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• 'Watching rights erode away': U.S. woman moving to B.C. over abortion rights

  A Virginia woman is packing up her life and moving her family to Vancouver Island in response to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

  

• Condo owner ordered to pay 16 times more than $800 smoking fine: CRT

  A B.C. condo owner who balked at $800 in smoking fines now owes his strata thousands of dollars more after the dispute went to the province’s Civil Resolution Tribunal.

  

• Inmate assaulted at maximum-security institution in B.C.

  A inmate at a maximum-security federal institution in B.C. was taken to hospital earlier this week after they were assaulted.

• 79-year-old completes walk from Calgary to Vancouver, raises over $500K for charity

  With a group of supporters by his side, Gary Averbach received a hero’s welcome in Vancouver Thursday, the final stop of his 1,100-kilometre journey.

• Mountie charged with driving without due care after northern B.C. incident

  A B.C. Mountie is facing a charge of driving without due care and attention after an incident in the northern part of the province.

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  EXCLUSIVE | B.C. cop stalked ex-girlfriend for years using police computers, misconduct probe finds

  A high-ranking B.C. officer used police resources to conduct at least 92 searches on his ex-girlfriend and her family while stalking her over a period of five years, according to documents exclusively obtained by CTV News.

• Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

  Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

• 'It's angering': Victoria restaurants claim food delivery service owes them thousands

  Several Victoria restaurants that were hoping to support a local delivery service say they're out thousands of dollars since the company has failed to pay them.

• Vital agency or unnecessary bureaucracy? B.C.'s $10M department you've never heard of

  Planning for and co-ordination of medical resources during natural disasters, pandemics and other emergencies is important, but is a separate agency required when B.C.'s health authorities still have to do the heavy lifting?

• Major crimes unit investigating body found after Nanaimo house fire

  One man is dead after a fire destroyed a home Thursday in Nanaimo, B.C.

• Woman charged for assaulting police officer during DTES tent removal

  Vancouver police say a woman has been charged for assaulting an officer near the tent encampment on East Hastings Street Tuesday, and several other people are under investigation.

• Clearwater emergency room closing for 8 nights, 3 days after it closed for 5

  Three days after it returned to 24-hour operation following five straight nights of overnight closures, an emergency department in the B.C. Interior is closing again. This time, it will be closed for eight nights in a row.

• Lithium ion batteries blamed for 2 SRO fires in Vancouver

  Firefighters responded to two fires at single-room occupancy hotels in Vancouver this week, both caused by lithium ion batteries – an increasing concern across the city.

• Olalla residents return to find wildfire burned within metres of some homes

  Evacuated residents from the town of Olalla, B.C., got the good news they’ve been hoping for Thursday when word came that they could return home.

• Woman found with gunshot wounds in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  A woman was badly injured in what Vancouver police say is the third shooting in five days in the city.

• 'Only outstanding individual evading police' sought in international drug trafficking case

  Mounties in British Columbia and Manitoba are still trying to track down a suspect connected to an international drug and firearms trafficking investigation dubbed Project Divergent.

• COVID-19 deaths confirmed in every age group but one since April, B.C. statistics show

  At least 363 people have died of COVID-19 in B.C. since April 2, including at least one person in every age group except those 10 to 19, according to the province's Vital Statistics agency.

• Man reportedly exposed himself to hikers on popular North Shore trail; Mounties look for witness

  Police are hoping a witness will come forward after a man reportedly exposed himself to hikers on a popular North Vancouver trail late last month.

• K-pop stars seen at Vancouver beaches, restaurant ahead of concert

  It appears K-pop stars from supergroup Seventeen found some downtime in Vancouver this week before they kicked off their "Be The Sun" world tour at Rogers Arena on Wednesday.

• Vancouver man the first non-American to be president of magicians' society

  A Vancouver man is the first outside of the United States to be made president of a very specific group: the Society of American Magicians.