News...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Deadly shooting at Vancouver airport linked to gangs, police say

A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday at Vancouver International Airport in what police believe was a gang-related killing. The shooting, which occurred mid-afternoon outside...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Hopeful buyers stand in line for chance to snag townhomes in Vancouver suburb

A line stretched up a newly poured sidewalk in Langley, B.C. on Saturday as hopeful home buyers queued for a chance to get into Metro Vancouver’s...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Student says RCMP officer talked her out of laying charges against alleged serial voyeur on campus

WARNING: This story contains language that might be offensive to some readers. It also contains descriptions of voyeurism that might be upsetting. Taylor...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Life after curfew for Montreal’s homeless means lineups, fear of fines and few empty beds

It’s well past 8 p.m., and despite the provincial curfew for COVID-19, there is still a lineup outside Hotel Place Dupuis, one of...

August 1, 2021

Nigerian Celebrities

Nigeria news : Kidnapped former Bauchi lawmaker, Abdulmumuni Ningi regains freedom

Police in Anambra State have arrested four suspected armed robbers and have also recovered arms and ammunition used by the syndicates. The Police...

August 1, 2021

Nigerian Celebrities

Nigeria news : Abducted Adamawa district head regains freedom

About five persons have been reportedly killed, while seven others were injured in a renewed land clash between Uko Ntenghe and Uko Akpan...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Pandemic expanded online grocery shopping and delivery, but experts say in-store customers will be back

Online orders and delivery from Canada’s major grocers have gone from novel to normal since the pandemic began, accelerating a move to e-shopping that was...

August 1, 2021

Nigerian Celebrities

Nigeria news : Boko Haram: 6 killed, 11 abducted in Adamawa

Boko Haram Six people, including a police officer, were reportedly killed in the aftermath of an attack in Garkida town of Gombi Local...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

With Canada-U.S. border closed, snowbirds pack B.C. campsites to wait out winter

On a small island in British Columbia’s Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with...

August 1, 2021

Canadian Celebrities

Holiday charity work in Canada a challenge for fundraisers and donors during pandemic

When Victoria’s Santa Claus parade had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, the Greater Victoria Festival Society came up with a Plan B...

August 1, 2021