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• Strike action: B.C.'s largest public sector union to picket BC Liquor Store warehouses

  A union representing tens of thousands of government workers says it will begin job action Monday.

  

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  NEW | Family of murdered Vancouver Island man suing prison officials over inmates' escape

  The daughters of a 60-year-old Vancouver Island man who was found dead in his home in 2019 are suing the Correctional Service of Canada, claiming negligent prison officials allowed two men to escape from a minimum-security penitentiary and murder their father.

  

• Drive-by shooting at Surrey home being investigated

  A drive-by shooting of a Surrey home is being investigated by Mounties.

• Alberta looks to poach skilled workers from Vancouver, Toronto

  The government of Alberta is looking to draw skilled workers from Toronto and Vancouver to the province and launched its recruitment campaign Monday morning.

• B.C. couple can't use bankruptcy to get out of paying $19M to regulator, appeal court rules

  For the second time in a year, British Columbia's highest court has dismissed an appeal from a couple attempting to use bankruptcy to rid themselves of millions of dollars in penalties imposed by the province's financial markets regulator.

• Long-time Chinatown security guard 'still traumatized' after random attack; grateful for community support

  A well-known security guard in Vancouver’s Chinatown who was attacked by a stranger while on the job said Sunday he’s grateful for the outpouring of support he’s received.

• 'Nowhere to go’: Future remains unclear for hundreds living in tents on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  Several city-supplied storage containers along Vancouver's East Hastings Street are now full to the brim. However, many of those living in tents on the sidewalks and road haven’t moved.

• Man charged in caught-on-camera assault of woman on Vancouver bus

  A man has been charged in a shocking, unprovoked assault on a woman riding a Vancouver bus that was caught on camera back in June.

• 'We have nowhere to live': Dozens displaced after Burnaby apartment building fire

  Three people were rescued and dozens more have been displaced after a third-alarm blaze at a Burnaby apartment complex in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the fire department.

• 'They wanted it to be real': Main character in new Netflix animated series brought to life by B.C. girl

  A B.C. girl is making her voice acting debut in a new animated Netflix series, saying she's excited that they chose her to bring the spunky, South Asian lead to life.

• 89-year-old assaulted in Chinatown: Vancouver police

  A woman has been charged with assault after an 89-year-old man was knocked to the ground in Vancouver's Chinatown, police say.

• 'It's just horrific': Mother of Chilliwack murder victim hoping to raise awareness, support

  Weeks after her daughter was viciously killed, Jana Jorgenson is hoping to raise awareness for women facing abuse.

• 6 arrested after standoff with police at Campbell River home

  An hours-long standoff between heavily armed police and the occupants of a home in Campbell River has ended with six arrests, Mounties say. Frontline officers responded to the home in the 600 block of Alpine Road around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, after receiving multiple reports of shots being fired.

• Kelowna RCMP investigating homicide after 'altercation' outside nightclub

  Police in Kelowna are investigating a homicide after a man injured outside a downtown nightclub Friday night succumbed to his injuries.

• U.S. authorities working to keep orcas away from 'pollution incident' off Vancouver Island

  The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to a sunken vessel leaking fuel in Haro Strait, between Vancouver Island and San Juan Island.

• Feds quietly change rules to allow one-time ArriveCAN exemption at land border crossings

  The Canada Border Services Agency is temporarily allowing fully vaccinated travellers a one-time exemption to not be penalized if they were unaware of the health documents required through ArriveCAN.

• Coast guard called in as diesel spill closes Richmond beaches

  Beaches at Richmond's Garry Point Park are closed after the Canadian Coast Guard investigated and tried to clean up a recent diesel spill.

• Man charged in apparently random attack on Chinatown security guard: VPD

  A man has been charged with the assault of a "beloved Chinatown security guard" on Friday, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

• Police identify victim, say targeted shooting in Maple Ridge related to drugs, but not gangs

  Homicide investigators have publicly identified the man shot and killed in Maple Ridge on Friday in hopes of identifying further "witnesses and associates" of the victim.

• After lightning strikes spark blazes across B.C., wildfire service predicts stable forecast

  A spokesperson for the BC Wildfire Service says 80 per cent of the 212 new fires sparked across the province since Wednesday were caused by lightning.