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• 'Linen heist' on Quadra Island leaves resort out $1,500 worth of supplies, RCMP say

  Mounties on Quadra Island are investigating what they call a "linen heist" at a local resort.

  

• 85-year-old B.C. lottery winner surprises sister with new car

  Barb Randall travelled from Nanaimo, B.C., to Petawawa, Ont., to surprise the sister she hasn't seen in years.

  

• DTES advocates looking for water, sunscreen donations for unhoused as city swelters

  As the first sustained heat of the season settles in across B.C.'s south coast, Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special weather statement advising people of high temperatures and humidex values through Monday.

• Stores running low on AC units as Vancouver hit with first wave of summer heat

  Metro Vancouver is experiencing its first stretch of hot summer weather this weekend and people are scouring stores looking for air conditioners and fans to cool off – some being met with empty shelves.

• Family of officer who died by suicide suing Vancouver Police Department, former sergeants

  The family of a Vancouver police officer who died by suicide is suing the department, alleging she endured sexual assault and exploitation enabled by an "unsafe workplace culture and insufficient policies and procedures," court documents show.

• B.C. drug lab could have produced enough fentanyl to kill everyone in Canada 4 times

  The amount of fentanyl necessary to cause a fatal overdose varies from person to person, but the generally accepted size of a potentially lethal dose is just two milligrams – about the size of a few grains of sugar.

• Neon sign on vacant, condemned Vancouver SRO deemed safety risk by city

  The neon sign that hangs outside of Vancouver's Balmoral Hotel will be removed this weekend but plans to demolish the building itself are still being sorted out, according to the City of Vancouver.

• Landlord for Whistler, Surrey brewpubs may face corporate shakeup after court ruling

  A dispute between shareholders of a B.C. numbered company that serves as a landlord for two well-known brewpubs has ended up in court.

• Vancouver police video adds to timeline of missing Indigenous woman Tatyanna Harrison

  The mother of missing Indigenous woman Tatyanna Harrison has collaborated with the Vancouver Police Department to release a new video documenting her daughter's disappearance.

• Vancouver's English Bay Barge still hasn't budged

  A barge that ran aground near Vancouver's English Bay last year quickly became an accidental attraction, drawing selfie-seekers and inspiring T-shirt designs. But after seven months, residents seem to have grown weary of its hulking presence on the shoreline.

• Missing Kelowna woman found dead, family confirms

  The family of Chelsea Cardno says the body found on flooded farmland adjacent to Mission Creek Friday night has been identified as the missing Kelowna woman.

• Lengthy labour dispute in B.C.'s film and TV industry ends with new contract

  A 15-month dispute in British Columbia's film and television industry has ended with the ratification of a new contract for creative and logistical staff working on productions shot in the province.

• 'We have to multi-solve': Experts warn against 'air-conditioned society' as heat waves get hotter

  Hundreds of people who perished during the historic heat wave in British Columbia last summer died in homes ill-suited for temperatures that spiked into the high 30s and beyond for days, a report by B.C.'s coroners' service found this month.

• Crew shortage prompts cancellation of all ferry sailings between 2 B.C. islands

  All ferry sailings between two of B.C.'s Discovery Islands have been cancelled Saturday because of a lack of crew.

• Indigenous conservation Canada's way of the future, environment minister says

  Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Columbia wilderness.

• B.C. woman born on Halloween dresses up giant skeleton in front yard all year long

  When Tabi Henry was little, she never questioned why everyone celebrated her birthday in costume. Until she realized Oct. 31 was also Halloween.

• New college course teaches TV and film production skills to Indigenous students on Vancouver Island

  Eight students are the first to graduate from a new Vancouver Island program that helps give Indigenous students the skills they need to enter the booming film and TV industry.

• Abortion is legal in Canada -- but is it accessible? Experts weigh in

  There is a renewed conversation about abortion accessibility and rights for women in Canada after U.S. Supreme Court justices overturned the Roe v. Wade case on Friday, allowing states to ban abortions.

• Women have a higher chance of developing long COVID than men, study finds

  New research has found that women are 'significantly' more likely than men to suffer from long COVID syndrome, in addition to developing different symptoms of the disease.

• Former CFL player convicted of ex-girlfriend's murder won't be eligible for parole for 14 years

  A former professional football player who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend will not be eligible for parole for 14 years.