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  Bank of Canada interest rate drop good news for mortgage holders

  A major cut to the Bank of Canada’s key interest comes as welcome news to realtors and those holding variable rate mortgages – but it also signals a growing sense of uncertainty about the broader Canadian economy.

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  Adversity holds lessons for injury-plagued Vancouver Canucks

  There have been days this season when walking into the office was a bit like walking into a minefield for Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet.

• Distress call leads to discovery of camper's body on Vancouver Island

  Mounties say a 42-year-old man who was camping on Vancouver Island has been found dead after rescuers were alerted to a distress signal from his satellite communication device.

• B.C. hunter used vehicle's headlights to shoot moose at night, conservation officers say

  A man from northern B.C. has been given a $3,000 penalty after he was caught hunting moose at night.

• Charges laid in New Westminster triple-stabbing

  Police in New Westminster say a 30-year-old suspect has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault in connection to a stabbing that occurred back in October.

• B.C. company appealing nearly $230K fine for failing to report transactions originating from Iran

  A Surrey-based "money services business" is appealing a roughly $230,000 fine levied against it by Canada's anti-money-laundering and terrorism financing regulator.

• Commercial truck driver fired, facing charges after parked cars struck in Metro Vancouver

  A commercial truck driver has been fired and is facing potential impaired driving charges after police say his tractor-trailer collided with four parked cars in Port Coquitlam, B.C.

• Short-term rental not a 'business,' B.C. owner claims in rejected assessment appeal

  A B.C. man's unique claim that his short-term rental unit was not a "business," but an "investment" for the purposes of his 2024 property assessment has been rejected.

• Can’t stand to see others fidget? You could be suffering from this condition

  Those who are driven up the wall by the sight of people shaking their legs, twirling their hair or biting their nails could be suffering from a little-known psychological condition, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia.

• Public inquiry called into conduct of Vancouver police in Myles Gray's beating death

  A public hearing will be held to examine the conduct of seven Vancouver police officers in the beating death of Myles Gray, with Police Complaint Commissioner Prabhu Rajan saying there is "meaningful uncertainty as to what happened" that day in August 2015.

• B.C. falls behind in meeting needs of seniors as population grows, says advocate

  British Columbia's seniors advocate says the province is falling behind in meeting the basic needs of its older residents, a growing population that is forecast to make up a quarter of the population by 2035.

• No Santa, no Rudolph: B.C. mother questions lyric changes for son's school concert

  A Saanich, B.C., mom is questioning why her son came home from school with the words “Santa,” “Rudolph” and “Christmas” crossed out on a lyric sheet for his winter concert.

• Suspect in fraudulent bank draft scheme that targeted luxury cars still at large, Richmond RCMP say

  Mounties in Richmond are asking the public for help finding a man charged in a fraudulent bank draft scheme.

• Suspect arrested in string of Metro Vancouver sex assaults

  Police in Metro Vancouver have arrested a suspect following a string of sexual assaults on strangers in recent days.