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  Black bear killed in self-defence after attack on dog-walker in Maple Ridge, B.C.

  A black bear has died following a brawl with a man on a trail in Maple Ridge, B.C.

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  Man arrested after allegedly attempting to set fire to Vancouver City Hall

  A 36-year-old man was arrested and is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to start a blaze at the front of Vancouver City Hall Friday night.

• Woman killed in Vancouver's Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood, suspect in custody

  A woman is dead and a 46-year-old suspect is in custody after an incident in Vancouver's Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood overnight.

• BC Hydro says power almost fully restored after B.C. windstorms

  British Columbia's electric utility says it has restored power to almost all customers who suffered outages during the bomb cyclone earlier this week, but strong wind from a new storm has made repairs difficult in some areas.

• More than a dozen guns stolen during Mission, B.C., break-in, RCMP say

  Mounties in Mission, B.C., are asking the public for help as they investigate a break-in during which more than a dozen firearms were stolen.

• Surrey crash sends 2 to hospital

  Two people were taken to hospital after a serious crash in Surrey Friday night.

• Fall legislative sitting scrapped in B.C. as Speaker Chouhan confirmed to serve again

  There won't be a sitting of the British Columbia legislature this fall as originally planned.

• Canada Post down eight million parcels amid strike as talk carry on over weekend

  Canada Post says it has seen a shortage of more than eight million parcels amid an ongoing strike that has effectively shut down the postal system for nine days compared with the same period in 2023.

• SPS one week away from taking over Surrey policing

  It’s been a long and drawn out process, but we are now a week away from Surrey’s new municipal force formally taking over policing responsibility in that city.

• 'My wife's going bonkers': Abbotsford residents fed up with overnight construction noise

  Residents of a rural Abbotsford neighbourhood are fed up with the noise from a provincial project that has meant hundreds of dump trucks rumbling up and down their street in the middle of the night.

• Jodi Henrickson’s ex-boyfriend Gavin Arnott charged with assaulting woman in Alta.

  The ex-boyfriend of missing B.C. teenager Jodi Henrickson was recently charged with assaulting a woman in Alberta, but the charges were withdrawn due to an unco-operative witness, CTV News has learned.

• Victoria police face being understaffed amid proposed budget cuts

  Layoffs could be imminent for the Victoria Police Department if it adheres to the requests of the City of Victoria, and cuts over $2 million from its budget.

• Here's why the North Shore mountains could be in for a bounce-back season on the slopes

  The lifts were running at Cypress Friday, marking the first of the three big North Shore mountains to open for the season.

• UBC students turn to 'destructive therapy' to navigate exam season

  Chemistry graduate students at the University of British Columbia are using a unique form of therapy to navigate through the always stressful exam season.