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  Air Canada to bar carry-on bags for lowest-fare customers

  Air Canada says it will bar carry-on bags and impose a seat selection fee for its lowest-fare customers.

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  Reports find B.C.’s child poverty rate trending upwards

  A new report by First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society reveals a sharp rise in child poverty across the province.

• Meet some of Taylor Swift's biggest fans, counting down to Vancouver shows

  They're united by a devotion to all things Taylor Swift. Meet the superfans heading for Vancouver for the final three shows of the singer's Eras Tour.

• VPD issue public warning after random sucker punch at bus stop

  Vancouver police have released security video as they seek witnesses to an unprovoked assault in the downtown core.

• Strike disrupts mail-in cancer screening kits, drivers' licence renewals, book loans

  The average number of letters people receive has dropped significantly over the years — down to just two per week compared to seven per week in 2006, according to Canada Post.

• Trump's apparent joke about Canada becoming 51st state draws range of reaction in B.C.

  Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.

• From niche grocer to supermarket giant: How T&T plans to repeat success in the U.S.

  Canada's biggest Asian grocery chain is expanding into the U.S., hoping to bring its patented array of food, skin care and more to a new market.

• 'I leave my limitations behind': Patients react to new program on G.F. Strong's 75th anniversary

  G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver celebrated its 75th anniversary on Tuesday.

• B.C. police failing to enforce 'restraining orders' too often, report finds

  Inconsistent policework is leaving too many B.C. women vulnerable as they attempt to flee from intimate-partner violence, according to a new report highlighting a range of issues plaguing the province’s system of protection orders and peace bonds.

• Vancouver draft budget proposes 5.5% property tax increase

  Vancouver councillors were given the first draft of the 2025 operating budget Tuesday, a 373-page document detailing a $2.4 billion dollar budget.

• Dangerous offender with 'high risk' to commit more violence now living in Vancouver, police warn

  Vancouver police issued a public warning Tuesday about a designated dangerous offender who recently moved to a halfway house in the city.

• Bad blood? Taylor Swift ticket dispute settled by B.C. tribunal

  A B.C. woman and her daughter will be attending one of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows in Vancouver – but only after a tribunal intervened and settled a dispute among friends over tickets.

• Longest continually run Chinese business in North America gets a new owner, preserving bragging rights

  In the oldest Chinatown in the entire country sits Loy Sing, a business that holds the title of longest continually run Chinese business in North America. It has now been in operation for 136 years and counting.

• 'Sleeping with the enemy': Mistrial in B.C. sex assault case over Crown dating paralegal

  The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexual assault after he learned his defence lawyer's paralegal was dating the Crown prosecutor during his trial.