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• Fatal assault outside Abbotsford mall under investigation, police say

  A homicide investigation is underway in Abbotsford, B.C., after an assault outside a local mall.

  

• Police incident closes multiple Canada Line stations during morning commute

  Multiple Canada Line stations were closed during Thursday's morning commute due to a police incident.

  

• BC Ferries hires 850 new workers as it prepares for busy summer

  BC Ferries saw no staff-related service disruptions over the Victoria Day long weekend, even as it carried a record number of vehicles, according to its president and CEO.

• 'They're hilarious': B.C. hobby farm home to endless animal antics

  A B.C. family has trouble getting their chores done on their farm each morning because of the antics of a pair of unlikely best friends – an elderly miniature horse and a rambunctious young golden retriever.

• Vancouver police use Taser on suicidal man, give each other fist bumps in social media video

  A social media video that captures the moment a man gets Tasered by a Vancouver police officer is prompting calls for more training for police going out on mental health calls.

• Vancouver teardown listed for $3.5M one year after selling for $2.5M

  A teardown on Vancouver's west side has been listed for just under $3.5 million, a year after it was purchased by a numbered company for $2.5 million.

• Whitecaps down Cavalry FC in penalty kicks in Canadian Championship quarterfinal

  The Vancouver Whitecaps answered a late wakeup call and stopped history from repeating itself Wednesday night.

• Ryan Reynolds talks growing up in B.C. on David Letterman's Netflix show

  Ryan Reynolds shared some of what it was like growing up in Vancouver in a new interview with David Letterman this week, including the fact that he said he was going out to get gas when what he was really doing was moving to Los Angeles.

• B.C. woman's 'elaborately concocted alibi' for hit-and-run included fake letters, false accusations, court says

  A B.C. woman who was convicted of a fatal hit-and-run despite her "elaborately concocted alibi" which included forged letters and lying about her truck being stolen by a panhandler, has lost her bid to have her sentence reduced.

• How a 'Band-Aid' urgent care strategy contributed to B.C.'s primary care crisis

  The decision to focus on urgent and emergency health care to avert long waits played a key role in B.C.’s current primary care crisis, and the costlier care is compounding the problem.

• Marijuana company's email mistake allows shareholder to forward fraud allegations

  A judge has refused to grant a B.C. cannabis company an injunction against a man who used a list of email addresses the company accidentally sent to all shareholders against it.

• B.C. committee recommends honorary degree given to principal of former residential school be rescinded

  A sub-committee formed by the University of British Columbia has recommended the honorary degree granted to a former principal of a residential school where unmarked graves were detected last year be rescinded.

• What happened to the Very Good Butchers? Plant-based meat company closing most B.C. operations

  A British Columbia company that was once at the forefront of the booming plant-based meats industry is shuttering stores and production plants as it struggles to survive.

• Legal scholar says Canada 'absolutely' exists on stolen Indigenous land despite Trudeau sidestepping question

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not provide a clear answer when asked Monday if he believes Canada exists on stolen Indigenous land – but a legal scholar says the answer is obvious.

• Logging protesters' tactics questioned after manure dumped at B.C. premier's office

  Things got messy at B.C. Premier John Horgan's constituency office Wednesday.

• B.C. not promising additional help for couple paying out of pocket for cancer treatment

  The province is not promising any additional help to a Coquitlam woman with Stage 4 breast cancer who is having to pay about $1,200 a month for her treatment.

• Services agreement signed for 11-tower Senakw development in Kitsilano

  The City of Vancouver and the Squamish Nation have signed a services agreement for the 11-tower Sen̓áḵw development in Kitsilano.

• Business case for controversial $800M rebuild of Royal B.C. Museum released

  The B.C. government chose to replace the Royal B.C. Museum for about $800 million after considering repairs and renovations of the existing building that could have cost about $300 million more, say documents released Wednesday.

• DFO investigating dead porpoise found near Victoria

  Authorities are investigating Wednesday after the body of a porpoise was discovered on a beach near Victoria.

• B.C. launches Canada's first lung cancer screening program for high-risk residents

  British Columbia has launched the country's first provincewide lung cancer screening program for residents who are at high risk of getting the disease.