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• Multiple break-ins reported at Burnaby building where tenants displaced by fire, RCMP investigating

  Some tenants displaced by a fire at a Burnaby apartment building say they’ve now been victimized by thieves as well.

  

• Crews rescue dog with injured paws from North Shore Mountains

  Search and rescue crews carried a dog with injured paws to safety on the North Shore Mountains this week, prompting a warning to other hikers with pets.

  

• Job action could mean empty shelves at B.C. liquor and cannabis stores by the weekend

  In a matter of days, B.C. consumers could begin to see empty shelves at liquor and cannabis stores.

• World’s top physicists discuss time travel, the multiverse at Vancouver quantum gravity conference

  Some of the world’s best and brightest in the world of physics gathered in Vancouver this week to discuss one of science’s greatest mysteries – the theory of quantum gravity.

• Gangster's execution outside of a busy Vancouver restaurant was carefully planned: court documents

  The man who killed Harpreet Singh Dhaliwal outside of a busy Vancouver restaurant last year planned the killing for weeks, setting up in an Airbnb to 'track down' the victim 'for the purpose of killing him,' court documents say.

• Children's flu and pain medications in short supply across B.C.

  An unprecedented cold and flu season coupled with supply chain issues is leading to a shortage of liquid Advil and Tylenol for kids across British Columbia.

• Driver hit a school bus, fled from police, ran off into the forest: Kelowna RCMP

  Mounties are looking for a suspect after a strange series of events in Kelowna this week.

• B.C. cop who showed sexual selfie to domestic violence victim reinstated

  A B.C. Mountie who was fired after showing a domestic violence victim what he described as a barely clothed "d*** pic" was rehired last year after arguing the RCMP's conduct board treated him unfairly.

• Vancouver man ordered to pay back $29K obtained under false pretences, BCSC says

  A Vancouver man has been ordered to pay $29,000 in restitution to two couples from whom he obtained the money under false pretences, according to B.C.'s financial markets regulator.

• Surrey Police Service officer arrested just 4 months after being deployed

  An officer with Surrey's new municipal police force – who had been on the job for just four months – has been arrested by Surrey RCMP.

• Warnings issued for B.C.'s South Coast amid brief heat wave

  Much of the B.C.’s South Coast is under a heat warning with temperatures expected to soar.

• 'General culture of silence': Canadian researcher says NHL not doing enough to support player health

  A Canadian researcher with a brother working for the NHL says there's a reason professional hockey players don't seek mental health help when they need it.

• Vancouver zoo closed for 2nd day after wolves apparently freed intentionally

  The Greater Vancouver Zoo is closed for a second day after wolves were apparently freed intentionally at the facility.

• 4 brush fires in Surrey believed to be deliberately set: RCMP

  Surrey Mounties are investigating a string of brush fires they believe were deliberately set.

• Another union representing B.C. public service workers issues strike notice

  A union representing B.C. government workers – including veterinarians, engineers and pharmacists – has issued a strike notice. The Professional Employees Association (PEA) is the union that represents the Government Licensed Professionals (GLP) group, which has 1,200 members who work in B.C. public services.

• A heat warning is in effect and these Metro Vancouver cities have opened cooling centres

  With a heat warning in effect for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, several cities have opened up dedicated indoor cooling centres and outdoor cooling stations. We've compiled a list of what's available and where.

• One of the world's largest sailing yachts arrives on Vancouver Island

  One of the largest sailing yachts in the world cruised into a small Vancouver Island community this week, drawing a constant stream of onlookers to the Mill Bay Marina.

• Vancouver rents: $1,450 a month for a loft bed in a living room shared with 1 woman, 3 rabbits

  Finding herself unable to afford her rent, a Vancouver woman was desperate to stay in her suite – so she crammed into the corner of her living room and posted an ad looking for a roommate to share the small space with her and her three rabbits.

• B.C. cannabis stores grapple with delivery stoppage as BCLDB workers go on strike

  British Columbian cannabis stores are bracing for emptier shelves after a strike stopped the province's pot distribution centre from shipping out product.

• Break-in, attempted child abduction under investigation in Abbotsford

  Police in Abbotsford say a man broke into a home and tried to pull a child out of a ground-floor bedroom window Monday night.