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  A parking spot in Whistler, B.C., just sold for $195K

  Less than three months after a $32-million mansion shattered the record for the most expensive property ever sold in Whistler, B.C., another record has fallen.

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  Calgary Police Service recruiting new officers in Metro Vancouver

  Officers with the Calgary Police Service spent Tuesday pitching the pros of life in Alberta to potential recruits in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.

• Anti-SOGI demonstrations at elementary schools prompt calls to renew protest legislation

  Some North Vancouver parents want the province to re-introduce legislation prohibiting protests near schools, following a series of anti-SOGI demonstrations.

• 3 charged with murder, conspiracy in deadly shooting in B.C.'s Lower Mainland

  Three suspects have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of a 24-year-old man in Surrey, B.C., last year, homicide investigators announced Tuesday.

• BC Ferries will soon face 'penalties' for cancelling sailings due to lack of crew, province says

  The B.C. government says it is working on introducing "penalty provisions" for BC Ferries that would apply when the company fails to run core-service sailings because of a lack of crew.

• B.C. disaster response outdated and inaccessible for evacuees: ombudsperson report

  Emergency support programs for disaster evacuees in British Columbia are outdated, under-resourced, inaccessible and poorly communicated, according to a report by the province's ombudsperson.

• B.C. man takes one-tonne pumpkin on road trip to win California weigh-off

  An enormous pumpkin nicknamed "Mama" grown in a Richmond, B.C., backyard has won first place in one of North America's most prestigious pumpkin weigh-offs, tipping the scales at more than a tonne.

• 'Christmas came early': Analyst predicts Metro Vancouver gas prices will fall more than 20 cents per litre

  Gas price analyst Dan McTeague says drivers in Metro Vancouver should wait until Wednesday to fill up their tanks.

• Ambulance crashes while transporting patient between hospitals in Vancouver

  An ambulance with five people on board—including a patient—crashed into a lamppost in Vancouver early Tuesday morning.

• Motorcyclist, 56, dead after crash near Sooke

  A 56-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on Vancouver Island.

• Regimental funeral for slain B.C. RCMP officer to take place Wednesday

  Mourners will gather in Langley, B.C., Wednesday for a regimental funeral procession, memorial service and final salute to honour an RCMP officer who was killed in the line of duty last month.

• Fatal crash involving car-carrier closes Surrey route

  One person is dead after a collision on Highway 10 in Surrey Tuesday morning.

• Squamish Nation requests official name change for Lower Mainland peak

  The Squamish Nation has formally requested a name change for a well-known peak in the Lower Mainland.

• Bear struck by vehicle, then killed by conservation officers in Abbotsford

  A bear was hit by a vehicle on Highway 1 in Abbotsford, and subsequently killed by conservation officers Tuesday morning.

• Paralyzed varsity quarterback makes emotional return to Vancouver field

  Two months after varsity quarterback Gavin Kamoschinski broke his neck, the 17-year-old returned to the football field Saturday to inspire his teammates.

• Hundreds of eagles set to converge on B.C. landfill during fall

  Fall and winter are some of the busiest months for a raptor rescue operation in Delta, B.C., as it prepares for the annual migration of eagles scavenging at the Metro Vancouver landfill.

• NDP introduces disaster bill as B.C. legislature starts with four official parties

  New disaster management legislation has been introduced in British Columbia on the first day of the fall legislative session that will see four official parties in the chamber.

• 'It was heartbreaking': Okanagan family targeted by thieves after losing home to wildfire

  After a family from B.C.'s Okanagan lost their home to the McDougall Creek wildfire, looters decided to ransack what little they had left.

• Cities should cover the costs when bears killed on their land, say B.C. advocates

  An animal rights charity has suggested that B.C. cities, towns and perhaps even homeowners should be charged each time a conservation officer is required to deal with a nuisance bear that’s habituated to human food or garbage.

• Liberal Greg Fergus makes history, elected first Black House Speaker

  Liberal MP Greg Fergus is Canada's new House of Commons Speaker, following a secret ranked ballot election on Tuesday. It is a day for the political history books as Fergus, once a parliamentary page, becomes the first Black Canadian to hold the prestigious role.