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• B.C. family celebrates father's achievement of building hovercraft 60 years ago

  After months of planning, the Scott family reunited on Friday at the Vancouver Maritime Museum to celebrate one of their father's greatest achievements.

  

• Suspects charged after 2 women allegedly confined in U-Haul van in Delta

  Two suspects who allegedly held two women against their will in a U-Haul van in B.C.’s Lower Mainland have now been charged.

  

• Vancouver school named after 'hanging judge' gifted new name from Musqueam Nation

  An elementary school in Vancouver is going by a new name after getting a gift from a B.C. First Nation Friday.

• Former vending machine operator wins $1K in B.C. court battle with Vancouver School Board

  The Vancouver School Board owes a former vending machine operator $1,000 in damages, after a B.C. judge ruled the company’s contract was wrongfully terminated.

• Victim of fatal Surrey stabbing identified; investigators 'working to meet charge-approval threshold'

  Homicide detectives are publicly identifying the woman who was stabbed to death in Surrey Wednesday night in hopes of furthering their investigation.

• Murder charge laid in 2021 Shuswap shooting

  A 52-year-old man has been arrested and charged with a murder that took place more than 17 months ago in the B.C. Interior, RCMP announced Friday.

• Snowy sidewalks prompt 908 complaints, 0 fines so far in Vancouver

  Hundreds of Vancouver residents failed to shovel their sidewalks in a timely fashion following last week's snowfall – but so far, none of them have been fined.

• B.C. health officials under fire for delayed release of pediatric flu death numbers

  British Columbia’s top doctor is promising more transparency about the alarming number of kids dying from the flu – but critics are questioning why the information wasn't shared sooner.

• Volunteers pack hundreds of Christmas hampers for Lytton, B.C., residents

  A church in Langley, B.C., temporarily turned its sanctuary into a warehouse stacked with more than 22,000 kilograms of food – which volunteers packed into hundreds of hampers for Lytton residents.

• Vancouver Aquarium releases 6 rescued harbour seals into wild

  Six rescued harbour seals who were cared for by the Vancouver Aquarium are being released back into the wild Friday.

• Woman dies after being found in vehicle suffering gunshot wounds in Coquitlam

  A woman is dead after she was found suffering gunshot wounds in a vehicle in Coquitlam, B.C., Thursday night.

• New finance minister brings 'rural tough' perspective to B.C.'s bottom line, Eby says

  Katrine Conroy says she asked to keep her old job as British Columbia's forests minister because there was unfinished business, but Premier David Eby had other plans and put her in charge of managing the province's finances.

• B.C. man among trio charged after $7M in drugs found on U.S. beach

  Two Americans and one British Columbian are facing possible life sentences in U.S. prison after beachcombers discovered more than 180 kilograms of methamphetamine and fentanyl stuffed into duffel bags on the Washington state shoreline.

• New $4B critical minerals strategy to be announced in Vancouver

  Canada's new $4-billion critical minerals strategy will at first focus on the six categories of metals and minerals with the biggest potential for growth.

• Advocates push for free contraception in next B.C. budget

  A B.C. advocacy group says it's going to push the government to fulfil a promise to cover the cost of prescription contraception, and for it to be included in the next provincial budget.

• Premiers demand meeting with Trudeau to discuss increased health-care funding

  Canada's premiers presented a united front Friday as they demanded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau come to the table personally to hammer out an agreement for Ottawa to shoulder more of the burden when it comes to health-care costs.

• B.C. mask debate: Divide between frontline doctors and public health amid concerns of politicized office

  Soaring respiratory infections among children have frontline health-care workers pleading for the revival of mask usage, something the provincial health officer remains lukewarm on.

• NATO chief fears Ukraine war could widen into bigger conflict

  The head of NATO expressed worry that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control and become a war between Russia and NATO, according to an interview released Friday.

• Dr. Bonnie Henry acknowledges flu deaths of B.C. children, promises weekly reports going forward

  B.C. health officials will now be reporting on the number of pediatric deaths from the flu weekly, a change that comes in the wake of an alarming number of fatalities this season.

• U.S. company granted salvage rights to ship believed to contain millions in B.C. gold

  A Seattle-based company has been granted salvage rights to a ship containing piles of gold that sank near the B.C. coast in the 19th century.