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Wildfire smoke expected to clear in B.C. in coming days: Environment Canada

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says poor air quality in central and southern British Columbia due to wildfires in the United States is expected to improve over the coming days.

Sep 17, 2020 2:38 PM Read more >

Return luxury furniture, Vancouver mayor told

$316,000 reportedly spent on designer furniture

Sep 17, 2020 2:34 PM Read more >

B.C.'s wildfire future could look a lot like today's burning American West

“What’s happening in the United States in the west right now is going to happen again in B.C., in Alberta, in the Yukon and in NWT."

Sep 17, 2020 2:33 PM Read more >

Individual tests positive for COVID-19 at Surrey Secondary School

The Surrey superintendent explained in a comment why he didn't characterize the latest notification as "low risk."

Sep 17, 2020 1:24 PM Read more >

Vancouver records increase in crime with particularly high numbers in some areas

VANCOUVER — Police say the latest statistics suggesting an increase in crime for the first half of the year in Vancouver are concerning.

Sep 17, 2020 12:41 PM Read more >

High school stabber to argue he's not responsible because of mental illness

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A lawyer for a man who fatally stabbed a high school student four years ago in Abbotsford, B.C., says he will argue in court that the man is not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.

Sep 17, 2020 12:32 PM Read more >

Vancouver city councillors reflect on first half of four-year term

Councillors state positions on homeless camps, rate mayor’s performance

Sep 17, 2020 12:09 PM Read more >

Three found dead in two separate homicides in Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER — Three people have been killed in what Vancouver police say are two separate homicides in the city. Const. Tania Visintin says two people were found unresponsive in a hotel room in the Downtown Eastside at about 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Sep 17, 2020 9:49 AM Read more >

New quadrupled 'dooring' fine in B.C. in effect Sept. 21

As of Sept. 21, anyone opening the door of a parked car when it’s not reasonably safe to do so - known as “dooring” – will face a fine of $368.

Sep 17, 2020 9:38 AM Read more >

200-member B.C. crew off to Oregon wildfires, 200 more may be assigned: Premier

VICTORIA — Two hundred British Columbia firefighters are heading to Oregon to help with devastating wildfires in that state.

Sep 17, 2020 9:19 AM Read more >