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• Has Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon become a ’44-acre mud puddle?’

  Stanley Park water feature Lost Lagoon has become a '44-acre mud puddle' according to one neighbour. The city says it doesn't have the money to upgrade the lagoon.

  Politics

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• Hourly fees take effect at Vancouver’s last beach with free parking

  The new fees of $1 per hour at Spanish Banks took effect Friday, while cheaper rates will kick in in the fall. 

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• B.C. man fights to bring tumor-‘deleting’ cancer treatment to Canada

  Ron Haufler is going to the U.S. for a new treatment that could eliminate his cancer using sound waves. But he wants to know why he can't get it here in B.C.

  Health

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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – July 12

  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC.

  News

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• New charges for bags in B.C. begin July 15

  As of July 11, province-wide regulations will kick in that will require stores to charge at least 25 cents for paper bags and at least two dollars for reusable bags.

  Environment

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• Homicide team takes over after Surrey shooting victim dies

  Twenty-five-year-old Jatinder Singh of Langley was rushed to hospital and has since died. Police said he did not have a criminal record.

  Crime

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• Feel-good Friday: Global BC’s highlights of the week

  B.C.'s newest roller-coaster, a big win for Canada's ball hockey team and the return of a historic Indigenous carving round out this week's good news.

  Lifestyle

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• B.C. Olympian stages inspiring fight against metastatic breast cancer

  Krista Temple, a two-time Canadian Olympian and silver medalist in the 2012 Women’s 8, is also a devoted mother of two.

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• Heiltsuk Nation celebrates ‘powerful, emotional’ return of historic Chief’s Seat

  The nation is celebrating the first step of a repatriation effort to bring home a decorated chief’s seat from the Royal BC Museum.

  Canada

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• B.C. sailors found dead in lifeboat off coast of Nova Scotia

  A 10-foot inflatable boat with two bodies on board was discovered washed ashore on Sable Island, Nova Scotia on Wednesday afternoon. The couple is believed to be from B.C.

  Environment

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• B.C. premier says ‘zero’ chance of no-prescription opioids

  Premier David Eby says there's a "zero per cent chance" B.C. will implement recommendations by the provincial health officer for no-prescription "safer supply."

  Health

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• Vancouver Canucks to host training camp in Penticton

  ‘Our hockey club is committed to growing the game province wide and we really enjoy taking our camp to different cities in British Columbia,’ said Jim Rutherford.

  Sports

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• Peachland wildfire now listed as held

  Only one day into the firefight, crews got the upper hand on the Spring Lake wildfire that broke out on Crown land at around 5 p.m. Wednesday. 

  Fire

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• Wildfire burning in B.C.’s Ancient Forest where some trees are 1,000 years old

  The Ancient Forest or Chun T'oh Whudujut Park is about 115 kilometres east of Prince George in the traditional territory of the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation.

  Fire

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• Speeding driver bounces off medians on Kelowna bridge, crashes and survives

  BC Highway Patrol teams across the Okanagan will continue to coordinate regular speed enforcement across highways to save lives and reduce injuries, police say.

  Crime

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• 2 B.C. people found dead in boat washed ashore on Sable Island: N.S. police

  Nova Scotia RCMP said officers were contacted by Parks Canada on Wednesday afternoon after a 10-foot inflatable boat was found in the area with two deceased people on board.

  Canada

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• Canada’s wildfire season close to 10-year average heading into the peak summer months

  There are now 284 wildfires in Canada, including 135 that are out of control.

  Canada

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• Poilievre calls supervised consumption sites ‘drug dens,’ vows to close some

  'We will defund them. There will not be a single taxpayer dollar from the Poilievre government going to drug dens,' Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said.

  Canada

  Jul 12
• B.C. campfire ban to begin for almost entire province as 150 wildfires burn

  The campfire ban is to try and mitigate as many human-caused wildfires as possible.

  Fire

  Jul 12
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• 4 BC Ferries sailings cancelled between Horseshoe Bay, Nanaimo

  BC Ferries said the cancellations are due to a mechanical issue with the vessel’s backup power supply.

  Canada

  Jul 12
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• A big bear got locked in this small car. The result was total write-off

  Police had to break the vehicle's window to free the large animal, who they say was in danger of overheating and dying.

  Environment

  Jul 11
• Metro Vancouver faces calls for a governance review

  Seven elected officials are calling for a governance review and an independent audit of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.

  Politics

  Jul 11
• Trash, needles, human waste: Downtown Eastside street cleaning program at risk

  The program is operated by Mission Possible, a non-profit that helps DTES residents struggling with poverty to reenter the workforce.

  Politics

  Jul 11
• Surrey spent $1.3 million on legal fight against police transition, councillor says

  Opposition Coun. Linda Annis said the final tab for Surrey's judicial review of the police transition amounted to just under $1.3 million.

  Politics

  Jul 11
• ‘We tried to negotiate’: Lawsuit launched over Stanley Park tree removal

  The Vancouver Park Board began removing the trees in late 2023, saying they were dead or dying because of a hemlock looper moth infestation.

  Politics

  Jul 11