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  B.C. murderer gets life sentence, 14 years without parole for Maple Ridge shooting

  A Maple Ridge man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder and attempted murder for his actions at a drug-user hangout in the city in July 2022.

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  B.C. Conservatives plan $11B deficit in first year, higher than NDP or Greens

  A costed policy platform delivered by the B.C. Conservatives in the final days of the province's election campaign includes promises to kick start the economy and balance the books with forecasts of economic growth of more than five per cent, but only after several years of multi-billion-dollar deficit budgets.

• Surrey RCMP release photos of stabbing suspects

  Mounties in Surrey are trying to identify three female suspects in the seemingly random stabbing of a woman on a sidewalk earlier this month.

• Man sentenced, ordered deported for killing woman, injuring 2 others in Surrey, B.C.

  A Metro Vancouver man will spend up to four years in prison before he is deported after pleading guilty to a triple stabbing that left his sister-in-law dead and two others, including a two-year-old girl, seriously injured.

• Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge

  Lawyers for the founders of Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front say their clients are being wrongfully criminalized for operating a club that provided untainted drugs to people who would otherwise be at the mercy of a toxic and deadly illicit drug supply.

• Eby makes late pitch to people who have never voted New Democrat in B.C.

  New Democrat Leader David Eby is making a late appeal to voters to support his party even if they never have before, as the British Columbia election campaign enters the home stretch.

• Canada and U.S. list Samidoun as terrorist group, U.S. adds Canadian to terror list

  Canada is listing the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun as a terrorist group, while the U.S. has added a Canadian citizen affiliated with the organization to its counter-terrorism list.

• Rainfall, high temperature records broken in B.C. over Thanksgiving weekend

  More rain fell on Terrace, B.C., Sunday than on any previous Oct. 13 on record, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

• Canada's inflation rate falls to 1.6% in September, raises odds of 50-basis-point rate cut

  The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada became more likely Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported the annual inflation rate fell to 1.6 per cent in September.

• Support for B.C. Conservatives slips after leaders' debate: poll

  There are fewer people planning to vote B.C. Conservative following last week's televised leaders' debate, according to a new survey that found most viewers felt John Rustad performed "poorly" against his political rivals.

• 'A threat to all of us': Eby addresses RCMP allegations Indian officials linked to Canadian homicides, extortion

  B.C. NDP leader David Eby took a break from campaigning Monday to address stunning new allegations from the RCMP that Indian diplomats and consular officials are linked to violent criminal activity on Canadian soil.

• Vancouver seal joins Moo Deng, Pesto the Penguin as latest addition to viral 'Knights of the Rotund Table'

  A Vancouver Aquarium rescue seal named Biscuits has been named as one of the latest inductees to the viral TikTok trend 'Knights of the Rotund Table.'

• B.C. Conservatives pledge new children's hospital in Surrey, with no estimated cost or timeline

  The B.C. Conservative Party has promised to build a new children's hospital for families south of the Fraser River, though details on the proposal are currently slim.

• Mass shootings share 'sketchy stories,' B.C. Conservative candidate claims in resurfaced social post

  Embattled B.C. Conservative candidate Brent Chapman is under fire once again, this time for past Facebook comments casting doubt on the official accounts of mass shooting events in Canada and the U.S.