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  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.

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  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.

• Flushing toilets will be required at B.C. construction sites soon

  What some B.C. construction workers describe as the worst aspect of their jobs will be coming to an end next month, the province announced.

• Involuntary mental health care must be 'dignified and humane,' B.C. premier says

  Premier David Eby says mental health care in the province for those committed against their will needs to be "dignified and humane" to be effective, as his government works on a strategy about involuntary care.

• 3 charged with manslaughter in B.C. prison assault that led to inmate's death

  Manslaughter charges have been laid against three people in connection to the death of a B.C. inmate after an assault at the province's only maximum security prison last year.

• Propeller falls off BC Ferries vessel, spilling 800 litres of oil

  About 800 litres of light hydraulic oil have spilled into the sea from a BC Ferries vessel after one of its propellers fell off this week.

• BC United to run some candidates to keep party name alive, despite halting campaign

  British Columbia's Official Opposition BC United party says it will run some candidates in the Oct. 19 election despite recently suspending its "full provincewide" campaign to throw its support behind the surging B.C. Conservative Party.

• Suspicious package in downtown Vancouver not an explosive, police say

  A suspicious package that prompted a major police response in downtown Vancouver Thursday was not an explosive device, authorities have confirmed.