A bylaw passed in 2024 banned Vancouver retailers from selling a lockable version of the device, but in the year since it ...

Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says it's clamping down on businesses selling lockable butane lighters. Despite a recent ...

The city banned the sale of lockable butane torches last summer, after Vancouver Fire Rescue Services linked them to at least ...

• Last year, continuous flame torches were confirmed to have started 38 fires in Vancouver. From Jan. 1 to June 12, 2025, at ...

Tickets are worth $1,000 each. Virtually half of the retailers, 83 of them, were found to be selling butane torches that can be locked on, despite the ban.

The City of Vancouver has identified five of its own sites that would be suitable for supportive housing and allow tenants ...

The B.C. government is forming a working group to tackle a number of safety issues in supportive housing, including concerns ...

Todd Gilliland, driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the NASCAR Cup Series, finished seventh in last season’s Chicago Street Race. As the series heads back to the ...

Known as 710 — which flipped upside down spells “OIL” — the holiday is a celebration of the quickly evolving world of ...