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• Whitecaps down Cavalry FC in penalty kicks in Canadian Championship quarterfinal

  The Vancouver Whitecaps answered a late wakeup call and stopped history from repeating itself Wednesday night.

  

• How a 'Band-Aid' urgent care strategy contributed to B.C.'s primary care crisis

  The decision to focus on urgent and emergency health care to avert long waits played a key role in B.C.’s current primary care crisis, and the costlier care is compounding the problem.

  

• Vancouver police use Taser on suicidal man, give each other fist bumps in social media video

  A social media video that captures the moment a man gets Tasered by a Vancouver police officer is prompting calls for more training for police going out mental health calls.

• Marijuana company's email mistake allows shareholder to forward fraud allegations

  A judge has refused to grant a B.C. cannabis company an injunction against a man who used a list of email addresses the company accidentally sent to all shareholders against it.

• Legal scholar says Canada 'absolutely' exists on stolen Indigenous land despite Trudeau sidestepping question

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not provide a clear answer when asked Monday if he believes Canada exists on stolen Indigenous land – but a legal scholar says the answer is obvious.

• Logging protesters' tactics questioned after manure dumped at B.C. premier's office

  Things got messy at B.C. Premier John Horgan's constituency office Wednesday.

• B.C. not promising additional help for couple paying out of pocket for cancer treatment

  The province is not promising any additional help to a Coquitlam woman with Stage 4 breast cancer who is having to pay about $1,200 a month for her treatment.

• Vancouver teardown listed for $3.5M one year after selling for $2.5M

  A teardown on Vancouver's west side has been listed for just under $3.5 million, a year after it was purchased by a numbered company for $2.5 million.

• Services agreement signed for 11-tower Sen̓áḵw development in Kitsilano

  The City of Vancouver and the Squamish Nation have signed a services agreement for the 11-tower Sen̓áḵw development in Kitsilano.

• Ryan Reynolds talks growing up in B.C. on David Letterman's Netflix show

  Ryan Reynolds shared some of what it was like growing up in Vancouver in a new interview with David Letterman this week, including the fact that he said he was going out to get gas when what he was really doing was moving to Los Angeles.

• B.C. committee recommends honorary degree given to principal of former residential school be rescinded

  A sub-committee formed by the University of British Columbia has recommended the honorary degree granted to a former principal of a residential school where unmarked graves were detected last year be rescinded.

• B.C. woman's 'elaborately concocted alibi' for hit-and-run included fake letters, false accusations, court says

  A B.C. woman who was convicted of a fatal hit-and-run despite her "elaborately concocted alibi" which included forged letters and lying about her truck being stolen by a panhandler, has lost her bid to have her sentence reduced.

• District outlines safety protocols following cougar sighting near Coquitlam school

  A Metro Vancouver school district provided details of its safety protocols following warnings from local officials of a cougar sighting near an elementary school.

• Business case for controversial $800M rebuild of Royal B.C. Museum released

  The B.C. government chose to replace the Royal B.C. Museum for about $800 million after considering repairs and renovations of the existing building that could have cost about $300 million more, say documents released Wednesday.

• DFO investigating dead porpoise found near Victoria

  Authorities are investigating Wednesday after the body of a porpoise was discovered on a beach near Victoria.

• B.C. launches Canada's first lung cancer screening program for high-risk residents

  British Columbia has launched the country's first provincewide lung cancer screening program for residents who are at high risk of getting the disease.

• Bill inspired by B.C. teen would see Indigenous characters, symbols on provincial ID

  A private member's bill introduced in the British Columbia legislature last week would see the use of proper Indigenous names on provincial identification, something the government says is impossible with the current software.

• 'It's like walking on Mars to me': B.C. senior still paying mortgage on 'not livable' property after November floods

  Months after devastating flooding, a B.C. senior is still paying a mortgage on a home that no longer exists and a property that he says has been assessed at $1.

• Monkeypox 'has nothing to do with' COVID-19, B.C. physician says

  While more monkeypox cases were confirmed in Canada this week, B.C. still doesn't have any known infections, said a local physician who shared what experts know so far about the disease.

• 1 man hurt in Maple Ridge shooting: RCMP

  Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating an early morning shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C., that left one man in critical condition Wednesday morning.