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  'Continuous' masking returning to B.C. hospitals, clinics, care homes

  Some health-care workers in British Columbia have started receiving notification that they will once again be expected to wear masks in medical settings, but the language is ambiguous about what exactly will be required and for whom.

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  Here's where the record-breaking Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball ticket was sold

  The location where a historic lottery ticket was sold was revealed Thursday morning.

• B.C. First Nations, commercial fishers and tourism groups urge federal government to phase out salmon farms

  A group comprised of First Nations chiefs, leaders in the commercial fishing industry and tourism associations came together Wednesday to encourage the federal government to move ahead with a plan to phase out open-net pen salmon farms on the British Columbia coast by 2025.

• Burnaby mayor shocked by how federal housing minister postponed housing funding

  Despite the province laying out bold housing targets Tuesday – demanding 10 communities across B.C. create 60,000 units in the next five years – there were concerns Wednesday about how the housing crisis is being managed at all levels of government.

• 3 killed in shootings and an explosion in Sweden as a feud between criminal gangs worsens

  Three people were killed overnight in separate incidents in Sweden as a feud between criminal gangs escalated, making September the deadliest month on record for gun violence in the country.

• Is the homelessness crisis in Abbotsford growing? A look inside an encampment

  Take a drive along the Trans-Canada Highway through Abbotsford and you will see a community faced with a homelessness crisis that it cannot change alone.

• Calls for traffic lights at 'dangerous intersection' on Vancouver's steepest street

  Residents living at the bottom of Vancouver’s steepest street say it’s becoming increasingly dangerous, and they’re calling on the city to install traffic lights before someone is seriously hurt.

• Bank records show accused killer was in the same city on day a B.C. girl was killed

  A senior investigator at Vancouver City Savings Credit Union says a bank account registered to Ibrahim Ali shows transactions in Burnaby, B.C., on July 18, 2017, the same day a 13-year-old was murdered in a city park.

• Rabbits on Granville Island being trapped, euthanized amid coyote concerns

  A growing rabbit population on Vancouver's Granville Island has been attracting coyotes, according to authorities, and the bunnies are now being trapped and taken to a vet to be euthanized.

• Kelowna restaurant wants its stolen 6-foot bear statue returned

  Mounties are appealing for information after a six-foot tall wooden bear statue of “significant value” was stolen from a Kelowna restaurant last month.

• New appeal for help finding Richmond man missing more than 2 months

  Mounties in Richmond have issued another appeal for help locating a 22-year-old man who has been missing more than two months.

• BCLC expecting 20% increase in ticket sales for record Lotto 6/49 jackpot

  Someone in Canada will wake up $68 million richer on Thursday thanks to the first-ever maximum Lotto 6/49 gold ball jackpot.

• B.C.'s projected deficit grows to $6.7 billion for 2023-2024 fiscal year

  Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have forced a $2.5-billion addition of British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, boosting it to $6.7 billion.

• Police agencies deny jurisdictional fight delayed Hardeep Nijjar murder investigation

  Law enforcement agencies have denied allegations that a dispute over jurisdiction delayed the investigation into the murder of Surrey, B.C., Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

• B.C. moving to join other provinces in allowing physician assistants

  The provincial government is working with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC to enable physician assistants to practice by updating their bylaws, according to an announcement Wednesday.

• 'Disgraced' New Westminster school trustee resigns after social media scandal

  A New Westminster school trustee who admitted to creating a fake Twitter account and trolling parents and community members has resigned her seat on the board.

• Suspects sought after $10K in sunglasses stolen, guard attacked at Metrotown

  Authorities are searching for two suspects accused of stealing $10,000 worth of sunglasses and pepper-spraying a security guard at a Burnaby, B.C., shopping mall last week.

• Tilt trailer used to steal 'showroom condition' antique truck from Kelowna parking lot, RCMP say

  An antique truck in "showroom condition" has been stolen in Kelowna, RCMP say.

• Homicide team probing Vancouver man's suspicious death on Sunshine Coast

  Authorities have identified a man whose death on the Sunshine Coast last week was deemed suspicious and are appealing for witnesses and information in hopes of advancing their investigation.

• PM Trudeau apologizes for Parliament's recognition of Nazi veteran during Zelenskyy visit

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered 'unreserved apologies' Wednesday for Parliament's recognition of a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War and said the Canadian government has reached out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the wake of the incident.