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• Company set to build wastewater treatment plant decries contract cancellation

  A company formerly contracted to build a wastewater treatment plant in North Vancouver, B.C., calls the deal's cancellation “regrettable, unnecessary,” and against the community's interests.

  

• 3 more outbreaks at B.C. care homes as province rolls out COVID-19 booster shots

  Three new outbreaks of COVID-19 have been declared at care homes in the Lower Mainland this weekend.

  

• Missing B.C. man's rental truck found abandoned on forestry road near Clearwater, police say

  Police in B.C.'s Interior are asking the public for help locating a missing man after his rental truck was found abandoned on a forest service road last week.

• District of North Vancouver considers fireworks ban as Vancouver readies for first year of its own ban

  As the city of Vancouver nears its first Halloween with a fireworks ban, the neighbouring District of North Vancouver is considering a similar move.

• 'Suspicious incident' involving possibly armed group in Abbotsford neighbourhood, police say

  Police in Abbotsford are investigating what they describe as "a suspicious incident" in the city Saturday morning.

• Travel industry, health experts applaud U.S. decision to allow travellers with mixed doses

  The organization representing Canada's tourism industry is applauding the U.S. government's decision to allow Canadian travellers with mixed vaccine doses once the border opens in November.

• Border warning for Canadian sports fans planning to watch games in U.S.

  Canadian sports fans hoping to catch a Seattle Seahawks or Seattle Kraken game are being advised to plan their trips across the border carefully, or they could face a nasty surprise on their return to Canada.

• 4 arrested during Extinction Rebellion 'die-in' at downtown Vancouver intersection

  Four people were arrested at a "die-in" that blocked a downtown Vancouver intersection Saturday afternoon.

• Family of Chilliwack teen battling leukemia stunned by gaps in B.C.'s health-care system

  Seventeen-year-old Addison Johnston's health began to deteriorate back in May. It started with chest pains, but progressed into serious neurological issues.

• 2 taken to hospital after head-on collision in Maple Ridge, paramedics say

  A head-on collision on Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge sent two people to hospital Saturday afternoon, including one who was transported by helicopter.

• B.C. cannabis product recalled due to powdery mildew contamination

  A B.C.-based cannabis brand is voluntarily recalling one lot of one of its products due to contamination with powdery mildew.

• Video shows Tesla crossing busy Vancouver bridge with driver apparently asleep

  Imagine crossing a bridge in traffic and noticing that the driver next to you appears to be asleep. That's what happened to a Metro Vancouver resident as he was crossing the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to North Vancouver Thursday afternoon.

• Woman found unconscious and bleeding in Chilliwack after apparent hit-and-run, police say

  Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing for witnesses to a hit-and-run crash that left a woman unconscious and bleeding in a ditch earlier this week to come forward.

• City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations

  The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spiritual teachings.

• Pedestrian killed in Surrey crash near Patullo Bridge

  Police in Surrey are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian in the city late Friday night.

• Meteorite that crashed into B.C. woman's house could shed light on solar system's origin, physicist says

  A small, angular rock that one Canadian physicist says looks like a chunk of black cheese has the potential to help scientists understand how the early solar system formed.