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  Construction beginning on project that aims to ease Highway 1 gridlock in Fraser Valley

  Preliminary work is now underway to widen a section of Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.

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  UBC cooking competition aims to show bugs are great to eat

  There was only one rule contestants had to follow at a cooking competition held at UBC on Tuesday: the dishes had to include bugs.

• Frank the Tank, a tortoise found wandering a B.C. field, gets a new home

  Adoption requests came from as far away as New Zealand, but Frank the Tank, a 17-kilogram tortoise found wandering in a Richmond bok choy field last month, will be staying in British Columbia.

• 1 dead after small plane crashes near B.C.-Alberta border

  A small plane crash in rural B.C. near the Alberta border has claimed the life of a local pilot, according to RCMP.

• B.C. teacher convicted of sexual exploitation banned from the profession for life

  A B.C. high school teacher has been handed a lifetime ban from the profession after he was convicted of sexual exploitation, according to the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation.

• Vancouver City Hall steps up security for council meetings

  Security for council meetings at Vancouver City Hall has been stepped up, at least in part because of an increase in harassment, threats and violence directed at elected officials.

• Auditor general raises concerns about B.C.'s bookkeeping for 16th time

  British Columbia's auditor general is repeating himself over concerns about the way the provincial government keeps its books, just as the Ministry of Finance's quarterly report projects a $5.6-billion deficit.

• Victoria couple's $5M lottery win means 'beers, pizza and champagne' for the family

  The Vancouver Canucks might be having a winning season, but when Stacey Donison heard her husband shouting joyfully from the kitchen, it had nothing to do with the hockey game he was watching.

• B.C. growth forecast drops for 2023 but deficit projection improves

  British Columbia's economy is forecast to grow one per cent in 2023, a drop from the 1.2 per cent predicted earlier by the Ministry of Finance.

• Gang-affiliated inmate who shot rival in the face dies in custody in B.C.

  A Saskatchewan drug dealer who was serving a lengthy sentence for attempted murder in a maximum security prison in B.C.'s Fraser Valley has died.

• No charges after police dog bites innocent bystander, B.C. prosecutors say

  Two police officers who mistook an innocent Surrey, B.C., resident for a suspect, knocked him to the ground and unleashed a police dog on him during a chase had a "reasonable basis" for doing so, and will not face charges, prosecutors have decided.

• Fog advisory reissued for B.C.'s South Coast, Vancouver Island

  A fog advisory was reissued for much of B.C.’s South Coast and Vancouver Island Tuesday afternoon, with Environment Canada warning of "near-zero visibility" throughout the region.

• Charges pending after 44 dogs, cats seized from 'shockingly unsanitary' B.C. home

  Animal welfare workers in British Columbia will be recommending animal cruelty charges after 44 neglected dogs and cats were seized from a derelict and garbage-filled home on a small, southern Gulf Island near Nanaimo.

• Vancouver police, firefighters face overtime pressures, budget adjustments needed: city report

  Vancouver city council will meet on Tuesday to discuss several topics, including a mid-year funding boost for police and firefighters.