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  City of Surrey refuses to pay wages of new police recruits

  The City of Surrey is refusing to pay owed wages to 10 new recruits with the Surrey Police Service.

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  'I’m not ready to die': Surrey man goes to China for experimental cancer treatment

  Lusion Delpadado was only 21 years old when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL.

• 'Technical issue' cancels BCCDC's weekly COVID update

  The B.C. Centre for Disease Control says a "technical issue" prevented it from providing its weekly COVID-19 data update Thursday.

• Vancouver festival cancels play 'The Runner' over Middle East tension

  Organizers of a performing arts festival in Vancouver have cancelled a play that addresses ethical dilemmas in the Middle East, citing friction caused by the Israel-Hamas war.

• 'It is a decampment': Lawyer challenges city's explanation of actions at Downtown Eastside park

  The city insists its crackdown on people sheltering at Oppenheimer Park – which has been going on for months, but has critics increasingly worried as temperatures are set to plunge to dangerous lows Thursday – is not a decampment.

• B.C. teen's overdose death linked to cocaine and MDMA, 'unlikely' prescription opioids contributed, coroner finds

  The tragic overdose death of a 14-year-old girl from B.C.'s Lower Mainland, which made national headlines last summer, does not appear to have been caused by prescription opioids, coroners have concluded.

• Coast guard rescues 4 from frigid waters off northern Vancouver Island

  Four people were rescued from the frigid ocean waters off northern Vancouver Island after their boat began taking on water and they were forced to abandon ship Wednesday evening.

• Court dismisses appeal of former B.C. Lions player convicted of ex-girlfriend's murder

  British Columbia's highest court has dismissed an appeal from a former B.C. Lions wide receiver who sought to overturn his conviction in the second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend.

• Steven Galloway's defamation lawsuit against rape accuser can proceed: B.C. court

  Novelist and former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway has won a years-long battle to have his defamation lawsuit proceed against a woman who says he raped her, which Galloway denies.

• Meta offers Canadian Facebook users $51M to settle lawsuit in 4 provinces

  Meta is offering $51 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in four Canadian provinces over the use of some users' images in Facebook advertising.

• 3 youth injured in pepper spray attack at New Westminster park: police

  Police are investigating an alleged pepper spray attack at a park in New Westminster earlier this week.

• Surrey RCMP seek public's help in search of man wanted for fleeing police, assaulting officer

  Mounties in Surrey are asking for the public's help tracking down a 24-year-old man who is wanted on outstanding arrest warrants.

• RCMP hopes to roll out body-worn cameras for frontline Mounties by end of 2024

  The RCMP is hoping to join other police agencies in rolling out body-worn cameras for front line officers this year.

• Bitter cold from Arctic intrusion hits B.C., much of Western Canada

  Bitter cold is descending on Western Canada, with Prairie cities already seeing -30 C temperatures and southwestern British Columbia bracing for an Arctic outflow and an overdue blast of winter.