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

A year after the city passed a bylaw banning the sale of continuous flame butane torches, firefighters say there’s been no ...

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

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

One year since the City of Vancouver banned the sale of lockable butane torches, the devices are still being sold and causing fires in the city. According to the Vancouver Fire Rescue Services (VFRS), ...

A Harrisburg man tried to set a trash pile on fire with a blow torch Friday at Karma, a downtown nightclub, police said.

A year after the city passed a bylaw banning the sale of continuous flame butane torches, firefighters say there’s been no decrease in the number of fires caused by the dangerous lighters, which are ...