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• Lawyer for B.C. churches says in-person gatherings important to religious freedom

  A lawyer for several British Columbia churches says the province's COVID-19 restrictions substantially interfere with his clients' rights to freedom of religion under the Canadian charter.

  

• $3.5M in federal funding for 'vending machines' that dispense safer drugs

  The federal government has provided nearly $3.5 million in funding for five vending machines that will dispense medical-grade opioids in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, in order to prevent overdoses.

  

• 'Firearm' in waistband that prompted police response at B.C. hospital was a BB gun

  Police say a man was arrested after walking into a Metro Vancouver hospital with what appeared to be a firearm in the waistband of his pants.

• Rapid response teams in place to support COVID-19 safety in B.C. schools

  Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says six new rapid response teams will help schools in B.C. identify gaps in COVID-19 safety plans to help reduce exposure risk.

• Vancouver police officers now on administrative duty after posing with dead body

  Two police officers being investigated after one of them was caught on video posing with a dead body are now on administrative duty, the Vancouver Police Department says.

• Police officer who shot Hudson Brooks 9 times tells coroner's inquest she thought she was going to die

  The former Surrey Mountie who shot 20-year-old Hudson Brooks nine times in a 2015 altercation outside the South Surrey detachment told a coroner’s inquest into Brooks’ death on Tuesday that she was afraid for her life.

• COVID-19 exposures: More warning notices posted at B.C. grocery stores, pharmacies

  A dozen more exposure warnings were posted at B.C. grocery stores and pharmacies after employees at some locations recently tested positive for COVID-19.

• 11-year-old dies in hospital, homicide investigators called to investigate

  An 11-year-old has died from critical injuries days after being taken to hospital, investigators say.

• Record number of illicit drug overdoses in B.C. in January

  An average of 5.3 people died each day of an illicit drug overdose in British Columbia in January, according to latest provincial statistics.

• 3rd student arrested after assault at Surrey high school: RCMP

  A third student was arrested in connection to an assault with a weapon at a Surrey high school, local police say.

• B.C. paramedic staffing now 'critical' as ambulance wait times reach 2 hours: union

  B.C.’s paramedics union says staffing levels across the province are now 'critical,' causing ambulances to sit empty and wait times to balloon.

• Vancouver real estate: Home sales up 73% year-over-year, market shifting in favour of sellers

  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the market is heating up so fast that home sales in the region doubled between January and February and have climbed by more than 70 per cent since last year.

• Former Canuck Todd Bertuzzi arrested on suspicion of impaired driving: TMZ

  Former Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi has been arrested in Michigan on suspicion of impaired driving, according to TMZ.

• 2 youths arrested after student assaulted at Surrey high school

  Police have arrested two youths and are looking for a third following after a student was assaulted outside a Surrey, B.C., high school on Monday.

• COVID-19 vaccines in B.C.: Here is when appointments can be booked for those in Phase 2

  Those next in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine in B.C. were given a timeline Monday for when they can book their appointment.

• B.C.'s rent freeze may be extended to the end of the year

  A rent freeze put in place in British Columbia to protect those who'd lost their jobs during the pandemic may be extended to the end of 2021.