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Good afternoon, these are your top stories for Friday, May 23, 2025.
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Burnaby's $1.2B capital reserve 'basically exhausted.' What happened and what's next?

May 23 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

The city's $1.2-billion in capital reserves won't stretch as far as planned due to soaring construction costs, and city officials say new provincial legislation could make it harder to replenish its coffers.

Former Interior Health top doctor officially loses medical licence after sex crimes conviction

May 23 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

The former chief medical health officer for B.C.'s Interior Health Authority has officially lost his licence to practise medicine after he was found guilty in 2023 of sexually interfering with a child in Alberta.

Vancouver Island fossil hunters honoured in naming of prehistoric sea monster

May 23 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Father-daughter team Michael and Heather Trask discover the fossilized bones of an ancient sea lizard near Courtenay, B.C., in 1988.

#TheMoment B.C. students made the world's largest Nanaimo Bar

May 21 , 2025 at 07:21:26 p.m. PDT • :

Aron Weber, chair of Vancouver Island University's baking and pastry arts program, recounts the moment his students made the world's largest Nanaimo Bar.

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Vancouver police search for high-risk offender wanted Canada-wide

May 23 , 2025 at 07:13:38 a.m. PDT • :

Johnny Walkus, who was ordered to live at a Vancouver halfway house, left Thursday afternoon but didn't show up for a meeting with parole officer.

May 22 , 2025 at 04:45:03 p.m. PDT • :

Vancouver mayor calling for 'concrete action' after 2 high-profile assaults in busy, public areas

May 22 , 2025 at 04:20:05 p.m. PDT • :

High-risk sex offender Randall Hopley arrested shortly after release from prison, police say

May 22 , 2025 at 12:43:09 p.m. PDT • :

Photo ready: City votes to install giant $1M Vancouver sign along waterfront

May 20 , 2025 at 02:21:33 p.m. PDT • :

Convicted sex offender charged after woman assaulted in Stanley Park washroom

May 22 , 2025 at 07:59:21 p.m. PDT • :

Canada Post warns of service delays after union opts for overtime ban

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