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  Leader profile: Sonia Furstenau on pinball and her personal motivation in politics

  She loves to swear, likes pinball and was a track star in high school. She’s also the only British Columbia party leader who’s been through an election in that role before. Meet the BC Green Leader Sonia Furstenau.

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  Fire destroys abandoned home in South Vancouver

  No injuries were reported after a fire tore through an abandoned home in Vancouver's Kerrisdale neighbourhood early Thursday morning.

• 'Like going to a buffet with no one else in line': Housing sales stall in Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  New data from Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley shows a surge in supply and drop in demand in the region's historically hot real estate market.

• Canadian figure skater suspended at least 6 years for 'sexual maltreatment'

  Canadian figure skater Nikolaj Sorensen has been suspended for at least six years for 'sexual maltreatment,' the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner announced Wednesday.

• Plea from B.C. election candidates: Stop trashing our campaign signs

  The moment the writ was dropped for the Oct. 19 election, candidates all over B.C. began putting up campaign signs. By the following day, many of those signs had already been stolen or vandalized, and that’s continuing today.

• New Westminster, B.C., aquatic facility named alongside Paris Olympic venue as world's most beautiful

  What does New Westminster's təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre have in common with a historic 68,000-seat stadium in Beijing, an NFL stadium and the aquatics venue for the Paris Olympics? They've all been named among the world's most beautiful sports venues for 2024.

• DoorDash adds fees in response to B.C. gig worker wage law

  DoorDash is increasing fees in British Columbia in response to recently passed provincial legislation.

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  W5 Investigates | Behind the story: What it's like to interview a narco

  Drug smuggling is the main industry for Mexican cartels, but migrant smuggling is turning into a financial windfall. In this fourth instalment of CTV W5's 'Narco Jungle: The Death Train,' Avery Haines is in Juarez where she speaks with one of the human smugglers known as 'coyotes.'

• Indigenous-led campaign against gender-based violence tells John Rustad to stop wearing its pin

  A grassroots campaign to end gender-based violence has sent a letter to BC Conservative Leader John Rustad informing him it is withdrawing permission for him to wear its symbol.

• Military pharmacist fined $10K for stealing hundreds of amphetamine pills in B.C.

  A Canadian Armed Forces pharmacist was fined $10,000 and given a severe reprimand Wednesday after admitting to stealing hundreds of pills from a British Columbia military base to feed his spiralling drug addiction.

• B.C. man ordered to pay damages for defamatory Google review

  A B.C. man has been ordered to pay a total of $4,000 to a Coquitlam company and its two owners because of a negative review he posted on Google.

• Several 'aggressors' arrested after B.C. teen swarmed, B.C. RCMP say

  Three young suspects have been arrested in connection with a swarming attack on a teenager in B.C.'s Okanagan last week – and authorities have asked the public to stop circulating disturbing videos of the incident.

• B.C. teen gives back after life-changing diagnosis

  Rather than the fleeting feeling of butterflies in his stomach while riding on a swing, Andrei Marti had started feeling an enduring sickness every day.

• Leader profile: John Rustad on competition, change and the future of B.C.

  John Rustad never aspired to be a politician. In fact, he almost quit politics altogether.