You can get all the essentials at a Richmond convenience story run by Tam Do, but one thing you can’t get is flavoured nicotine patches or pouches, which are marketed as smoking cessation products. B.C. opted to move the products fully into pharmacies earlier this year.
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Some Alaskan salmon fisheries lose Ocean Wise label amid concern for B.C.-bound stock
Vancouver-based seafood sustainability group Ocean Wise has removed its recommended designation from southeast Alaskan salmon fisheries.
Metro Vancouver faces calls for a governance review
Seven elected officials are calling for a governance review and an independent audit of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Family fun is on tap for West Ferris on Saturday
Ferris Fun Fest two is set to go for Saturday with a hot day in store and organizers hope for a busy one as well
Kelowna man hates to see thieves steal from hardworking people
A Kelowna man points to the economy as one reason why thefts and attempted thefts are on the rise in Kelowna.Owen Wright lives near downtown Kelowna on Stockwell Avenue and he says he has had multiple thefts in the five years he has lived in the area."People are just not able to afford …
One person in hospital after falling 30 to 40 feet from ride at Canada’s Wonderland: paramedics
One person has been hospitalized after falling 30 to 40 feet from a ride at Canada’s Wonderland.
Biden forcefully declares he’s staying in reelection race in major news conference
President Joe Biden opened his highly anticipated press conference Thursday with a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies, and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years even as he flubbed a reference to Donald Trump in one of his first answers.
Extreme heat prompts calls for a ‘maximum temperature bylaw’ forcing landlords to cool rentals
A group of climate activists is worried about renters who have no escape from the summer heat.
Wildfire risk will increase sharply in certain Quebec regions
While residents of southern Quebec are mopping up the remains of the deluge caused by the last breath of Hurricane Beryl, the north of the province will be entering a very high forest fire risk zone from Friday.
‘We want justice for our daughter’: Family of Jordyn Reimer disappointed by province not ordering independent review
The family of a Winnipeg woman killed by a drunk driver is frustrated after they tried to have another person charged for giving the truck keys back to the driver.