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VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has set the allowable rent increase for next year at 3.5 per cent. The rate is more than two percentage points below the 12-month average inflation rate of 5.6 per cent.

Justin Phu Pham was described as a mortgage broker at a sentencing hearing in Vancouver provincial court last week, but the agency that regulates mortgage brokers in B.C. said his registration expired in 2016.

VANCOUVER — One man is in police custody after three people were stabbed at Vancouver's Light Up Chinatown! festival. Vancouver police say the attack took place just before 6 p.m. Sunday, near the festival stage at Columbia and Keefer Streets.

From Christmas trees to apple trees, here are some UBC fun facts.

The 30-acre site, which is marking its 50th year of operation, is packed with more than 30,000 artifacts in a collection of buildings next to the Pat Bay Highway

Housing society hopes to start construction next year on Quadra Street.

The onset of large, severe wildfires that threaten communities year after year has occurred earlier in British Columbia than previous research projected, and experts say the record-shattering 2023 season must serve as a springboard for action.

Vancouver police officers dressed in teen school uniforms to make undercover buys at a Granville Street store.

“What I really want this place to be is a place where people can come and learn how to have deeply meaningful relationships with horses."

The West Van philanthropist is trying to get ahead of a looming crisis in the animal world in Ukraine.