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• Fraser Valley commuters left in lurch as transit workers strike

  People who rely on transit to get around parts of the Fraser Valley are scrambling to find alternatives as workers with BC Transit walk the picket line.

  

• 2 staff members, student suspect injured in stabbing at Halifax-area high school

  Two staff members and a student -- who is also the suspect -- have been injured in a stabbing at a high school in Bedford, N.S., according to the Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE).

  

• Port McNeill RCMP violated suspect's Charter rights during detention, judge rules

  Mounties in Port McNeill violated a suspect's Charter rights by failing to allow him to contact a lawyer promptly after his 2019 drug trafficking arrest, a judge has ruled.

• Downtown Eastside fire destroys tents in encampment, spreads to building

  Vancouver firefighters were called to the Downtown Eastside Sunday evening after a fire destroyed multiple tents in an encampment and spread to a building near Main and East Hastings streets.

• Man seriously injured in downtown Nanaimo shooting

  One man is in the hospital in serious condition after being shot in downtown Nanaimo this weekend, according to authorities.

• Woman suing Tim Hortons for $500K after hot tea spill left her 'disfigured'

  An Ontario woman has launched a lawsuit seeking $500,000 from Tim Hortons after she suffered major burns from an alleged ‘superheated’ tea. The company has denied all allegations and said she was ‘the author of her own misfortune.'

• 'Absolutely disgusting': B.C. councillor speaks out after Sikh international student swarmed, beaten

  An international student was swarmed and beaten by a group of people who ripped off his turban and dragged him across the sidewalk by his hair in Kelowna, B.C., Friday evening, according to a local politician.

• Donald Trump's call for protests gets muted reaction by supporters

  Former U.S. President Donald Trump's calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap.

• As Instagram-famous hiking trail re-opens, traffic chaos returns to Deep Cove

  The re-opening of a popular hiking trail brought crowds of people and fierce competition for parking to North Vancouver's Deep Cove Sunday.

• 9-year-old B.C. pianist heading to Toronto for prestigious North American festival

  Nine-year-old Joshua Wang's love for playing piano began as a pandemic pastime. Now, he's been chosen from among scores of Canadian musicians to take the stage at a prestigious Toronto festival.

• 'Prolific offender' arrested after fleeing allegedly stolen car in Abbotsford

  A man described as a "prolific offender" was arrested early Sunday morning after he fled an allegedly stolen vehicle on Highway 1 in Abbotsford, according to police.

• Fraser Valley bus service coming to indefinite stop due to strike

  Bus service in the Fraser Valley will come to an indefinite halt Monday, as transit workers escalate job action.

• Fire destroys East Vancouver apartment

  An apartment on the third floor of an East Vancouver building was completely destroyed by fire Sunday morning, displacing the occupants.

• FortisBC bills set to drop starting April 1

  B.C. natural gas users will soon see their bills decrease.

• People with schizophrenia were especially at risk during 2021 heat dome, BCCDC finds

  New research from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control suggests people with schizophrenia were particularly susceptible to the deadly heat dome that struck the province in June 2021.

• How did these companies survive the pitfalls of the COVID-19 pandemic pivot?

  Many companies that emerged to manufacture and procure PPE in the early days of the pandemic have gone bust. But others with pre-existing product lines before pivoting to pandemic-related products have since managed to switch back, as supply lines and demand factors recovered and stabilized.

• Demko, Canucks finish strong to hand Kings 3-2 shootout loss

  Elias Pettersson had a power-play goal, Thatcher Demko made 38 saves and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in a shootout Saturday night.

• Poilievre calling for national standardized test to license doctors, nurses trained outside of Canada

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a national standardized testing process to be created in order to speed up the licensing process for doctors and nurses who are either immigrants or were trained abroad.

• Richmond great-grandmother speaks out after falling victim to the 'Grandchild Scam'

  Gretchen Schellenberg would do anything for her 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. So the Richmond senior was concerned when a man phoned in early February claiming to be a police officer, saying her grandson Tyler had been in an accident, and drugs were found in the car.

• Afghan judge finds new beginning in B.C. after fleeing Taliban-ruled country

  UBC's law school has launched a first-of-its-kind-in-Canada program aimed at helping Afghan women judges who were forced to flee their country.