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  Video shows VPD officers laughing after woman is shot with beanbag

  A retired judge is assessing whether any alleged police misconduct occurred following an incident involving the Vancouver Police Department and an Indigenous woman who lives in the Downtown Eastside.

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  Man charged for allegedly groping 15-year-old girl on Vancouver bus

  A 25-year-old man has been charged after allegedly groping a teenager on a bus in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood earlier this month.

• UVic protesters say administrators reviewing demands as talks continue

  Meetings are underway between University of Victoria officials and protesters at the Palestinian solidarity encampment on campus.

• Incendiary device thrown at Vancouver synagogue, Jewish Federation says

  An incendiary device was thrown at a Vancouver synagogue Thursday night, leading to increased police presence at local institutions, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver says.

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  DEVELOPING | 'The time to prepare is now': Officials brace for a hot summer in B.C.

  While mild – and in some cases damp – weather may be persisting in parts of B.C., the next extreme heat event could arrive as early as next week, according to a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.

• 'Bizarre, twisted market': Metro Vancouver gas prices expected to drop again

  Gas prices in Metro Vancouver have taken a turn in favour of commuters.

• Evicted tenant made 'joke' of dispute resolution process, B.C. court hears

  A B.C. tenant abused the province's dispute resolution process by uploading a "rude and profane picture" instead of a document to an online portal, according to a recent court decision.

• 'Unprecedented': Human smuggling from B.C. to U.S. soars, using train, Uber and foot

  American prosecutors and law enforcement officers say they're dealing with a huge increase in human smuggling from British Columbia.

• Vancouver mayor wants to limit property tax increases, but questions remain over implications

  Property taxes always seem to go up, but there's a discussion in Vancouver about just how far next year's increase should go.

• Prince George RCMP ask robbery victim to come forward after video circulates online

  Police in Prince George say a video circulating online has prompted them to open an investigation into a violent assault and robbery that apparently took place in the city in early April.

• Mounties seize guns, drugs after traffic stop in Kelowna, B.C.

  Mounties in Kelowna, B.C., say officers have seized two handguns and more than two kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl following a traffic stop last week.

• 'Almost lost my life': Worker severely burned when car crashed into B.C. restaurant speaks out

  A worker at a North Vancouver fast food restaurant says she was severely burned when a driver crashed into the building on March 16, knocking hot oil out of the fryer.

• IIO clears police in Langley man's death as family pushes for policy changes

  British Columbia's police watchdog has cleared RCMP officers of wrongdoing after a Langley man died in a fire following a wellness check and hours-long standoff with police, during which he shot towards officers.

• $400K in damages for B.C. woman who had unnecessary mastectomy was 'inordinately high,' court finds

  A jury's award of $400,000 to a woman who had a mastectomy after being misdiagnosed with breast cancer has been substantially reduced by B.C.'s highest court, which found the damages were "wholly disproportionate."