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  'Extremely vigorous' wildfire activity in central B.C. prompts crews to back off for safety

  The wildfire fight in central B.C. intensified Friday, according to officials.

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  Union 'optimistic' ahead of negotiations to end accessible transit strike in B.C.

  The head of the union for striking HandyDART transit workers in Metro Vancouver says he's cautiously optimistic ahead of Sunday's mediated negotiations with their employer, but members are prepared to stay on strike "as long as it takes."

• Trudeau insists he's staying on as Liberal leader. But what if he changes his mind?

  The Liberal caucus is set to meet in Nanaimo, B.C., next week for a retreat ahead of the fall parliamentary sitting. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists he will lead his party into the next election despite polls citing his unpopularity among Canadians. Here's a look at what would happen if he decided to call it quits.

• Despite union protest, new hybrid work rules for federal employees kick in Monday

  Public service unions will start the week with an early-morning rally opposing the policy. But despite the unions' 'summer of discontent' and an ongoing court challenge, the new rules will still kick in on Sept. 9.

• Suspect accused of random attacks in Vancouver had a history of court-ordered psychiatric care

  Brendan Colin McBride, the man accused of killing one man and assaulting another in downtown Vancouver Wednesday, was identified by the courts as requiring counselling and forensic psychiatric services as part of a probation order in 2022.

• Jury deliberations underway in trial of man accused of killing innocent teen during B.C. gang shooting

  The fate of the man accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member and an innocent teen passerby in 2018 now lies in the hands of a B.C. Supreme Court jury.

• Intruder breaks into Richmond daycare

  It was a parent’s worst nightmare early Friday morning at a Richmond daycare, when an intruder broke into the centre.

• Family of homicide victim Tori Dunn rallies outside Surrey courthouse

  Family and friends of a woman stabbed to death in her Surrey home in June gathered outside Surrey Provincial Court as the man accused of killing her made an appearance by video inside.

• Family questions if BC Cancer could have saved Surrey man who went to China for experimental treatment

  Just days before Christmas 2023, Lusion Dalpadado was told he was going to die. The 23-year-old from Surrey had been battling a rare form of leukemia, and had briefly gone into remission after a stem cell transplant. But the cancer returned, and doctors told him there were no treatment options left in B.C.

• B.C. senior responds to vandalism with creative kindness

  Roger Barker was looking forward to exchanging a book at one of the Little Free Libraries that had been erected in his neighbourhood, until he found it vandalized.

• Major crime unit called for suspicious death in Lake Cowichan, B.C.

  Major crime investigators on Vancouver Island have been deployed to assist in a suspected homicide case.

• Charges laid in hit-and-run that killed Kelowna teen

  A man has now been charged for his alleged role in a hit-and-run that killed a teenager in Kelowna, B.C., last fall.

• Victim of Vancouver stranger attacks had surgery to reattach severed hand: police

  The surviving victim of a pair of stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday has undergone surgery to reattach his hand after it was severed in the assault, according to police.

• B.C. First Nation wants more say in forestry after Canfor mill closure announcement

  A British Columbia First Nations leader says the province must rethink its approach to the forest industry in light of Canfor Corp.'s decision to shutter two sawmills and leave 500 workers without jobs.