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Canadian rapper dies after falling off airplane wing in failed stunt
October 22, 2018 - 4:48 PM

VERNON, B.C. - A 34-year-old rapper who fell to his death in British Columbia while performing a stunt that involved rapping while walking on the wing of a plane was a "beacon of light to follow your dreams," his management team says.
Crown says man should be convicted of girl's murder based on alleged confession
October 23, 2018 - 3:47 AM

VANCOUVER - A man charged with murdering a 12-year-girl in British Columbia over 40 years ago should be found guilty after confessing to undercover police that he abducted, sexually assaulted and killed her, a Crown attorney says.
Police cleared in death of carjacking suspect at B.C. ferry terminal: watchdog
October 22, 2018 - 5:55 PM

SURREY, B.C. - Police officers acted appropriately in dealing with a carjacking suspect as they attempted to arrest him at a ferry terminal in Nanaimo before he was fatally shot, British Columbia's police watchdog said in a report released Monday.
Vancouver mayoral candidate admits defeat, congratulates winner Kennedy Stewart
October 22, 2018 - 3:59 PM

VANCOUVER - The runner-up in the race for Vancouver mayor has admitted defeat, two days after he lost by almost 1,000 votes.
Electoral reform ballots in mail, Elections BC monitors rotating postal strikes
October 22, 2018 - 3:22 PM

VICTORIA - Ballots for British Columbia's electoral reform referendum are in the mail as postal workers across Canada launch a series of rotating strikes.
Feds announce new monitoring of vessel noise impacts on endangered whales
October 22, 2018 - 1:52 PM

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will monitor underwater ship noise in British Columbia's Salish Sea to help develop measures to support the recovery of endangered southern resident killer whales.
Three earthquakes recorded off Vancouver Island, but no damage reported
October 22, 2018 - 1:23 PM

VANCOUVER - Three relatively strong earthquakes that began Sunday night in the Pacific Ocean off Vancouver Island didn't trigger a tsunami because they happened along a fault line where sections of the Earth's crust are moving sideways, says an earthquake seismologist with Natural Resources Canada.
Ultra-low-cost carrier Wow Air rolls out new route between Vancouver and Iceland
October 22, 2018 - 1:03 PM

Vancouverites looking for low-cost flights to Iceland will soon have a new option when discount airline Wow Air adds a route out of the West Coast.
B.C. man to appear in court charged with second-degree murder of his wife
October 22, 2018 - 9:57 AM

SURREY, B.C. - Homicide detectives in Surrey, B.C., have arrested and charged a 44-year-old man with the second-degree murder of his wife.
Kennedy Stewart challenged with building bridges as mayor of Vancouver: expert
October 22, 2018 - 1:13 AM

VANCOUVER - On the heels of his narrow victory in Vancouver's dramatic mayoral race, observers say Kennedy Stewart's biggest challenge will be leading a council fractured across party lines as he tries to deliver on platform promises like increasing housing supply.
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