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​Video: Customers and staff brawl in Richmond supermarket

​Video: Customers and staff brawl in Richmond supermarket

A male and female customer can be seen fighting with an employee at FoodyWorld.
Competition Bureau's food price study lacks power to compel grocers, expert warns

Competition Bureau's food price study lacks power to compel grocers, expert warns

Not only does a study on food prices from the Competition Bureau lack investigative power, it may be working off an overstated premise, says a UBC-based food and commodity expert.
‘It’s a broken system that needs fixing,’ say emergency responders about B.C.’s rural paramedic shortages

‘It’s a broken system that needs fixing,’ say emergency responders about B.C.’s rural paramedic shortages

On 11 days this summer and early fall, Quadra Island had no local paramedics available for emergency medical calls, data from the emergency responders’ union shows.
A massive earthquake hits B.C. — but what happens next?

A massive earthquake hits B.C. — but what happens next?

Nearly a year after devastating floods hit B.C., emergency planners are imagining how a catastrophic earthquake could be made worse by a changing climate.
How drones are replanting B.C.'s burned forests

How drones are replanting B.C.'s burned forests

With promises to rejuvenate forests from the air, tree-planting start-ups are looking to supplement shovels and long days of labour with swarms of seed-bearing aerial drones. A growing target: B.C.'s burnt forests.
Heritage minister says he's open to amendments as Meta slams online news bill

Heritage minister says he's open to amendments as Meta slams online news bill

OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez told a House of Commons committee Friday that he would be open to amendments on a bill he says would make Canada a world leader in supporting a modern free press.
Premier-in-waiting David Eby pitches 100-day plan for B.C. housing, health, safety

Premier-in-waiting David Eby pitches 100-day plan for B.C. housing, health, safety

VANCOUVER — The B.C. New Democrats' newly minted leader and premier-in-waiting is promising "significant action" to bolster the province's affordable housing, health-care system, public safety and environmental policies.
Federal handgun freeze now in effect amid fears MPs will water down the measure

Federal handgun freeze now in effect amid fears MPs will water down the measure

OTTAWA — Federal regulations aimed at capping the number of handguns in Canada took effect Friday amid concerns from firearm-control advocates that MPs will weaken the effect through changes to accompanying legislation.
Cops at risk of violence when dealing with mentally ill, homeless: Vancouver officer

Cops at risk of violence when dealing with mentally ill, homeless: Vancouver officer

VANCOUVER — Police have become de facto social workers for people who lack support services while struggling with homelessness, mental illness and substance use, a spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department says. Sgt.
'It's ludicrous': Coastal GasLink pushes its pipeline under a Wet'suwet'en river while salmon are spawning

'It's ludicrous': Coastal GasLink pushes its pipeline under a Wet'suwet'en river while salmon are spawning

There are more questions than answers about potential impacts to declining salmon populations as TC Energy conducts work in and under vital aquatic habitat