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• No police wrongdoing in Whistler incident that left a man dead, IIO concludes

  B.C.'s police watchdog has concluded that RCMP officers did not use excessive force in their efforts to arrest a man who was causing a disturbance in a Whistler restaurant in March 2020.

  

• Tour operators want Ottawa to consider switching requirement to rapid tests for returning Canadian travellers

  With the U.S. border reopening for non-essential travel from Canada early next month, tour operators are trying to find a way to navigate the remaining requirement for a PCR test before returning home. An industry group is calling on the federal government to consider allowing rapid tests as an alternative.

  

• 'Atmospheric river' puts Metro Vancouver on flood watch

  Metro Vancouver, the North Shore mountains, Fraser Valley and Sunshine Coast are under a flood watch as of 3:30 p.m. Friday.

• Downtown Eastside residents complain city sweeps target marginalized people's belongings

  A group of Downtown Eastside residents and advocates gathered for a news conference Friday morning to decry street sweeps conducted by the City of Vancouver, which they say target people sleeping outdoors on East Hastings Street.

• COVID-19 exposures: 184 Lower Mainland schools on health authority lists

  The number of COVID-19 exposures in Lower Mainland school continued to climb this week, even as caseloads showed signs of declining province-wide.

• Impaired driver pleads guilty in Burnaby hit-and-run that killed cyclist

  A driver pleaded guilty this week to his role in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Burnaby Mountain in 2019.

• Vaccine-card enforcement: 885 complaints filed in B.C.; 13 violation tickets issued

  Just over a dozen enforcement tickets were handed out in the first month of B.C.'s vaccine-card program, but hundreds of complaints were issued to officials.

• Justin Trudeau to visit B.C. First Nation weeks after Truth and Reconciliation day apology

  The prime minister will be visiting a B.C. First Nation next week, after calling a vacation he took in the province on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a 'mistake.'

• Rent in Vancouver $330 more expensive than Toronto, study suggests

  Vancouver has once again topped the list as the most expensive city in Canada for renters, with tenants forking over up to $330 more per month on a one-bedroom suite than they would at a Toronto rental unit of the same size, according to a pair of new studies.

• B.C.'s Ministry of Education to go ahead with standardized testing despite teachers' ethical concerns

  BCTF president Teri Mooring says that by continuing to give the exams the government is “complicit” with the think tanks that rank schools by the test scores.

• Charges to be considered after caught-on-camera arrest leads to 'significant public scrutiny': police watchdog

  B.C.'s police watchdog has filed a report asking for charges to be considered against an officer following a caught-on-camera arrest that led to public scrutiny.

• COVID-19 outbreak declared at hospital in B.C. region dealing with surge of cases

  A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a hospital in Northern B.C., which has been dealing with a surge in cases, overwhelmed health care and new restrictions.

• Rainfall warnings for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

  Environment Canada has issued a number of rainfall warnings for the Lower Mainland this weekend.

• Dozens dead, hundreds infected, but health authorities fight to conceal B.C. hospital outbreak findings

  A CTV News investigation into COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals in the Lower Mainland has resulted in scant information from health authorities, which have fought disclosure even though hundreds of patients and staff have contracted the virus in hospital and dozens have died as a result.

• B.C. mayor's allegation woman hit him with car sparks mischief probe over possible false statements

  No charges have been laid so far in a police matter that began when Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum claimed a woman drove into him on purpose – but the investigation has taken a new turn.

• Closing submissions in B.C. money laundering inquiry include call to work together

  Closing submissions in British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering were set to begin today before the commission's final report and recommendations are due Dec. 15.