One year since the City of Vancouver banned the sale of lockable butane torches, the devices are still being sold and causing ...

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 ...

Since January 2024, the torches have also caused about $7 million in property damages, injured 23 people and caused the death of one person, the fire department says. Continuous flame or lockable ...

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 ...

Stephen Morfin, previously convicted of second-degree manslaughter, was sentenced to 12 years for a Richland robbery after escaping partial confinement.