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• Vancouver Coastal Health changing bad drug text alert system

  Vancouver Coastal Health is joining other health authorities in the province in a move to a unified provincial text alert system warning of toxic drugs.

  

• Rope-carrying man at centre of 'suspicious occurrence' at Surrey park being investigated: RCMP

  A rope-carrying man who spooked a woman in Surrey on Wednesday is at the centre of an RCMP investigation.

  

• B.C.'s public safety minister demands final policing decision from Surrey, 5 weeks after issuing recommendation

  Surrey’s mayor and city council are facing increasing demands to make a final decision on policing after the province recommended continuing the transition to a municipal force.

• Vernon Adams Jr. throws 3 touchdowns as Lions win final pre-season game

  In his first pre-season start for the B.C. Lions, Vernon Adams Jr. said he felt like time slowed down.

• How natural disasters can create long-lasting trauma

  As wildfires continue to ravage across Canada, an expert warns that people who live through such natural disasters could experience serious mental health issues in the long term.

• Surrey Memorial Hospital crisis: Fraser Health asks other regions for staff

  On the heels of a series of town halls with staff, Fraser Health is assessing its hospital network to see who can spare staff for Surrey Memorial Hospital, while asking other health authorities for help.

• B.C. seniors face long waits for housing amid affordability crisis

  A Musqueam elder who welcomed CTV News into his deteriorating home in late April has yet to move, saying he hasn’t been given options for a place to go that are adequate.

• 'The Office' gets an Australian reboot with a female boss

  More than 20 years after British comedian Ricky Gervais gave insufferable middle-manager David Brent global fame, an Australian version of the hit show 'The Office' is being made, this time with a female lead.

• City of Vancouver seeking feedback on how to revitalize Granville street

  The City of Vancouver wants to know what people think will breathe new life into the beleaguered Granville strip.

• Recovery society denies previous knowledge of sexual allegations against contractor

  Last Door Recovery Society says it fired a contractor as soon as allegations of sexual assault surfaced online, but others say the organization was slow to act.

• Here's how hot and dry it was in May in B.C.

  More than a dozen places in B.C. saw the hottest May on record this year, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

• Cycle, walk, cheer, laugh, learn, stretch: 6 ways to have fun in Vancouver this weekend

  June—a month commonly referred to as “June-unary” in Vancouver, due to historically wet weather—is starting off on a sunny note this year. Six months into 2023, here are six events to check out in B.C.’s Lower Mainland this weekend, when nothing but sunny skies are in the forecast.

• 'Love wins' display installed by anonymous ally after Pride flag vandalism at B.C. church

  Vandalism of a church in Delta displaying Pride flags is being investigated as a hate crime, according to police, who say it is the fifth such incident that has been reported in the past two and a half years.

• Woman in hospital after being found unconscious in Fraser River: police

  A woman is recovering in hospital after being pulled from the Fraser River in New Westminster on Tuesday afternoon.

• Charges laid in connection to daytime shooting in downtown New Westminster: police

  A 55-year-old man with an extensive criminal history has been charged in connection to a daytime shooting in downtown New Westminster that police believe was targeted.

• Man arrested after cyclist struck with rock on Kamloops trail, RCMP say

  A man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a cyclist with a rock in Kamloops earlier this week.

• B.C. bus driver sentenced for drunk driving

  A B.C. man who drove a commercial bus carrying 35 passengers while he was drunk has been fined $1,000 and had his licence suspended for one year.

• ICBC introduces new 'distance-based discount' for drivers

  British Columbians who drive fewer than 10,000 kilometres a year are now eligible for a break on their insurance, according to ICBC.

• Air Canada IT issue impacts flights to and from YVR

  Some Air Canada flights to and from Vancouver International Airport were delayed or cancelled Thursday due to a technical issue with the airline.

• B.C. to invest $17 million on science, Indigenous knowledge to restore Pacific salmon

  The British Columbia government is adding $17.25 million for ongoing efforts to save declining populations of wild Pacific salmon.