From a rockslide that shut-down the Sea-to-Sky Highway for five days while crews blasted boulders to clear the road, to snowstorms that grounded airplanes and made travel a nightmare, it was a year of strange weather.
But the weather was not as strange as some of the unattached feet that washed up on the shores of B.C., attracting international attention in the process.
B.C. also captured the country's interest with a manhunt that followed the tragic murder of three children in Merritt. Ten days after the killings, the children's father, Allan Schoenborn was caught, not by police, but by a local hunter.
"He looked like he was whooped...he was done,'' said Kim Robinson, the man who caught him.
2008 was a year when police continued to face criticism over the Taser death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski. And there was outrage when it was revealed that the Mounties involved, would not be charged.
"I am so surprised. I have no words for that,'' said Dziekanski's mother.
The RCMP weren't the only ones to feel the public's judgment.
The Liberal government's decision to implement a carbon tax was met with hostility.
But the government found support when it introduced a taxi passenger's bill of rights after a CTV investigation.
2008 was a year that saw Vancouver elect a new mayor, honor a beloved Vancouver Canuck, and welcome a new one.
Women ski jumpers launched a court fight for the right to jump in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
And 2008 brought stories that inspired us like that of Joel Corbin who was left in a coma after a vehicle plowed into a Maple Ridge sushi restaurant.
And you couldn't help but be happy for cancer survivor Max Rose when his new puppy arrived, given to him after his dog was shot on Quadra Island.
So, 2008 was a year of highs and lows. Here's to 2009.
With a report by CTV British Columbia's Michele Brunoro
