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• Metro Vancouver traffic: Protesters block Second Narrows Bridge during rush hour

  A group of protesters say they blocked one of two crossings connecting drivers between the North Shore and Vancouver Thursday morning.

  

• 2 cruise ships to arrive in Vancouver, 1 with COVID-19 cases onboard

  Two more cruise ships are set to arrive in Vancouver Thursday, but it's not entirely good news for local businesses as one has been labelled with an "orange status" COVID-19 alert.

  

• Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on police to investigate Victoria arson attack as hate crime

  The Ukrainian Canadian Congress says an arson attack on the home of a Ukrainian family in Victoria should be investigated as a hate crime.

• Bad year for weather, good year for wine? Record-breaking B.C. heat results in 'intensely flavoured fruit'

  An especially hot and dry summer presented challenges for B.C.'s grape growers, but conditions made it a good year for taste, despite a smaller harvest.

• 'I was speechless': Driver going to pick up kid from school stopped in vehicle with no doors, seatbelts

  A driver left B.C. Mounties so speechless earlier this month, the police agency tweeted a photo of the vehicle with no comment.

• 2 gas station robberies under investigation in Abbotsford, police say

  Abbotsford police say they're investigating robberies at two local gas stations that happened just days apart.

• Vancouver International Airport warns of 'technical issues' with website

  The website for the Vancouver International Airport is "experiencing technical issues," staff said in a post on social media Thursday.

• Vancouver Island beekeepers keep eye on colonies as Prairies report massive winter die-offs

  Saanich, B.C., beekeeper Bill Fosdick is about to inspect his backyard hive. It consists of about 1,000 bees.

• Driver flees, 2 victims not co-operating after Porsche crashes into building in Kelowna, RCMP say

  Two people who were struck when a luxury SUV crashed into a business in Kelowna early Wednesday morning have not been co-operating with investigators, Mounties say.

• B.C.'s COVID long haulers: Some paying for treatment, all looking for answers

  Some British Columbians who were among the first to become infected with a mysterious global virus that didn’t yet have a name are marking two years of lingering symptoms.

• No happy hour, cheaper cuts of meat: How B.C. restaurants are handling sky-high inflation

  With pandemic-restrictions lifted, B.C. restaurants were hoping for a boost to their bottom line. Now, sky-high inflation rates are presenting a new set of challenges.

• Hidden real estate ownership may let oligarchs escape sanctions, B.C. MP says, pointing to home occupied by Prince Harry

  As Russia's unrelenting war on Ukraine continues, a B.C. Member of Parliament questions whether real estate ownership rules allow Canada to fully sanction Russian oligarchs, and she is pointing to a sprawling property in her riding as an example.

• TransLink's 10-year priorities include Burnaby Mountain gondola, zero-emission buses

  TransLink and the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation unveiled the first set of priorities for their Transport 2050 strategy Wednesday.

• UBC extending COVID-19 mask mandate again

  B.C.'s mask mandate for indoor public spaces has been gone for more than a month, but the province's largest university has kept the requirement in place, and is now extending it further.

• A B.C. prison that made it 2 years without a COVID-19 outbreak now has 59 cases

  Fifty-nine inmates at a medium-security federal prison in B.C.'s Fraser Valley are currently infected with COVID-19, according to the Correctional Service of Canada.

• Human remains 'from same origin' found at 2 separate sites in Surrey, RCMP say

  Two reports that human remains were found in Surrey -- in two separate places, on two different days -- appear to be connected, according to the RCMP.

• 4/20 event returns to Vancouver Art Gallery

  The annual 4/20 event returned to the Vancouver art gallery on Wednesday after spending the last few years at Sunset Beach.

• Shooting suspect wanted Canada-wide arrested in Vancouver

  A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant as a suspect in a Surrey shooting was arrested in Vancouver.

• Victoria arson investigation underway after gas poured into home while family of 5 slept

  Police and firefighters are investigating after a family of five, including three children, narrowly escaped an arson attack on their Victoria home overnight.

• Man dies, another seriously injured after both were ejected from ATV in B.C.'s Okanagan

  An ATV crash in B.C.'s Okanagan became deadly over the weekend after two men rolled down a steep embankment and were ejected from the vehicle, Mounties say.