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• 'We're all Tyre': Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest

  The family of Tyre Nichols plans to lay him to rest on Wednesday, three weeks after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop.

  

• B.C. health-care workers at 'breaking point' seeking mental help in growing numbers

  The ongoing toxic drug crisis, waves of COVID-19 and other mass casualty events have B.C. healthcare workers pleading for faster access to mental health care as more of them find themselves distressed and despairing.

  

• Nicole Chan coroner's inquest now in the hands of the jury

  Following a week and a half of testimony from 34 witnesses, the jury in the coroner's inquest into death of Vancouver police Const. Nicole Chan began deliberating Tuesday.

• Detox and treatment beds hard to come by as toxic drugs continue to claim lives in B.C.

  At a time when toxic drugs are killing more than a dozen British Columbians every two days – making the choice to get clean can be a life-or-death decision.

• 'It felt like home': Bo Horvat says goodbye to Vancouver

  Bo Horvat is saying goodbye to Vancouver and the Canucks after a decade in blue and green.

• YVR says travellers should check flight status as more snow in forecast

  Delays and cancellations are a possibility at Vancouver International Airport Tuesday night, and travellers are being urged to check their flight status.

• Flipped cars, dozens of crashes as snowfall snarls Fraser Valley traffic

  A blast of winter weather made for a messy commute in the Lower Mainland Tuesday morning.

• 1 dead, 1 injured after vehicle 'lost traction,' rolled down Chilliwack embankment, RCMP say

  A woman is dead and a man has been airlifted to hospital after a serious crash on a snowy road in Chilliwack Tuesday afternoon.

• Black History Month proclaimed in City Hall as Vancouver kicks off 12th official annual celebration

  Celebrations for Black History Month kicked off in Vancouver City Hall with a proclamation ahead of Tuesday’s council meeting.

• B.C. woman can sue bank for allowing her to transfer $69K to fraudsters, appeal court rules

  B.C.'s highest court has given new life to a fraud victim's case against her bank, which she alleges had a duty to warn her about scams that had been reported in the community before allowing her to transfer $69,000 overseas.

• ICBC accused him of lying about how his Tesla got damaged. He took them to court.

  ICBC has been ordered to pay over $2,500 for repairs to a man's Tesla after the province's Civil Resolution Tribunal dismissed the insurer's claim that the driver lied about what caused the damage.

• First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor

  The top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates as the overdose crisis continues “unabated,” nearly seven years after the province first declared a public health emergency.

• Robbery victim allegedly chased by pipe-wielding man outside New Westminster bank: police

  A man in New Westminster was robbed after withdrawing cash from an ATM on Friday, according to police, who are hoping the public can help locate the suspect.

• North Vancouver senior pepper-sprayed during Facebook Marketplace meet-up, police say

  Mounties in North Vancouver are trying to track down a suspect accused of pepper-spraying a senior during an attempted robbery in the middle of the afternoon.

• Illicit drug death toll surpasses 2,000 in B.C. for a 2nd consecutive year

  British Columbia recorded 2,272 illicit drugs deaths last year, new data released by the BC Coroners Service shows.

• B.C. man facing extradition to U.S. for alleged sex crimes against stepdaughter

  A Vancouver Island man is awaiting possible extradition to the United States on charges of sexual assault against his 13-year-old stepdaughter.

• Vancouver school to dump Lord Roberts name after unanimous vote

  Members of the Vancouver School Board have voted unanimously to support the renaming of Lord Roberts Elementary in the city's West End neighbourhood.

• Nanaimo singer Lauren Spencer-Smith earns pair of Juno Awards nods

  Lauren Spencer-Smith of Nanaimo, B.C., is among the nominees for this year's Juno Awards, including for the artist of the year category. The 19-year-old singer who rose to fame after a stint on American Idol is up against established names like Michael Bublé, Avril Lavigne and The Weeknd in the most coveted category.

• 'Door indication signal' forces Air Canada flight to land shortly after YVR takeoff

  An Air Canada flight out of Vancouver International Airport was forced to land shortly after takeoff Monday afternoon when the pilots discovered a "door indication signal," according to the airline.

• Comox man who broke into former partner's home and assaulted her to serve full sentence: B.C. Court of Appeal

  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a man's appeal for a shorter sentence after he was convicted of breaking into a former partner's home and seriously assaulting her in early 2020.