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Vancouver
B.C. trucker sentenced to 4 years in prison for smuggling 33 kg of meth over the border
A B.C. trucker was sentenced to spend years in prison after being caught smuggling methamphetamine over the border.
'We've been abandoned': Man dies in B.C. town waiting for health care near ambulance station
For the second time in less than a month, a resident of Ashcroft, B.C., died while waiting for health care after having a heart attack mere metres from a local ambulance station.
Wet'suwet'en pipeline protest blocks Vancouver traffic
A large rally planned in Vancouver to protest the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. blocked traffic Monday morning.
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Family of murdered Vancouver Island man suing prison officials over inmates' escape
The daughters of a 60-year-old Vancouver Island man who was found dead in his home in 2019 are suing the Correctional Service of Canada, claiming negligent prison officials allowed two men to escape from a minimum-security penitentiary and murder their father.
Mounties deem Nanaimo death a homicide, ID victim
Mounties say a man who was found dead after a Nanaimo, B.C., house fire last week was the victim of a homicide. Police identified the victim in a statement Monday as Trevor Stross, 40. The RCMP is releasing the man's identity in an effort to further their investigation, police said.
Victoria doctor says controversial retainer fee under review
A Victoria doctor that had asked her patients to pay a monthly $125 fee for expanded services says she's putting the idea on hold as her team reviews the policy. The fee's initial announcement didn't sit well with everyone, with one patient telling CTV News that they had concerns about their future care since they couldn't afford the new charge.
Inside CTV News Vancouver
Ukrainian refugee families find friendship, support through B.C. reading club
Ukrainian refugee families in B.C. are being brought together through a specially formed reading club -- and their bond goes beyond books.
'Pollution sniffing' van hits the streets in Metro Vancouver
A new mobile lab is helping researchers at UBC to map levels of air pollution in Metro Vancouver in real time, monitor how they change, and measure which locations are most impacted.
140 lightning-caused wildfires detected in B.C. over last 3 days, service says
Lightning has sparked more than 100 new wildfires in British Columbia since Wednesday, as thunderstorms rolled through the provincial Interior.
Editor's Picks
Personal trainer not allowed to charge $990 for texts, phone calls: B.C. tribunal
A B.C. personal trainer has been ordered to refund a client $990 despite her claim that she was entitled to keep the money as compensation for the time spent responding to the client's phone calls and text messages, a tribunal ruled.
B.C. lawyer sentenced to 22 months for forging documents including police reports, doctors' notes
A B.C. lawyer has been sentenced to 22 months in jail after pleading guilty to forging documents that he submitted to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board over a period of nearly 10 years
'Manipulated' lithium-battery devices the leading cause of fire deaths in Vancouver
Vancouver fire officials say fires caused by lithium-ion batteries have increased 500 per cent in the city since 2016.
