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Vancouver police investigate death of man pinned by car at drive-thru
September 08, 2021 - 5:31 PM

Vancouver police are investigating the death of a man at a restaurant's drive-thru early Wednesday morning.
Homicide investigators join search for missing woman not seen in nearly three weeks
September 15, 2021 - 2:25 PM

LANGLEY, B.C. - A team of homicide investigators in British Columbia has joined the RCMP in investigating the case of a Langley woman who disappeared nearly three weeks ago.
Police watchdog clears Vancouver officers in fatal shooting in Downtown Eastside
August 25, 2021 - 12:25 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's police watchdog has cleared Vancouver officers in the fatal shooting of a man in the Downtown Eastside earlier this year.
Terry Driver, the B.C. man who killed a teen, then terrified the community is dead
August 23, 2021 - 6:49 PM

AGASSIZ, B.C. - Terry Driver, the man who killed a young British Columbia woman, beat her friend and then taunted police and the media about his crimes, has died in prison.
Weather stalls significant growth at White Rock Lake fire: BC Wildfire Service
August 08, 2021 - 4:06 PM

VERNON, B.C. - Showers brought some relief and stalled significant growth this weekend at a wildfire that's forced thousands out of their homes in British Columbia's southern Interior, though hot and dry conditions are expected to return starting Monday.
White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service
August 07, 2021 - 5:51 PM

VERNON, B.C. - An aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a now-closed stretch of Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an estimated 550-square kilometres in size, British Columbia's wildfire service said Saturday.
Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave
July 30, 2021 - 12:31 PM

VANCOUVER - Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track "heat dome injuries" following record-setting temperatures that are also linked with 570 deaths in the province over a one-week period.
Unseasonable heat returns to British Columbia and the Prairies
July 27, 2021 - 5:16 PM

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is encouraging people to take precautions as Environment Canada forecasts the return of unseasonably hot temperatures.
'Escalation' of threats, vandalism against Vancouver churches: police
July 22, 2021 - 3:10 PM

VANCOUVER - Police say there's been a "dramatic increase" in the number of vandalism or mischief incidents against properties owned by churches in Vancouver and they're concerned an escalation could lead to injury.
Residents display high-visibility safety gear to mourn victims of B.C. crane collapse
July 14, 2021 - 5:11 PM

KELOWNA, B.C. - Photos of bright yellow and orange safety shirts or vests hanging on front stoops or in windows are spreading across social media as communities in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley mourn the deaths of five men killed when a crane collapsed at a construction site.
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BC News

Vancouver police investigate death of man pinned by car at drive-thru

Homicide investigators join search for missing woman not seen in nearly three weeks

Police watchdog clears Vancouver officers in fatal shooting in Downtown Eastside

Terry Driver, the B.C. man who killed a teen, then terrified the community is dead

Weather stalls significant growth at White Rock Lake fire: BC Wildfire Service

White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service

Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave

Unseasonable heat returns to British Columbia and the Prairies

'Escalation' of threats, vandalism against Vancouver churches: police

Residents display high-visibility safety gear to mourn victims of B.C. crane collapse

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