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• B.C. toxic drug crisis: Fewer 911 calls as deaths continue

  BC Emergency Health Services saw a slight decline in 911 calls for overdose and drug toxicity last year, but some areas saw a dramatic increase, and the death rate doesn’t appear to be slowing down.

  

• 'COVID is not done,' Canadian infectious disease expert says ahead of WHO announcement

  While RSV and flu cases steadily decline in Canada, the World Health Organization is set to announce on Monday whether it still considers COVID-19 a global health emergency, but one infectious disease specialist says we still need to keep an eye on the coronavirus.

  

• Majority of affordable homes approved under federal program not yet constructed

  The federal government has set aside billions of dollars to quickly build affordable housing across the country, but delays in construction suggest many of the projects approved for funding are missing their deadlines.

• Fire in Vancouver parkade leads to office building evacuation

  A fire broke out in an underground parkade in downtown Vancouver Saturday evening and soon spread to the office building above.

• Advocates anticipate this year's Metro Vancouver Homeless Count will be higher than previous years'

  Advocates are predicting this year's Metro Vancouver Homeless Count will be higher than previous years' due to lingering impacts from the pandemic, job losses and inflation.

• Vancouver city council to consider $110K grant for fire safety in SROs

  The number of structure fires in single room occupancy buildings in Vancouver has increased dramatically in recent years, according to firefighters. A proposal coming to city council this week aims to help change that trend.

• Transit bus attacked with '5-foot-long metal fence post' in Vancouver, police say

  Metro Vancouver Transit Police are investigating after a "five-foot-long metal fence post" was thrown at the windshield of a bus in Vancouver Friday night.

• Merritt's Rockin River the latest B.C. music festival to cancel 2023 event

  A country music festival in the B.C. Interior is the latest to announce the cancellation of its 2023 event.

• Stolen licence plate leads to drug arrest in Vernon, B.C.

  Mounties in B.C.'s Interior say a vehicle with a stolen Saskatchewan licence plate has led to drug trafficking charges against a Vernon resident.

• Victoria nurse reprimanded for drinking on the job, encouraging others to do so

  A Victoria nurse who drank alcohol at his workplace and encouraged subordinates to do the same has been reprimanded by his professional college.

• B.C. First Nations face complex, stressful choice: should school sites be excavated?

  The chief of the Williams Lake First Nation says he would support excavating possible unmarked graves at the site of the former St. Joseph's Mission residential school if that's what elders and the community decide is best.

• 'This is too much': B.C. mom records police handcuffing 12-year-old in hospital

  A review has been launched after police officers were recorded restraining a handcuffed Indigenous child on the floor of a Vancouver hospital – an incident the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has denounced as "horrendous."

• B.C. distillery first in Canada to join prestigious Scotch Malt Whisky Society

  A distillery on Vancouver Island is the first ever in Canada to be welcomed into the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

• Plush monkey inspires Olympic swimmer to write children's book

  Before we can appreciate the important role a plush toy named Monkey Guy has played in Elaine Tanner’s life, we need go back to when people started calling her Mighty Mouse.

• Canucks winger Ilya Mikheyev to have season-ending knee surgery

  The Vancouver Canucks have shut down Ilya Mikheyev for the season, months after the right-winger suffered a serious knee injury.

• 'Why not sign two years?:' Vancouver Canucks winger Kuzmenko happy with extension

  In a season marked by loss and frustration, the Russian forward with the dimpled grin, gravity defying hair and enthusiastic goal celebrations has been a rare bright spot both on and off the ice.

• Health Canada sticks with Evusheld despite U.S. FDA dropping the COVID drug

  Health Canada says it will continue to recommend COVID-19 prevention drug, Evulsheld, despite U.S. FDA pulling back its emergency use authorization due to concerns around its efficacy against Omicron subvariant 'Kraken.'

• Delaying decision on Surrey's policing plans was the right move, councillors say

  B.C.’s public safety minister made the right call asking for more information before approving Surrey's policing plans, according to two city councillors.

• New Vancouver tax intended to chip away at FIFA World Cup costs

  The price of hosting the FIFA World Cup is rising in Vancouver, and the province is using a new tool to help cover the costs.

• Owners of Vancouver's most expensive homes pay very little tax, UBC study finds

  A new study from the University of British Columbia has found owners of the most expensive properties in Vancouver are paying very little income tax.