Proposal to suspend work of Vancouver's integrity commissioner quietly fizzles out | B.C. municipalities call on province to legislate housing as a human right | Burnaby RCMP warn of distraction thefts robbing seniors of heirloom jewelry
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Proposal to suspend work of Vancouver's integrity commissioner quietly fizzles out; Lisa Southern, Vancouver's integrity commissioner, says the provincial government's mandate is more than just making recommendations for municipalities\.

Proposal to suspend work of Vancouver's integrity commissioner quietly fizzles out

June 19 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

A year-long controversy at Vancouver City Hall has ended not with a bang, but with a procedural ruling on a point of order.
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B.C. municipalities call on province to legislate housing as a human right; Cheri Jacobs, who has been homeless in the past, is pictured on May 7, 2024, at the B\.C\. Legislature in Victoria with a sign reading, 'Housing is a human right\.' The B\.C\. Poverty Reduction Coalition is asking the province to legislate housing as a human right, saying it would provide a legal framework for action\.

B.C. municipalities call on province to legislate housing as a human right

June 19 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

B.C. Coalition for Poverty Reduction provincial director Rowan Burdge said legislating the right to housing would mean there'd be a legal framework for protection and accountability at the provincial level to ensure housing isn't just a conversation, but an action. 
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Burnaby RCMP warn of distraction thefts robbing seniors of heirloom jewelry; Cpl\. Mike Kalanj with the Burnaby RCMP says that multiple distraction thefts are being reported in the city, which involve suspects stealing expensive jewelry\.

Burnaby RCMP warn of distraction thefts robbing seniors of heirloom jewelry

June 19 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Burnaby RCMP say there have been three recent incidents of distraction theft, following a spate of cases in Surrey.
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Remains found in B.C. identified as woman who went missing in 2017; Investigators believe the person responsible for Nicole Bell's death is the primary suspect in the killing of at least one other person, but that man is dead\.  

Remains found in B.C. identified as woman who went missing in 2017

June 18 , 2025 at 03:47:41 p.m. PDT • :

Mounties in British Columbia's Interior say human remains found last month have been confirmed as being a woman who went missing near Sicamous nearly eight years ago.
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#TheMoment a B.C. diver pulled off an epic underwater proposal; Two people kiss underwater\.

#TheMoment a B.C. diver pulled off an epic underwater proposal

June 17 , 2025 at 07:08:47 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. couple Cailin Lindsay and Maxwel Hohn recount the moment Hohn proposed underwater while they were on a diving expedition off the Galapagos Islands.
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B.C. pulls funding on $1M drug for 9-year-old Vancouver Island girl with rare condition; Charleigh Pollock, pictured, has CLN2, a rare, terminal disease\. The funding for her medication is being pulled by the province\.  

June 18 , 2025 at 01:49:47 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. pulls funding on $1M drug for 9-year-old Vancouver Island girl with rare condition

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Small sinkhole closes stretch of Vancouver's Robson Street; A small sinkhole discovered on Monday has closed a small stretch of Robson Street in Vancouver\.  

June 18 , 2025 at 11:56:03 a.m. PDT • :

Small sinkhole closes stretch of Vancouver's Robson Street

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4.8M new homes need to be built over next 10 years to restore affordability, CMHC says; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says up to 4\.8 million new homes will need to be built over the next decade to restore affordability levels last seen in 2019, based on projected demand\.  

June 19 , 2025 at 08:30:55 a.m. PDT • :

4.8M new homes need to be built over next 10 years to restore affordability, CMHC says

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Police investigating 3 fatal pedestrian incidents across B.C.; The westbound lanes of the Lougheed Highway \(Highway 7\) were closed for several hours Wednesday after an early morning crash left one pedestrian dead\.  

June 18 , 2025 at 08:55:18 a.m. PDT • :

Police investigating 3 fatal pedestrian incidents across B.C.

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Nearly half of national public pension plan is invested in U.S. — and only 12% in Canada; The Canada Pension Plan used to be mostly invested in government bonds\. But after Canada's chief auditor predicted in the 1990s the fund would eventually become insolvent, it increasingly invested in securities — most of which are now based outside of Canada\.  

June 19 , 2025 at 01:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Nearly half of national public pension plan is invested in U.S. — and only 12% in Canada

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June 17 , 2025 at 05:36:12 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. principal who spanked student, made anti-Indigenous comments receives suspension

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June 17 , 2025 at 11:37:51 a.m. PDT • :

Swim fans ask city council to deny additional funding for Vancouver Aquatic Centre renewal

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June 18 , 2025 at 07:03:53 a.m. PDT • :

These First Nations kids played a song to attract grizzly bears — and it worked

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June 18 , 2025 at 09:54:44 a.m. PDT • :

Lululemon cutting 150 corporate jobs as athleisure brand braces for tariff impact

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June 18 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

The friend, the family, their aunt and her lover: Court fight looms over $1M estate left to male escort

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