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A Vancouver pancreatic cancer patient says he is paying roughly $90,000 a month for daraxonrasib, a new treatment approved in the U.S. but not yet in Canada. Oncologists warn rising cancer drug prices are increasingly putting potentially life-extending treatments out of reach.

Okanagan wineries are facing another brutal harvest season. 🍇 Wildfire smoke has tainted grapes across parts of the valley, leaving some growers unable to sell their crops. Growers say B.C.’s crop insurance system isn’t keeping up with repeated climate-related disasters.

RBC, TD, CIBC and BMO say they will block third-party AI agents from directly accessing customers’ online banking accounts, while Scotiabank says it will restrict access as concerns grow over privacy and account security.

Vancouver’s youngest-ever city councillor, 21-year-old Solomon Yi-Kieran, wants to prioritize public transit, including covered bus stops, dedicated bus lanes and the SkyTrain extension to UBC.

Apparently, today is your excuse to text the one person you probably shouldn’t. Oct. 30 is National Text Your Ex Day, an unofficial internet holiday encouraging people to reconnect, reminisce or get some closure before Halloween.

A waterfront home on Vancouver’s Point Grey Road has hit the market for $18M. The three-bedroom property was built using weathered bricks from a decommissioned chocolate factory in Pennsylvania and includes a rooftop terrace and garage car turntable.

Burnaby RCMP says several hundred bronze gravesite vases have been stolen from local cemeteries over the past several months, with losses potentially reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some individual vases are worth more than $1,000.

Vancouver’s Halloween forecast is now calling for a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 11°C on Oct. 31, followed by clear skies and a chilly low of 3°C Halloween night.