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• Kids wear black to school to promote anti-racism during first-ever 'Black Shirt Day'

  Organizers of the first-ever Black Shirt Day at B.C. schools are calling it a success.

  

• Delta hospice patients must move as board refuses to work with Fraser Health

  Patients at a hospice in Delta, B.C. will have their final days and weeks disrupted by a move to other facilities because the Delta Hospice Society Board refuses to work with Fraser Health on a transition plan as the health authority takes over operations at the facility.

  

• 'Canada's oldest man' receives COVID-19 vaccine

  The oldest man in Canada has received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the care home where he lives.

• Fraser Health says all 151 care homes in its region have held COVID-19 vaccine clinics

  By the end of the day Friday, COVID-19 vaccines will have been distributed at every long-term care and assisted-living facility in the Fraser Health region.

• Canucks goalie trades controversial mask for design from Coast Salish artist

  A Vancouver Canucks goalie who drew criticism last month for his choice in mask design will be sporting a new look, the team revealed.

• Avoid non-essential travel, Canada's top doctor says as B.C. explores legal options

  British Columbia's decision to seek legal advice on limiting travel reinforces the message that it isn't the time to go on vacation across the country, Canada's chief medical officer of health said Friday.

• UBC director who travelled over the holidays resigns, citing 'divisions in our community'

  A director at the University of British Columbia who faced backlash after travelling over the winter break has resigned from his leadership role.

• Former Mountie jailed after YVR Taser death reaches lawsuit settlement

  A lawyer for a former RCMP officer convicted of perjury after the 2007 death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver's airport says his client has settled a lawsuit against the federal and B.C. governments.

• B.C. teens arrested for assault, uttering threats in case tied to social media video

  Two teenage girls were arrested in an investigation tied to a video posted on social media, Mounties say.

• B.C. businessman's suit against Twitter over 'Pizzagate' to proceed

  A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter Inc. over alleged “false and defamatory” tweets can proceed in the province.

• Lynx captured in Kamloops will be relocated if healthy: conservation service

  A female lynx has been captured in Kamloops, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says.

• Large police presence in Burnaby neighbourhood after man with warrant barricades himself in home

  A large police presence took over a Burnaby neighbourhood Thursday evening after a man barricaded himself in a house, possibly with a weapon.

• Someone stole a motorcycle, took it on a sidewalk joyride: New Westminster police

  Police in New Westminster say a man was arrested after driving down a sidewalk on a motorcycle.

• Charges approved after lengthy, armed stand-off in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  Charges were approved Friday against two men in connection to a lengthy, armed stand-off in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside earlier this month.

• Kind note written to B.C. minister's son goes viral

  Passing notes can get you in trouble in class, but not always.

• Windstorm damages B.C. tree that inspired award-winning author Joy Kogawa

  A cherry tree that inspired award-winning Canadian author Joy Kogawa has been damaged in a fierce windstorm that swept across southern British Columbia.