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  B.C. businesses seek concrete economic 'vision' from parties ahead of fall election

  Leaders from a wide array of businesses in British Columbia are urging the province's political parties to "deliver a clear and actionable plan" for revitalizing an economy that they say has pushed many residents into a "personal recession."

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  7-Eleven ordered to pay B.C. woman $907K for pothole injury

  A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ordered 7-Eleven Canada to pay a woman more than $900,000 in damages after she tripped on a pothole and broke her ankle in the parking lot of a convenience store.

• Vancouver police officer could face charges for fatal Downtown Eastside shooting

  An officer with the Vancouver Police Department could face criminal charges in the killing of a man on the Downtown Eastside more than two years ago, according to the provincial watchdog.

• Woman charged in Surrey stabbing that left victim unconscious in hospital, RCMP say

  A 36-year-old woman has been charged after an assault that left another woman bloodied and unconscious in Surrey over the weekend.

• Taxi driver killed in Vancouver Island crash

  Mounties say a 66-year-old taxi driver is dead after his vehicle veered off the roadway and struck two trees on Vancouver Island.

• 22-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in Surrey park assault, RCMP say

  Police in Surrey are investigating after an assault in a park sent two young men to hospital – one of them with life-threatening injuries – over the weekend.

• Weather aids B.C. fire fight amid evacuation order, alerts in southeast

  The BC Wildfire Service says rain, light winds and cooler temperatures are expected to decrease fire behaviour in the province this week, just as a newly discovered blaze in the East Kootenays prompts an evacuation order and alerts for more than 50 properties.

• B.C.'s second-largest city requesting charter to expand local powers

  The second-largest city in British Columbia will ask the provincial government for a municipal charter – which would dramatically expand local powers – following a unanimous city council vote Monday.

• Police union calls for 'fulsome public safety plan' in B.C. ahead of provincial vote

  The national union for RCMP officers is seeking to make public safety and bail reform a British Columbia election issue after repeat offenders were arrested for violent crimes, including a pair of gruesome attacks in downtown Vancouver last week.

• B.C. investigating video of latest overpass strike on Hwy. 1

  The B.C. government is investigating after video emerged of yet another overpass strike in the province's Lower Mainland.

• Half of B.C. small businesses don't expect to last 4 more years, survey finds

  The organization Business Improvement Areas of B.C. released the results of a survey of more than 500 small and medium-sized businesses Monday, and the results paint a discouraging picture.

• 2 hospitalized, suspects sought after 'extreme case of road rage' in B.C.: RCMP

  Mounties in B.C.'s Lower Mainland are searching for two people allegedly responsible for a road rage incident that sent a couple to hospital with serious injuries, saying the suspects could be in another province.

• CTV News Reality Check: Why reopening Riverview wouldn't solve B.C.'s mental health crisis

  Every time British Columbians are rattled by an act of random violence like last week’s shocking homicide and maiming in downtown Vancouver, there are calls to reopen the Riverview Psychiatric Hospital, but that’s not the solution some think it is.

• Jury deliberations in Kane Carter murder trial heading into fifth day

  Jury deliberations in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member and an innocent teen passerby in 2018 will enter a fifth day Tuesday.