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The Canadian Coast Guard says closing the Kitsilano search-and-rescue station will not put lives at risk because a good enough mix of resources is available to respond to maritime emergencies around Vancouver.

By Jeff Nagel - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: May 25, 2012 11:00 AM Updated: May 25, 2012 11:54 AM BC Hydro officials say more than 720,000 meters are now installed in the region with close to 300,000 homes still to go.

Inshore Rescue Boat stations typically provide summer employment for six students, who work on three-person teams using five-metre inflatable boats.

Gas prices in Metro Vancouver hit record levels on Friday morning, staring the day at many stations at more than $1.50 per litre before rising further.

Chinese immigrants have flocked to Canada's west coast and transformed Vancouver into Canada's very own Asian metropolis.

If there's one thing federal Tories hate more than Thomas Mulcair's facial foliage, it's a carbon tax.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's released its better life index, which provides a guide to some of the happiest countries in the world.

BUY AND FLY: The corporate climate must be warming when experienced and seemingly prudent folk launch an enterprise to sell business jets, albeit in aircraft fractions as little as one-eighth for around $800,000. One principal of Aurora Jet Partners is Don Wheaton, Jr., whose father founded an Edmonton-based General Motors dealership chain in 1950 ... (more)

The former commanding officer of the B.C. RCMP, Gary Bass , along with Senior commission counsel, Art Vertlieb , make their way back to the hearing after a break in the Missing Women Inquiry in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

In March 2012, a commission panel found that Michael Robert Shantz committed fraud through his company, Canada Pacific Consulting Inc.

The Los Angeles Kings will get a second shot at earning their first Stanley Cup Finals berth since 1993 when they visit the Phoenix Coyotes tonight for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.

A $13-million marina project in the North Arm of the Fraser River is edging nearer to construction, after revisions to the original plan and negotiations with the City of Richmond over flooding concerns.

We're on the verge of sun and warm weather and, hopefully, not repeating the summer we had last year when my patio garden practically turned into an oasis of moss, lichen and ferns, writes chef Nathan Fong in Wednesday's Vancouver Sun.

The Canadian Coast Guard station in Kitsilano may meet its demise in September as a result of federal cutbacks, and local representatives say the station needs to stay open if lives are to be saved in coastal waters.

It has been exactly 25 years since Canada's "Man in Motion," Rick Hansen, completed his round-the-world tour to raise funds for spinal cord research.

The union representing workers at the Kitsilano coast guard station says it's launching a campaign to pressure the federal government to keep the facility open.

Canada has what seems like an endless list of great family vacation spots. But for all those famous known locales, there are just as many unknowns to discover.

B.C. tech sector companies ranked by number of employees in B.C. in 2012. Source: Business in Vancouver magazine.

Jet-Leg Travel presents a Women's Fundraiser for Turning Point Richmond on Friday, May 18 from 7-9 p.m. at #110-12031 2nd Ave.

When a new condominium project sells out in one day, as it did with the Marine Gateway building in April, ever wonder who actually buys one of the units? Real estate marketer Bob Rennie, whose company was responsible for selling the 414 apartments at the Cambie and Marine towers, gave some indication in his annual speech Thursday to the Urban ... (more)