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Eight candidates are seeking Vancouver’s mayoralty in the Oct. 17 municipal election, offering competing approaches to affordability, public safety and city services.
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Eight candidates are seeking Vancouver’s mayoralty in the Oct. 17 municipal election, offering competing approaches to affordability, public safety and city services.

Vancouver police say a 36-year-old man allegedly threatened a 76-year-old man with a knife and took his backpack from a coffee shop patio downtown on Sept. 9.

Britannia Pool closed Saturday after a failure involving its basin tiles made the facility unsafe; the damage and repair timeline have not been determined.

The Toronto-born heavyweight, never knocked down as a professional, became a Canadian boxing icon through two bouts with Muhammad Ali.

Vancouver Police say a 36-year-old man allegedly threatened a 76-year-old man with a knife and took his backpack outside a Davie Street coffee shop Wednesday.

A 36-year-old man faces charges after police say he threatened a 76-year-old man with a knife and took his backpack on Davie Street.

B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating after a three-wheeled vehicle crashed near Jack Poole Plaza on Friday afternoon, killing its driver.

A national Giving Shelter campaign will raise money for more than 300 local women’s shelters and programs, including North York Women’s Shelter.

After trade talks collapsed Aug. 21, U.S. and Canadian tariff measures escalated despite deep cross-border trade ties and continuing prospects for a negotiated settlement.

Eligible Canada Disability Benefit recipients will receive a one-time $150 federal supplement to help with costs of applying for the Disability Tax Credit.

A driver died after a vehicle collision less than a block from where VPD officers had tried to speak with him during a fraud investigation. The IIO has taken over the investigation.

A Vancouver family has raised $195,000 for a nine-year-old’s treatment in Germany while B.C. continues reviewing its request for out-of-country funding.
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