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  Weekend announcements narrow field of high-profile Liberal leadership prospects

  As a race to elect a new Liberal leader quickly approaches, a high-profile candidate appears set to throw their hat into the ring.

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  Meet Franklin, the rescued tortoise who spent the last three months in a B.C. fridge

  Franklin the tortoise has been in a fridge for the past 15 weeks.

• Woman rescued after ‘bum sliding’ down West Vancouver mountain and fracturing ankle

  Hikers are being warned of the dangers of using “bum sliding” as a means to descend mountains after the seemingly fun and safer mode of travel landed one woman in hospital.

• 'It looked apocalyptic': Vancouver actress details nightmare few days in L.A.

  There was a time when the city of Los Angeles conjured rosy recollections of glamorous parties and sun-drenched adventures with friends, but for Vancouver actress Abbie Jenkins, only one scene now springs to mind. The memory of careening down the highway in a friend’s car, with flames erupting in the rear-view mirror.

• Police search for vehicle involved in Langley hit-and-run 

  Langley RCMP are issuing a fresh call for witnesses after identifying a vehicle believed to be linked to a hit-and-run that took place in November.

• Abbotsford police release image of suspicious vehicle linked to mailbox thefts

  As mailbox thefts continue around the region, Abbotsford police are calling on the public to help identify a vehicle believed to be linked to the crimes.

• Florence Girard was 55 pounds when she starved in home-share. Her sister wants change

  The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren't made to how people with developmental disabilities are treated.

• B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister

  British Columbia’s forests minister says a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.

• 'Eat, sleep and hockey': Canucks shake off travel headache to blank Maple Leafs

  Quinn Hughes and the Vancouver Canucks' plane landed around noon. The team then embarked on a slow crawl through Toronto's notorious traffic — with a police escort — to its downtown hotel.

• Mission RCMP issue public call out amid mailbox thefts

  Police are requesting the public’s help with an investigation into a series of mailbox and mail thefts in Mission.

• Youths wielding imitation firearms arrested in 2 separate incidents in Abbotsford, police say

  Police in Abbotsford say they responded to two separate incidents involving young people threatening others with BB or airsoft guns.

• Senior charged with robbing Vancouver luxury store has died, coroner confirms

  The 66-year-old man accused of holding up a Holt Renfrew store in downtown Vancouver last month has died, the BC Coroners Service confirmed Saturday.

• Former B.C. premier says she 'misspoke' when claiming she was never a Conservative

  Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark, who is considering a run for federal Liberal leader, has backtracked on her claim this week that she'd never been a member of the Conservative party.

• Stolen luxury cars, credit cards, drugs, seized in Surrey after collaborative police investigation