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• Chinatowns in Western Canada evolve and renew, both within and outside tradition

  The mix of businesses in Western Canadian Chinatowns is changing as the neighbourhoods face higher crime levels, slower foot traffic and rising inflation.

  

• Florida aquarium to release orca after more than 50 years in captivity

  A Florida aquarium has reached a deal with animal welfare advocates to release Lolita, a 5,000-pound (2,268 kg) killer whale held in captivity for more than half a century, officials said on Thursday.

  

• 'It's really hard. It's a good hard, though': Unique B.C. farm program helping people battle addictions

  At Academy Farms in Langley, they raise bison and water buffalo, but this is more than a farm. It's a place that's helping people from across the country find their way out of addiction.

• Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

  Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday, making him the first former U.S. president to face a criminal charge and jolting his bid to retake the White House next year.

• 'It’s ours': Kwikwetlem First Nation on future of Riverview Hospital site

  The redevelopment planning process was quietly halted earlier this year, and now the Kwikwetlem First Nation is speaking up about what they’d like to see happen on the land where the Riverview Hospital operated for a century.

• Dogwalker claims pups were pepper sprayed during altercation on popular North Vancouver trail

  The Hyannus trail system on the Nort Shore is known as a pooch paradise but one dogwalker claims a recent altercation with a hiker turned ugly.

• Ottawa gives final approval, with conditions, for Rogers' $26B purchase of Shaw

  The largest telecommunications deal in Canadian history will go forward after Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. received approval from Ottawa on Friday.

• Chilliwack shooting sends one person to hospital with serious injuries, RCMP say

  Mounties in Chilliwack are investigating a shooting in the city's Sardis neighbourhood that sent one person to hospital Thursday afternoon.

• Police officers allege union told them not to keep notes after B.C. man's death

  Four of the Vancouver police officers involved in the violent 2015 arrest of Myles Gray – which ended with the 33-year-old dying in handcuffs – claim they were directed by their union not to keep notes about what happened, in violation of department policy.

• A year after a fire revealed a drug lab in a West Vancouver home, charges have been laid

  Authorities are seeking the forfeiture of a multi-million dollar West Vancouver property where a drug lab was discovered by firefighters last year.

• RCMP seek public's help in mischief investigation after SFU statue beheaded

  Mounties are appealing to the public for information related to a mischief investigation involving a statue that was beheaded at a B.C. university earlier this week.

• Mobile women's health clinic launches on the Downtown Eastside

  A new program on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will help connect women to vital primary health care services, eliminating barriers in an attempt to save lives.

• Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.

  Officials at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., have accepted the return of an honorary degree awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge and law professor whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited.

• Rush for diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic puts cross-border sales in spotlight

  The B.C. government's bid to restrict the sale of diabetes drug Ozempic to prevent non-Canadian residents draining supplies was the right move and a long time coming, says Brett Skinner, founder and CEO of the Canadian Health Policy Institute.

• B.C. COVID-19 data suggests increasing transmission

  Indicators of the spread of COVID-19 in B.C. continued their upward trend this week, with the number of people hospitalized with the disease hitting its highest level since Jan. 12.

• Rise in sextortion scams targeting boys, men prompts warning from New Westminster police

  A spike in sextortion scams targeting boys and men has prompted a warning from police in New Westminster.

• 'I had a hard time doing my emotions,' B.C. tyke explains to mom in viral TikTok

  A tyke from Prince George, B.C., is wowing the world with his emotional intelligence at just four years old.

• Video shows arson suspect who allegedly caused thousands of dollars in damage to Chinese Cultural Centre

  Police have released video of a suspected arsonist who allegedly caused thousands of dollars in smoke and water damage to a building in Vancouver's Chinatown last weekend.

• 66-year-old B.C. man facing charges after violently assaulting police officer, RCMP say

  A man in his 60s is facing multiple assault charges after getting into an altercation with a police officer over the weekend, according to Mounties.

• $5M prize waiting to be claimed after lucky week for North Vancouver lottery players: BCLC

  B.C. Lottery Corporation says a Lotto 6/49 ticket that was purchased in North Vancouver was the only one in Canada that matched all six winning numbers in Wednesday night’s draw for the Classic Jackpot.