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  Bank records show accused killer was in the same city on day a B.C. girl was killed

  A senior investigator at Vancouver City Savings Credit Union says a bank account registered to Ibrahim Ali shows transactions in Burnaby, B.C., on July 18, 2017, the same day a 13-year-old was murdered in a city park.

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  Rabbits on Granville Island being trapped, euthanized amid coyote concerns

  A growing rabbit population on Vancouver's Granville Island has been attracting coyotes, according to authorities, and the bunnies are now being trapped and taken to a vet to be euthanized.

• Kelowna restaurant wants its stolen 6-foot bear statue returned

  Mounties are appealing for information after a six-foot tall wooden bear statue of “significant value” was stolen from a Kelowna restaurant last month.

• New appeal for help finding Richmond man missing more than 2 months

  Mounties in Richmond have issued another appeal for help locating a 22-year-old man who has been missing more than two months.

• BCLC expecting 20% increase in ticket sales for record Lotto 6/49 jackpot

  Someone in Canada will wake up $68 million richer on Thursday thanks to the first-ever maximum Lotto 6/49 gold ball jackpot.

• B.C.'s projected deficit grows to $6.7 billion for 2023-2024 fiscal year

  Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have forced a $2.5-billion addition of British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, boosting it to $6.7 billion.

• Police agencies deny jurisdictional fight delayed Hardeep Nijjar murder investigation

  Law enforcement agencies have denied allegations that a dispute over jurisdiction delayed the investigation into the murder of Surrey, B.C., Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

• B.C. moving to join other provinces in allowing physician assistants

  The provincial government is working with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC to enable physician assistants to practice by updating their bylaws, according to an announcement Wednesday.

• 'Disgraced' New Westminster school trustee resigns after social media scandal

  A New Westminster school trustee who admitted to creating a fake Twitter account and trolling parents and community members has resigned her seat on the board.

• Suspects sought after $10K in sunglasses stolen, guard attacked at Metrotown

  Authorities are searching for two suspects accused of stealing $10,000 worth of sunglasses and pepper-spraying a security guard at a Burnaby, B.C., shopping mall last week.

• Tilt trailer used to steal 'showroom condition' antique truck from Kelowna parking lot, RCMP say

  An antique truck in "showroom condition" has been stolen in Kelowna, RCMP say.

• Homicide team probing Vancouver man's suspicious death on Sunshine Coast

  Authorities have identified a man whose death on the Sunshine Coast last week was deemed suspicious and are appealing for witnesses and information in hopes of advancing their investigation.

• PM Trudeau apologizes for Parliament's recognition of Nazi veteran during Zelenskyy visit

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered 'unreserved apologies' Wednesday for Parliament's recognition of a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War and said the Canadian government has reached out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the wake of the incident.

• 5 homeless people attacked by coyote in Prince George

  Five homeless people were attacked by a coyote in downtown Prince George Tuesday, according to officials.

• Fire danger drops as cooler, wetter weather arrives in B.C.

  The British Columbia Wildfire Service says the fire danger rating across most of the province has dropped to low or very low as cool, damp fall weather arrives.

• Details leading up to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death revealed

  A long-time, close friend of Hardeep Singh Nijjar says the Sikh activist found a tracking device underneath his car before he was killed outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in June.

• B.C. has duty to consult First Nations on mineral tenure claims, court rules

  A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has given the province 18 months to fix its mineral rights system after a court challenge by First Nations who claimed they were owed a duty to consult under the Constitution.

• B.C. woman who set fires at start of 2022 wildfire season gets conditional sentence

  A 43-year-old Kamloops, B.C., woman who admitted to setting two arson fires has been sentenced.

• Hundreds of derelict vessels removed from Canadian waters, Coast Guard says

  The Canadian Coast Guard is working its way through a Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act inventory, armed with the power to fine owners of vessels that threaten marine environments or public safety.

• B.C. quietly employs foreign-trained doctors as equity and care concerns loom

  Dozens of foreign-trained doctors are now working under special licenses requiring supervision in B.C. hospitals, while more are being recruited for deployment as family doctors in urgent care centres, CTV News has learned.