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• Alcohol believed to be a factor in chain-reaction crash in downtown Vancouver, charges being recommended

  Police in Vancouver say they're recommending charges after a driver rear-ended a parked car downtown, causing a chain-reaction collision with other vehicles.

  

• Help needed for kittens born with three-and-a-half legs

  The B.C. SPCA is asking for donations to pay for the medical care of two kittens born with deformities.

  

• Officer assaulted by man holding a saw, Vancouver police say

  A man is facing possible charges after allegedly assaulting a police officer while holding a metal saw.

• Children not immune from being among B.C.'s sickest COVID patients: data

  A deeper look at demographics in the province reveals that children and teens are not immune from being among the sickest COVID-19 patients.

• More coyote attacks reported in Vancouver's Stanley Park after 2 animals euthanized

  About a week after two coyotes were euthanized following a series of attacks in Vancouver's Stanley Park, reports of more incidents have been sent to the city's park board.

• COVID-19 impact: 24% of Vancouver-area businesses anticipate further layoffs, report says

  The association representing businesses across Metro Vancouver says the costs of COVID-19 continue to mount for its members.

• B.C. government lax on cybersecurity practices to protect IT assets, auditor reports

  British Columbia's auditor general says the provincial government has not been doing a good enough job protecting its information technology from potential cybersecurity threats.

• Woman found lost and confused reunited with family: Burnaby RCMP

  A woman who was found lost and confused Sunday evening has been reunited with her family, Mounties in Burnaby say.

• Couple fined after pretending to cough on customers in private Vancouver gym, police say

  Two people were each handed tickets Saturday night after pretending to cough on customers inside a private Vancouver gym.

• Teen arrested in another assault on school grounds in Mission

  RCMP in Mission say a 14-year-old student was arrested and released pending an investigation after another case of violence on school grounds.

• Snowshoers, teens rescued on North Shore in separate incidents

  It was another busy night for rescue crews on the North Shore, who were called to two separate incidents Monday.

• Vancouver's rental rates are the highest in the country, in spite of drop in 2020: report

  A new report on housing shows rental prices have dropped in Vancouver year over year in late 2020, but the city topped the country when it came to high prices.

• Watchdog slams B.C. trend toward detaining youth hospitalized for drug overdose

  British Columbia's representative for children and youth is slamming what she says is a provincial trend toward detaining young people against their will if they have been hospitalized for a drug overdose.

• 'Terrified' bystander defends B.C. health-care worker confronted by anti-masker

  A Langley, B.C., woman fears going back to the grocery store, where she stood up for a health-care worker that she felt was being harassed.

• 'It would have been a rough night': Lost teen describes building snow cave to survive until rescuers found him

  Search and rescue crews are lauding a 17 year-old for his quick-thinking and common sense, after the teen was lost in snowy mountain terrain over the weekend.

• Woman held in police custody gives Vancouver Island jail 4.5-star review in thank-you card

  A woman who was arrested and spent several days in police custody in Langford last week sent a homemade thank-you card to her jailers, and even positively reviewed the accommodations at the RCMP cells.