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• Band-Aid or a good first step? Vancouver mayoral candidate wants more cop-nurse teams for mental health calls

  A Vancouver businessman who wants to be the city’s next mayor is calling on the expansion of a long-running police-medical partnership to address mental health crises, but a community advocate is lukewarm to what he considers a Band-Aid solution.

  

• 'We're at our last stand': Tent city residents, advocates speak out against Vancouver's eviction plans

  People living in a growing encampment in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside joined advocates in the neighbourhood to speak out against plans to try and dismantle the makeshift homes.

  

• Inflation down across Canada, increases slightly in B.C.

  Inflation may be cooling across most of Canada, but people are still feeling the pinch of higher prices, especially in B.C. where the cost of goods increased slightly in July, according to Statistics Canada.

• Wolves apparently freed on purpose, Vancouver zoo says amid ongoing recapture efforts

  The wolves that were found outside their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo Tuesday appear to have been freed on purpose, according to officials.

• Calgary man lands in B.C. hospital after falling from two-storey balcony at Airbnb

  Lawrence Pickrem thought he’d be celebrating a weekend away with friends in Vernon, B.C., but two hours into the trip on Friday it changed dramatically.

• SFU moves football games to U.S. due to vaccine requirements at border

  B.C.'s Simon Fraser University will move four of its home football games across the border to Blaine, Wash. for the upcoming season due to COVID-19 entry requirements to Canada, the school announced Tuesday.

• 'Lifetime ban' for former B.C. teacher convicted in historic sex assault case involving minors

  A former elementary school teacher convicted of several sex crimes involving minors has agreed he will never again teach in British Columbia's K-12 system.

• Vehicle fire closes Hwy. 99 in both directions north of Whistler

  Emergency crews responded to a vehicle fire that closed Highway 99 in both directions north of Whistler, B.C., Tuesday afternoon.

• B.C. men defrauded investors of $600K, used money to pay personal debts and bills

  Three B.C. men defrauded investors of $600,000 – spending more than half of the money they obtained to finance a bogus battery business to repay personal debts, pay personal bills and make a slew of cash withdrawals.

• 'People are burnt out': B.C. doctor says primary care needs to be revamped

  The family doctor crisis in B.C. is growing as locals become increasingly concerned about their ability to access primary care.

• 'Large snake' found under bush outside B.C. home believed to be someone's pet

  A massive snake that was found under a bush outside a B.C. home has been taken to a local rescue centre.

• Want to run for mayor or council? Here's how, and how much you'd make in Vancouver

  Interested in running for mayor? You need to be at least 18 and live in British Columbia, but beyond that, there actually aren't many requirements

• Forecasters warn of 'short-lived’ heat wave on B.C.'s South Coast this week

  Several heat warnings have been issued across B.C.'s South Coast, where a "short-lived" heat wave is expected to send temperatures soaring this week.

• Analyzing 10,000 deaths: More illicit drug overdoses on days after income assistance payments in B.C.

  A just-released report from British Columbia's coroners shows that more people have died from illicit drug overdose in the first six months of 2022 than in any other year in the province.

• Man trying to direct traffic at BC Ferries terminal removed by RCMP

  A man who was trying to direct traffic at a BC Ferries terminal on Quadra Island, B.C., was asked to leave the area by police last week. Quadra Island RCMP say there were called to the ferry terminal by BC Ferries on Aug. 10 after the "self-appointed volunteer" began taking matters into his own hands.

• Video shows man berating women for not speaking English at B.C. SkyTrain station

  A two-minute video posted to TikTok that shows a man berating two women for not speaking English at a Richmond, B.C., SkyTrain station is making the rounds on social media.

• Former Tamil migrant ship being dismantled in B.C.

  An abandoned cargo ship that once brought 76 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka to British Columbia is being dismantled. The vessel was the first of two ships carrying Tamil asylum seekers to reach B.C.'s coastal waters more than a decade ago.

• 'At the mercy of this whale': B.C. couple had dinghy lifted by humpback during hours-long encounter

  A Vancouver couple was in awe and a bit scared during an hours-long encounter with a whale on B.C.'s Central Coast, much of which they captured on video.

• Sunken fishing boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat

  Crews are working to drain fuel from a sunken fish boat in U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island before it fouls a key feeding ground for endangered southern resident killer whales. An update from the U.S. Coast Guard says the 15-metre Aleutian Isle has shifted since it went down Saturday off Washington state, near San Juan Island, roughly 25 kilometres east of Victoria.

• B.C. man among first approved for Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program still waiting for compensation

  A B.C. man, who was among the first Canadians approved for Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program, says he is frustrated with the length of time it is taking to receive compensation.