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• Grade 12 student fatally shot in Burnaby, IHIT called in

  A 17-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a vehicle on a residential street in Burnaby Thursday afternoon, and homicide investigators have been called to the scene.

  

• Wind warnings issued for Metro Vancouver, Sunshine Coast and southern Gulf Islands

  Strong winds are expected to arrive Friday afternoon and last until the evening.

  

• 'Deformities in the fish': Pollutants found in waterways near Fraser Valley encampments

  Hidden along old logging roads and tucked in near rivers and waterways, are campers who have made Crown land near the Chilliwack River their homes.

• B.C. opposition leader proposes 'radical' mental health and addictions plan

  With an unrelenting overdose crisis claiming an average of six lives a day in British Columbia — the opposition leader says there needs to be a bigger focus on treatment options, and is proposing a model he calls a "radical shift."

• Charges laid in White Rock's 2016 'Five Corners Fire'

  More than six years after flames tore through an apartment building in White Rock, and more than 18 months after police announced they had made arrests in the case, charges have now been laid against a Surrey man, Mounties announced Thursday.

• 1 dead, another injured after commercial trucks collide on Highway 5

  A crash on Highway 5 involving two commercial vehicles has left one person dead and another injured.

• 'He’s the Downtown Eastside newspaper': Community push for City of Vancouver to recognize street artist

  Community members on the Downtown Eastside want the City of Vancouver to recognize Smokey Devil, a well-known street artist .

• 'Six more weeks of winter': Vancouver Island Marmot makes weather prediction on Groundhog Day

  A furry mascot endemic only to Vancouver Island is predicting six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day.

• Vancouver Chinatown vandalism suspect arrested amid surge of reported incidents

  Vancouver police say they've arrested a suspect in a spate of vandalism incidents in Chinatown.

• 7 B.C. school districts to add mental health support teams, bringing total to 12

  British Columbia is expanding mental-health and substance-use services for children and youth by adding new multi-disciplinary teams to seven school districts.

• Number in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C. hits another new low in latest update

  The number of patients with COVID-19 in B.C. hospitals declined again this week, once again reaching a low not seen since before the province began including incidental hospitalizations in its count.

• Emaciated dog found tied to railing with note: BC SPCA

  A nine-year-old pit bull named Rolo will soon be up for adoption after being found abandoned in downtown Prince George, according to the BC SPCA.

• Former B.C. care aide faces 65 new charges for allegedly defrauding 19 elderly victims: Surrey RCMP

  A 30-year-old Metro Vancouver woman is facing dozens of new charges for allegedly defrauding elderly people while she was working as a care aide.

• TransLink debuts new battery-electric bus in Metro Vancouver

  The first of 15 new battery-electric buses is hitting the streets in Metro Vancouver, as part of TransLink's overall strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• B.C. man assaulted, robbed at motel after arranging online 'encounter': RCMP

  Mounties are warning the public about the risks of arranging encounters with people online after a man was assaulted and robbed at a Kamloops, B.C., motel over the weekend.

• Thousands of 'potentially fatal doses' of fentanyl seized from Surrey business: RCMP

  A search warrant executed at a Surrey business allegedly being used as "a front for drug trafficking" led to the seizure of thousands of potentially fatal doses of illicit drugs, according to Mounties.

• Falooda Drink with Almond Flavour recalled in Western provinces

  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Falooda Drink with Almond Flavour because the product contains milk that is not listed on the label.

• Vehicle vandalism spree in Summerland under investigation: RCMP

  Three vehicles were vandalized within a two-day period in Summerland over the weekend, say Mounties, and an investigation is underway.

• Vancouver January home sales down 55% from last year: real estate board

  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says January home sales were more than halved from the year before and down 21 per cent from December.

• 'It's a big concern': Private delivery of public health care grows yet again in B.C.

  B.C.'s Ministry of Health is continuing its multi-year trend of paying millions more dollars each year to private surgical centres for the delivery of public health care, CTV News has learned.