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• B.C. cannabis stores grapple with delivery stoppage as BCLDB workers go on strike

  British Columbian cannabis stores are bracing for emptier shelves after a strike stopped the province's pot distribution centre from shipping out product.

  

• 4 brush fires in Surrey believed to be deliberately set: RCMP

  Surrey Mounties are investigating a string of brush fires they believe were deliberately set.

  

• A heat warning is in effect and these Metro Vancouver cities have opened cooling centres

  With a heat warning in effect for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, several cities have opened up dedicated indoor cooling centres and outdoor cooling stations. We've compiled a list of what's available and where.

• One of the world's largest sailing yachts arrives on Vancouver Island

  One of the largest sailing yachts in the world cruised into a small Vancouver Island community this week, drawing a constant stream of onlookers to the Mill Bay Marina.

• Vancouver rents: $1,450 a month for a loft bed in a living room shared with 1 woman, 3 rabbits

  Finding herself unable to afford her rent, a Vancouver woman was desperate to stay in her suite – so she crammed into the corner of her living room and posted an ad looking for a roommate to share the small space with her and her three rabbits.

• Break-in, attempted child abduction under investigation in Abbotsford

  Police in Abbotsford say a man broke into a home and tried to pull a child out of a ground-floor bedroom window Monday night.

• Man convicted of killing Langford teen Kimberly Proctor denied parole

  One of two men convicted of the shocking sexual assault and murder of a Langford, B.C., teen in 2010 has had his day parole application denied again.

• Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria

  The United States Department of Ecology says an oil sheen from a sunken fish boat appears to have completely dissipated from an area of U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island.

• Search for B.C. man in Manitoba continues

  The search for Keith Zajac, a 55-year-old resident of Squamish B.C., is entering its third week.

• 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.

• 'Really demanding': Vancouver Island teen training to become Formula One racer

  She may only have her learner’s licence, but that hasn’t held a 16-year-old Comox Valley, B.C., teen back from working towards her goal of being a professional driver. Nicole Haverda got the green light on her desire to be a professional race car driver four years ago when her father took her to a Formula One race in Europe.

• '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.