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  Valuable stolen statue found in Vancouver SRO

  A 200-pound life-sized bronze sculpture of a horse's head that was stolen from The Gallery George on West Hastings Street more than two weeks ago has been found in one piece and without a scratch.

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  Families outraged by minister's plan for medical assistance in dying at St. Paul's Hospital

  The provincial government is constructing a new clinical space adjacent to St Paul's Hospital so palliative care patients who choose to undergo medical assistance in dying or MAID don’t have to be loaded into transfer vans or ambulances and driven elsewhere to get the end-of-life procedure.

• B.C. attorney general, premier under fire for comments on justice system

  B.C.'s attorney general recently made comments in the media and online that "risk undermining the public’s confidence in the criminal justice system," according to a letter published by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

• U.S. says alleged murder plotter was directed by India and mentioned B.C. killing

  U.S. officials have charged an Indian national in a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil – in a case they say is connected to the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.

• Airbnb renter whose grease fire set off sprinklers in Vancouver highrise can't be sued by insurer, court rules

  An Edmonton man who accidentally started a grease fire while staying in an Airbnb in a downtown Vancouver condo, setting off the building's sprinklers, cannot be sued for damages by the strata corporation's insurer.

• Fake gold scam costs New Westminster resident $1,800, police say

  Police in New Westminster are warning the public to be wary of fake gold scams after a recent incident that cost a resident $1,800.

• Date set for coroner's inquest into fatal Gastown SRO fire

  A date has been set for a coroner's inquest into the deaths of Mary Ann Garlow and Dennis James Guay, who perished in the Winters Hotel fire last year.

• B.C. saw 21% increase in homicides last year, according to Statistics Canada

  New data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada shows the homicide rate in B.C. rose significantly last year.

• Climate activists to unveil 'massive' ice sculpture at B.C. legislature to coincide with COP28 summit

  Climate activists in Victoria say they will deliver a "massive" ice sculpture to the B.C. legislature Thursday as part of a protest against the province's liquefied natural gas industry.

• Passenger with measles went through Vancouver International Airport: BCCDC

  People who were on certain flights or were at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) last Thursday may have been exposed to measles, according to an alert from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

• Coastal Renaissance return to service delayed again, BC Ferries says

  BC Ferries expects to serve more than 900,000 passengers during the upcoming holiday season, and says it will be able to do so without one of its largest vessels, which remains out of service for repairs.

• Indigenous signage aims to make B.C. legislature more inclusive, accepting

  The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says the unveiling of Indigenous-themed signs outside the building is a necessary step toward opening doors that have been historically closed.

• 'Amor' wasn't victim of violent crime, actually fell off scooter, Vancouver police say

  A woman who woke up seriously injured in East Vancouver earlier this month – prompting online rumours about a possible kidnapper and rapist on the loose – had actually fallen off a scooter, a police investigation has determined.

• Charges laid after deadly hit-and-run in Squamish

  A man is facing several charges of dangerous driving in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman and left another woman with life-altering injuries last year in Squamish, B.C.