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  B.C. First Nation research finds 158 child deaths at four facilities

  An investigation into unmarked graves and missing children by British Columbia's Sto:lo Nation has revealed at least 158 deaths, most of them at an Indigenous hospital.

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  6 rescued seals released into the wild after being separated from their mothers

  After weeks of intensive care, six rescued seals have now headed back into the wild in what is the first seal release of this year's rescue season, according to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society.

• Destructive West Kelowna, B.C., wildfire now considered 'held'

  The large wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in West Kelowna, B.C., and was a key front in the province's most devastating fire season on record is now considered “held” after raging out of control since mid-August.

• B.C. woman wins right to continue using parking stall that strata says doesn't exist

  B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered a Burnaby strata corporation to allow the owner of one of its units to continue parking in the parking stall she has used for more than a decade, even though the strata claims such a stall does not exist.

• Coastal GasLink fined more than $340K after 'repeated non-compliance'

  Citing "repeated non-compliance," the B.C. government's Environmental Assessment Office has fined the owners of the Coastal GasLink pipeline more than $340,000.

• Police release photo of semi-truck to aid investigation into crash that killed 22-year-old in Kamloops

  On the second anniversary of a fatal crash in Kamloops, RCMP have released a photo of a tractor-trailer in hopes of furthering the investigation.

• 1 dead after 3-vehicle collision in New Westminster parkade, police say

  A woman in her 70s is dead after a three-vehicle collision at the entrance to an underground parkade in New Westminster, police say.

• 'It's all politics': B.C. residents feel impact of India visa shutdown

  As diplomatic tensions between India and Canada continue to mount, some B.C. residents are starting to feel the effects.

• Here's where Vancouver ranks among Canadian cities when it comes to income inequality

  Income inequality, known for its corrosive effects on health, happiness and community ties, is worse in Vancouver and some nearby municipalities than in most other places in Canada, according to a new analysis of Statistics Canada data.

• Ibrahim Ali trial: Sex assault expert compares dead girl's injuries to childbirth

  A sexual assault expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in a B.C. park said she suffered injuries more consistent with childbirth that would have made it difficult for her to walk.

• 'A moment of profound sadness': Young man's body recovered from B.C. lake

  The body of a young man who drowned in Windermere Lake in Invermere, B.C. last weekend has now been found, Mounties confirmed.

• 30 neglected dachshunds seized from Okanagan breeder

  The BC SPCA has seized 30 dachshunds from a breeder in the Okanagan who was keeping them in crates on shelves in a squalid basement.

• RCMP trying to identify man whose remains were pulled from the Fraser River in 2022

  Mounties are appealing for help identifying a man whose body was pulled out of the Fraser River nearly 16 months ago.

• B.C. nurse suspended for accessing medical records of 7 people who were not her patients

  A B.C. nurse has had her licence suspended for four months after she "repeatedly" accessed medical records of seven people who were not her patients, according to a decision from the professional regulator's disciplinary panel.

• 'Property brother' Drew Scott joins Vancouver Giants ownership team

  At the invitation of Michael Buble, 'property brother' Drew Scott has joined the ownership team of the Vancouver Giants junior hockey team.

• Hiker who was 'having difficulty holding on' rescued from cliff on North Shore mountain

  Crews on the North Shore rescued a man who called 911 twice saying he was unsure how much longer he could hang on to a cliff Wednesday evening.

• Repeated fires in already burned-out Vancouver building a 'danger to the neighbourhood:' VFRS

  For the third time in two weeks, Vancouver firefighters were called to extinguish a blaze at a vacant apartment building in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood on Wednesday.

• B.C. developer's appeal of extradition to South Korea dismissed by Supreme Court of Canada

  The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to consider an appeal from a South Korean man who was fighting extradition to his home country where he is wanted for fraud related to a Metro Vancouver property development.

• Nanaimo parents awarded $328K for loss of support after teen killed in crosswalk

  The parents of a Nanaimo teenager who was struck in a crosswalk and later died in hospital have been awarded $327,635 after a B.C. Supreme Court judge recognized the Korean practice of hyodo, in which a child is expected to provide financial and domestic support to their parents.

• COVID outbreaks declared at 5 long-term care homes in B.C. Interior

  The Interior Health Authority has declared COVID-19 outbreaks at five long-term care homes in its jurisdiction in B.C.