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• 'We have to multi-solve': Experts warn against 'air-conditioned society' as heat waves get hotter

  Hundreds of people who perished during the historic heat wave in British Columbia last summer died in homes ill-suited for temperatures that spiked into the high 30s and beyond for days, a report by B.C.'s coroners' service found this month.

  

• Indigenous conservation Canada's way of the future, environment minister says

  Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Columbia wilderness.

  

• B.C. woman born on Halloween dresses up giant skeleton in front yard all year long

  When Tabi Henry was little, she never questioned why everyone celebrated her birthday in costume. Until she realized Oct. 31 was also Halloween.

• New college course teaches TV and film production skills to Indigenous students on Vancouver Island

  Eight students are the first to graduate from a new Vancouver Island program that helps give Indigenous students the skills they need to enter the booming film and TV industry.

• Abortion is legal in Canada -- but is it accessible? Experts weigh in

  There is a renewed conversation about abortion accessibility and rights for women in Canada after U.S. Supreme Court justices overturned the Roe v. Wade case on Friday, allowing states to ban abortions.

• Women have a higher chance of developing long COVID than men, study finds

  New research has found that women are 'significantly' more likely than men to suffer from long COVID syndrome, in addition to developing different symptoms of the disease.

• Former CFL player convicted of ex-girlfriend's murder won't be eligible for parole for 14 years

  A former professional football player who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend will not be eligible for parole for 14 years.

• Body found downstream from where Kelowna woman went missing, police say

  Mounties in Kelowna say a body has been found downstream from where missing woman Chelsea Cardno may have been swept away.

• New report ranks Vancouver as 5th most livable city in the world

  A recently published report by the U.K.-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Vancouver as the fifth most livable city in the world.

• Just in time for summer: 2 Vancouver beaches closed to swimming due to E. coli

  With hot weather on the way this weekend for the first time this summer, many Vancouverites will be heading for the beach. Unfortunately, two popular beaches will be closed to swimming because of E. coli contamination.

• 'Everything's on the table': Vancouver police tight-lipped as they investigate Indigenous teen's death

  Vancouver police insist there's not much they can say publicly about their investigation into the death of missing Indigenous teen Noelle 'Ellie' O'Soup, but 'everything's on the table' as they work to determine how and why she died.

• Flood updates: Rains ease in B.C., but heat could melt snowpack

  With temperatures spiking this weekend, so too are worries about the increased risk of rising river levels in B.C.

• How to stay cool without AC: Expert gives tips ahead of B.C.'s first hot stretch of summer

  After a cooler-than-usual spring, many British Columbians are welcoming the province's first hot stretch of the summer this weekend.

• Closure of B.C. campgrounds due to 'problem bear' extended through weekend

  Multiple campgrounds that were closed in a B.C. park due a food-habituated bear last week will remain closed through the weekend.

• Video shows bald eagle's attempt to snatch a puppy from a B.C. yard

  An encounter between a bald eagle and a small puppy was captured on camera in a yard in northwestern British Columbia.

• Woman grabbed, sexually assaulted in downtown Vancouver stranger attack: police

  A police investigation is underway after a woman was grabbed and sexually assaulted in downtown Vancouver earlier this month.

• BC Ferries reports higher revenues, ridership, though still short of pre-pandemic levels

  BC Ferries is reporting higher revenues, earnings and traffic numbers, however its financials have not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

• IIO investigating death of man who was held in Campbell River RCMP custody

  British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man suffered medical distress while in RCMP custody in Campbell River, B.C., and later died.

• Did you lose a wedding dress? Police looking for rightful owner after gown found in New Westminster

  Police in New Westminster are hoping to return a lost wedding dress to its rightful owner.

• Teen caught doing 4 times the speed limit near school fined, has 'prom vehicle' impounded

  A B.C. teen received a hefty fine and had his vehicle impounded after he was caught doing more than four times the speed limit near a school.