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• Swimmers rescued after being swept into rapids in Creston, B.C.

  Two people are recovering after being swept away while swimming in Goat River in Creston, B.C.

  

• Argument between 2 men in downtown Kamloops turns violent: RCMP

  An argument between two men in downtown Kamloops on Wednesday allegedly resulted in a violent assault.

  

• New Vancouver-Nanaimo ferry service announces pricing, launch timing

  The new passenger-only ferry service between Vancouver and Nanaimo, Hullo, has announced that it will begin operations this summer.

• Woman taken to hospital after being shot in the foot in East Vancouver: BCEHS

  A woman was shot in the foot in East Vancouver Wednesday night after an alleged fight near a small encampment.

• Showers likely for southern B.C., as wildfires cut air quality, challenge control

  For the first time this year, air quality advisories are posted for part of Vancouver Island and a large section of the Lower Mainland as smoke from several wildfires wafts over the region.

• Vancouver Whitecaps celebrate back-to-back Canadian Championship win

  Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini jumped to chants in front of supporters while players and coaches streamed on to the field at B.C. Place, tearing off their shirts and hugging one another to celebrate a back-to-back Canadian Championship win.

• 'We need to bring people back here': Condo proposal sparks debate in Vancouver's Chinatown

  The nondescript parking lot at the centre of debate about the future of Vancouver's historic Chinatown is unchanged in the six years since plans to build a condo tower there were shot down by the city's development permit board.

• B.C. breweries win big at Canadian Brewing Awards

  British Columbia’s beer game continues to pack a punch on the national stage, as breweries from across the province took home nearly four dozen awards at the Canadian Brewing Awards.

• Can face masks help protect you from wildfire smoke? Health expert explains

  An official recommendation to wear a mask to protect yourself from wildfire smoke is being echoed by health experts as plumes of smoke make their way across parts of Canada, causing poor air quality.

• High temperature record from 1898 broken in B.C. Wednesday

  A 125-year-old temperature record fell in Pitt Meadows, B.C., on Wednesday, as another burst of hot, dry weather swept through the province

• RBC Canadian Open teeing off amid controversy in golf world

  Some of the world's top players are teeing off at the RBC Canadian Open today amid the hotly debated LIV Golf-PGA Tour controversy that shook the golf world this week.

• Out-of-control wildfire on Lower Mainland sees massive growth

  A human-caused wildfire on the Lower Mainland has grown to an estimated 800 hectares and continues to burn out of control Wednesday, according to the BC Wildfire Service.

• 'You don't listen to renters': Vancouver Tenants Union disrupts housing announcement

  Rental housing advocates interrupted an announcement by B.C.'s housing minister in Vancouver Wednesday morning to object to the provincial government's response to the affordability crisis.

• Vancouver voice actors concerned about AI cloning voices without consent

  Advances in artificial intelligence means software can generate accurate voice clones that sound just like the real thing, but that's putting some actors in a precarious position, including Vancouver's Bill Newton.

• Air quality advisory in effect for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  An air quality advisory is in effect for parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley as wildfire smoke and high temperatures create hazy, potentially hazardous conditions.

• Surrey RCMP say 1 of 2 'armed and dangerous' men arrested

  One of two men the Surrey RCMP described as armed and dangerous in a public appeal for information last week has been arrested.

• 1st-of-its-kind health-care centre in Vancouver looks to support woman, trans and non-binary individuals

  A first-of-its-kind health-care centre has opened in Vancouver, and the founders are inviting women, transgender and non-binary individuals to “come as you are.”

• B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40K to bring it home

  A man who helped return a 140-year-old Tlingit robe to the British Columbia First Nation where it was created says it's as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringing it home.

• Health minister promises expansion of overwhelmed Surrey Memorial Hospital

  Surrey Memorial Hospital will be expanded, Health Minister Adrian Dix announced Wednesday, with more details to come in the next five months.

• 85-year-old man seriously injured in unprovoked attack, Coquitlam RCMP say

  Mounties in Coquitlam are asking for help identifying a suspect in an unprovoked assault that left an 85-year-old man with serious injuries nearly three months ago.