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A former Vancouver police superintendent who spearheaded a program to target gang violence is taking on a new challenge after winning a seat on Richmonds City Council in a byelection on Saturday.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is asking teachers to wear orange shirts to school this week, in honour of the mass grave confirmed at a former Kamloops residential school.

Two people are in hospital, one of them in critical condition, after a fire on a boat in Pitt Lake Sunday afternoon.

The Vancouver Canucks signed forward Vasily Podkolzin to a three-year entry-level contract Sunday.

At this time of the year people are often fooled into thinking the mountains will be as warm as the city, when in reality its still snowy and cold up on the hills, said Sandra Riches of BC AdventureSmart.

  VANCOUVER -- A Vancouver lawyer who specialized in compensation cases for residential school survivors has been suspended for one month by the Law Society of British Columbia. In a joint submission with the law society in response to six allegations of professional misconduct against him, Stephen Bronstein "conditionally admitted" to four of them. Bronstein admitted that he failed to adequately vet Ivon Johnny, a residential school survivor and paroled murderer, who Bronstein hired to he...

  VANCOUVER -- A group of hikers that included multiple children has been found after being reported missing in Cypress Provincial Park on Metro Vancouvers North Shore. In a Facebook post Monday, North Shore Rescue said five hikers, including three children, were missing. In its post, North Shore Rescue asked hikers who were in the Whyte Lake, Baden Powell, Eagleridge Bluffs, Black Mountain, Cabin Lake and Bowen Lookout areas Sunday to contact police if they had seen the group. Less than ...

  VANCOUVER -- A husband and wife trucking couple from Squamish, B.C., married for 54 years, have both died of COVID-19 complications. With public health restrictions not allowing for a large funeral, the community paid tribute to the couple with a truck rally on Saturday afternoon.  Harvey “Merrill” Ross and Gail Ross were truly inseparable. Gail passed away at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver on May 5, and Just 17 hours later on May 6, Merrill died. “They would never have w...

The B.C. government is investing about $500,000 over three years in a program aimed at education and research for beekeepers around the province.

Mounties say anyone who sees the suspect or knows where he is should call 911 immediately.