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  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.

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  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.

• State memorial planned for former B.C. premier John Horgan

  A provincial state memorial service for former British Columbia premier John Horgan will be held later this month in Colwood, west of Victoria.

• B.C. food banks hoping Taylor Swift and her fans will 'Tay it Forward' on Giving Tuesday

  On every stop of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, it’s been reported the pop superstar has made a substantial donation to food banks in that community.

• Missing girls found safe, Vancouver police say

  Two girls who did not return to class when the lunch bell rang on Tuesday have been found and are safe, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

• Vancouver Canucks defenceman Hronek out 8 weeks with lower-body injury

  Vancouver Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek is expected to be out until the end of January as he recovers from a lower-body injury.