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• Air Canada IT issue impacts flights to and from YVR

  Some Air Canada flights to and from Vancouver International Airport were delayed or cancelled Thursday due to a technical issue with the airline.

  

• B.C. to invest $17 million on science, Indigenous knowledge to restore Pacific salmon

  The British Columbia government is adding $17.25 million for ongoing efforts to save declining populations of wild Pacific salmon.

  

• Serious crash on Highway 97 sends 2 people to hospital: RCMP

  Mounties are investigating a serious crash on Highway 97 in Kelowna, B.C., that sent two people to hospital late Wednesday night.

• Fatal multi-vehicle crash closes Highway 3 east of Cranbrook, B.C.

  A fatal crash on Highway 3, east of Cranbrook, involved three vehicles including a semi tractor-trailer, RCMP said Thursday.

• B.C. man among pair arrested in Yukon in connection to drug trafficking operation

  Two men, one from B.C. and another from Alberta, are facing multiple charges in connection to a drug trafficking operation in Whitehorse, according to Yukon RCMP.

• Surrey to raise rainbow flag at City Hall for Pride Month in historic 1st

  Cities across Metro Vancouver are raising rainbow flags in solidarity with LGBTQ2S+ communities as June 1 marks the official start of Pride Month—with one city joining in on the annual tradition for the first time ever.

• B.C.'s raises minimum wage by more than $1 an hour

  British Columbia’s lowest paid workers are getting a pay hike. The province is increasing minimum wage by more than a dollar an hour, starting Wednesday.

• Downtown Vancouver clothing boutique targeted by vandals for the 3rd time since August

  CityLux Boutique is among the downtown Vancouver businesses that have been targeted by recent break-ins.

• Emergency Operations Centre activated at Surrey Memorial Hospital

  In response to a barrage of questions about Surrey’s beleaguered hospital, B.C.’s minister of health told reporters that an Emergency Operations Centre was activated at the site on Wednesday afternoon.

• RBC resolves technical issues with online, mobile banking

  The Royal Bank of Canada has resolved a technical issue that temporarily impacted online and mobile banking.

• Vancouver cupcake thief apologizes, offers to pay for damages from bizarre bakery break-in

  The man who broke into a Dunbar bakery by kicking in a glass door Friday morning has apologized to the owner and offered to pay for damages.

• Would you eat this? Ready-to-cook fish 3D-printed in a lab

  Forget your hook, line and sinker. An Israeli foodtech company says it has 3D printed the first ever ready-to-cook fish filet using animal cells cultivated and grown in a laboratory.

• 1 dead after car crushed between 2 dump trucks in Langley

  One person is dead after a three-vehicle collision in Langley during evening rush hour Wednesday.

• Man sentenced to house arrest for 'catastrophic' Surrey street-racing crash

  A man has been sentenced to two years less a day of house arrest, two years less a day of probation and a three-year driving ban after causing a "catastrophic" crash while street racing in Surrey in 2020.

• Addictions recovery worker accused of multiple sex assaults: New Westminster police

  For years, rumours have swirled in the addiction recovery community about an employee preying on vulnerable people in narcotics anonymous programs in New Westminster -- and on Tuesday, police made an arrest.

• Changes coming to BC Ferries route between Metro Vancouver and Nanaimo

  Changes are coming to ferry routes between Metro Vancouver and Nanaimo starting next month in an attempt to ensure smoother sailing over the bust summer season.

• B.C. man sentenced for harassment, 'brazen breaches' in stalking case

  A B.C. man who stalked a woman he became "obsessed with" was convicted of 11 crimes including criminal harassment, attempted break-and-enter and "serial breaches" of no-contact conditions, according to a recently published judgment.

• Finnigan, 'an absolute lovebug' of a cat, needs help and new home after recovering from hit-and-run: BC SPCA

  A three-year-old cat that was hit by a car in Burnaby earlier this month needs some help and a new home, says the BC SPCA.

• Kamloops RCMP searching for stolen tricycle

  Mounties in Kamloops are trying to reunite a child with a "special" tricycle that was recently stolen.

• Vancouver man, 34, dies in hospital days after apartment fire

  A 34-year-old man that was seriously injured in a fire that broke out in a Vancouver apartment earlier this week has died, officials confirmed Wednesday.