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• With latest renewal, B.C.'s record-breaking state of emergency approaches 1-year mark

  British Columbia's record-breaking state of emergency has been in effect for almost a year.

  

• 'It is getting worse': The pain left behind as B.C.'s overdose crisis takes a record 165 lives in January

  Photos shared by Annie Storey show her son Alex with his arms wrapped around his young daughter, as the little girl smiles from ear to ear.

  

• COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 438 cases, 2 related deaths

  Health officials in British Columbia announced another 438 cases of COVID-19 and two related deaths on Tuesday.

• Increased visits at care homes expected by 'end of this month,' B.C. health officials say

  B.C.'s top doctor says she expects increased visits to those living in long-term care homes may be possible by the end of this month.

• COVID-19 variant detected at another school in Surrey

  A COVID-19 "variant of concern" has been detected at another school in Surrey, according to health officials.

• Lawyer for B.C. churches says in-person gatherings important to religious freedom

  A lawyer for several British Columbia churches says the province's COVID-19 restrictions substantially interfere with his clients' rights to freedom of religion under the Canadian charter.

• $3.5M in federal funding for 'vending machines' that dispense safer drugs

  The federal government has provided nearly $3.5 million in funding for five vending machines that will dispense medical-grade opioids in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, in order to prevent overdoses.

• 'Firearm' in waistband that prompted police response at B.C. hospital was a BB gun

  Police say a man was arrested after walking into a Metro Vancouver hospital with what appeared to be a firearm in the waistband of his pants.

• Rapid response teams in place to support COVID-19 safety in B.C. schools

  Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says six new rapid response teams will help schools in B.C. identify gaps in COVID-19 safety plans to help reduce exposure risk.

• Vancouver police officers now on administrative duty after posing with dead body

  Two police officers being investigated after one of them was caught on video posing with a dead body are now on administrative duty, the Vancouver Police Department says.

• Police officer who shot Hudson Brooks 9 times tells coroner's inquest she thought she was going to die

  The former Surrey Mountie who shot 20-year-old Hudson Brooks nine times in a 2015 altercation outside the South Surrey detachment told a coroner’s inquest into Brooks’ death on Tuesday that she was afraid for her life.

• COVID-19 exposures: More warning notices posted at B.C. grocery stores, pharmacies

  A dozen more exposure warnings were posted at B.C. grocery stores and pharmacies after employees at some locations recently tested positive for COVID-19.

• 11-year-old dies in hospital, homicide investigators called to investigate

  An 11-year-old has died from critical injuries days after being taken to hospital, investigators say.

• Record number of illicit drug overdoses in B.C. in January

  An average of 5.3 people died each day of an illicit drug overdose in British Columbia in January, according to latest provincial statistics.

• 3rd student arrested after assault at Surrey high school: RCMP

  A third student was arrested in connection to an assault with a weapon at a Surrey high school, local police say.

• Vancouver real estate: Home sales up 73% year-over-year, market shifting in favour of sellers

  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the market is heating up so fast that home sales in the region doubled between January and February and have climbed by more than 70 per cent since last year.