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  Vancouver Canucks goalie Silovs confident, calm heading into new season

  Arturs Silovs was the Vancouver Canucks breakout star during last season's playoffs — and not only for his fashion sense.

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  Teenager charged in Surrey stabbings that sent 2 to hospital

  A teenager has been charged with multiple offences related to stabbings that occurred in Surrey's Newton neighbourhood last week.

• Lighters that look like guns a growing concern in Victoria, police say

  Police in Victoria, B.C. issued a warning this week about lighters that look like pistols, saying they have received 20 reports of firearms in public spaces since July 1 that turned out to be gun-shaped torches.

• B.C. NDP leader David Eby launches election campaign a day early in key battleground

  New Democrat Leader David Eby has launched his British Columbia election campaign a day early, making the key battle ground of Surrey his first stop.

• Seats from stolen e-bike for child with complex needs recovered, Surrey RCMP say

  The seats from a stolen e-bike that was customized for a Surrey, B.C., child with complex health needs have been recovered – but the bike itself has yet to be found.

• Climate protesters to march through downtown Vancouver on Friday

  Thousands of protesters are expected to march into downtown Vancouver on Friday, demanding more action from their government to address the growing climate crisis.

• Wildfires on Vancouver Island down this season compared to 10-year average

  The Old Man Lake wildfire near Sooke is the only one currently burning on Vancouver Island. It’s a region of the province that this year saw a drastic drop in blazes in the backcountry.

• Canucks fan group The Larscheiders fighting for spot at Rogers Arena

  Members of the only organized support group for the Vancouver Canucks are feeling slighted after losing their usual space at Rogers Arena.

• 'Adult content' viewers targeted in growing Bitcoin extortion scam, B.C. RCMP say

  There have been more reports of a Bitcoin extortion scam seeking to exploit viewers of "adult content" in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, according to the RCMP.

• B.C. First Nations declare state of emergency over opioid crisis and mental health

  Getting a bed at one of British Columbia's drug detoxification facilities is like winning the lottery, the vice-president on the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council says.

• Woman dead, toddler uninjured following B.C. police shooting, watchdog says

  B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating the death of a woman who was shot by the RCMP after allegedly barricading herself in a room with a toddler early Thursday morning.

• Woman nearly shut out of mother's estate sues brother in B.C. Supreme Court – and wins

  Since she was a young girl growing up in Vancouver, Ginny Lam says her mom Yat Hei Law made it very clear she favoured her son William, because he was her male heir.

• Top Hezbollah commander among 14 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

  Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border.

• 'It's disgusting': Quebec minister reacts after body of boy, 14, found near Hells Angels hideout

  The province's public security minister said he was "shocked" Thursday amid reports that a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy was found this week near a Hells Angels hideout near Quebec City.