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• Businesses brace for looming economic slowdown, ask for break on taxes

  At 2:18 Run in Victoria, Phil Nicholls is wondering what an economic slowdown might mean for his small business specializing in high-end sneakers and clothing.

  

• New online course aims to reduce burn injuries in B.C. children

  It's Burn Awareness Week and this year's campaign focuses on protecting young children from scalds, which are caused by hot liquids.

  

• The 'Big One' is not the earthquake B.C. scientists are most concerned about

  The pending megathrust earthquake known as the "Big One" has been a source of worry on B.C.'s South Coast for years – but some scientists are even more concerned about the potential impact of smaller quakes closer to Metro Vancouver.

• Expert suggests homeowners prepare ahead of week of wet weather

  Nigel Malkin says now is the best time for homeowners to make sure their drains aren’t clogged and that debris is cleaned out from sump pumps and gutters to prevent any flooding in the days to come.

• 'Shut the f*** up, get me my coffee!': Angry confrontation at Tim Hortons in Surrey, B.C., under investigation

  Police are investigating an angry confrontation at a Tim Hortons drive-thru in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend, part of which was recorded and posted on TikTok.

• Vancouver’s Turkish community mobilizes to send emergency supplies to earthquake-stricken homeland

  A passenger plane packed with donations and emergency supplies is set to travel from Vancouver, B.C., to Istanbul on Tuesday, as the death toll from Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkiye and Syria surpasses 6,200.

• Flair Airlines ordered to compensate B.C. men for multi-hour delays on both legs of round-trip

  B.C.'s small claims tribunal has ordered Flair Airlines to pay more than $500 to two men whose flights to and from Kitchener-Waterloo were delayed by more than three hours each.

• Autographed Wayne Gretzky jersey worth $10K stolen from Kelowna store, police say

  A hockey jersey signed by Wayne Gretzky that is estimated to be worth $10,000 is among the items stolen during a break-and-enter in Kelowna, B.C., according to authorities.

• B.C. COVID-denier had illness but died of drug overdose, coroner says

  A report from British Columbia's coroner says a prominent anti-vaccine and COVID critic died in 2021 of a drug overdose, although he also tested positive for the illness post-mortem.

• PM Trudeau presents premiers $196B health-care funding deal, with $46B in new funding over the next decade

  The federal government is pledging to increase health funding to Canada's provinces and territories by $196.1 billion over the next 10 years, in a long-awaited deal aimed at addressing Canada's crumbling health-care systems with $46.2 billion in new funding.

• RCMP remind people in Chilliwack not to throw live ammo in the garbage

  Mounties in B.C.'s Fraser Valley are asking locals not to toss live ammunition in the trash.

• B.C's pink sea urchins moving to shallower waters due to climate change

  Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower waters, in what researchers say is an indication of how rapidly climate change is affecting ocean life.

• Have you seen this hard drive? White Rock robbery suspect arrested, sentimental item missing

  A White Rock resident whose home was broken into over the weekend is missing a hard drive containing years of family photos, and local Mounties are hoping the public can help locate it.

• 'Consider postponing non-essential travel,' Environment Canada warns as B.C. storm moves inland

  Rainfall warnings have been lifted in the Lower Mainland, but the storm that brought them has now prompted Environment and Climate Change Canada to advise against non-essential travel on two highways in B.C.'s Interior.

• Reward of up to $250K for one of 'Least-Wanted Valentines' in Metro Vancouver

  Murder and manslaughter suspects are among the six men named in Crime Stoppers' latest list of the "Least-Wanted Valentines" in Metro Vancouver.

• B.C. to make National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a paid statutory holiday

  The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to make Sept. 30 a paid statutory holiday marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

• U.S. actor facing sex charges in Nevada also facing charge in B.C.

  A former actor in the movie 'Dances With Wolves' who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada is also facing a charge in British Columbia.

• 'A largely absent resource': Those who call on Vancouver's police-based mental health team hope funding boost will improve service

  There’s so much demand for Vancouver’s mental health emergency teams that people can be left waiting days, and sometimes teams never make it to requests for service at all. It’s hoped a funding boost to hire more staff will increase capacity of the service.

• Former B.C., Alta., public health doctor guilty of sex crimes against a child

  A former medical health officer in Alberta has been found guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference of a child.

• Canada's first electric RCMP cruiser arrives on Vancouver Island

  The RCMP's first fully electric police cruiser has entered service in Langford, B.C.