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Many still without power

Many still without power

Vancouver Aug 31, 2015 / 6:23 am

Electricity is slowly being restored across Metro Vancouver two days after the region was battered by a powerful windstorm, but now the area is being drenched...

Cleaning up after the storm

Cleaning up after the storm

Vancouver Aug 30, 2015 / 7:35 pm

Had Vancouver resident Sherrell Hutchingson been standing a foot to the side while opening her car door during Saturday's vicious windstorm it's...

Ballerina wakes from coma

Ballerina wakes from coma

Vancouver Aug 30, 2015 / 6:50 am

A promising young Argentinian ballerina is practising dance moves in her bed just two weeks after suffering a severe head injury in B.C. Lucila Munaretto, 21,...

Red panda dies at zoo

Red panda dies at zoo

Aldergrove Aug 30, 2015 / 6:42 am

The death of a red panda at a British Columbia zoo with a history of animal fatalities has activists calling for the facility to be shut down. A male red panda...

Thousands without power

Thousands without power

Vancouver Aug 30, 2015 / 6:33 am

UPDATE 11:30 a.m. BC Hydro says it could take until Monday morning to restore power to some areas of southwestern British Columbia after a windstorm tore...

Windstorm causes chaos

Windstorm causes chaos

Vancouver Aug 29, 2015 / 3:34 pm

UPDATED: 6:10 P.M. A powerful windstorm caused chaos in southwestern British Columbia on Saturday, knocking out power to 400,000 homes and felling trees that...

Early morning shake

Early morning shake

Abbotsford Aug 29, 2015 / 9:58 am

A small earthquake rattled Mission and Abbotsford early Saturday morning, the second one in as many days. The United States Geological Survey recorded a 2.6...

Expect SkyTrain delays

Expect SkyTrain delays

Vancouver Aug 29, 2015 / 7:51 am

SkyTrain users in the Metro Vancouver area can expect lengthy delays this weekend as TransLink begins a major rail replacement project. The work will continue...

Fire forces man out window

Fire forces man out window

Coquitlam Aug 28, 2015 / 8:08 pm

A Coquitlam, resident had to leap from a window at his bungalow to escape what RCMP are calling a suspicious fire. The blaze broke out at around 3 a.m. at a...

Site C stop-work denied

Site C stop-work denied

Vancouver Aug 28, 2015 / 5:11 pm

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has refused to issue a stop-work order to a pair of First Nations opposing construction of the Site C hydroelectric dam. The West...

HikeFest in the sky

HikeFest in the sky

Squamish Aug 28, 2015 / 3:01 pm

The scenic Sea to Sky Gondola, one hour north of Vancouver, opened in May 2014 and offered its first HikeFest celebration last fall. On Sept. 13, the second...

Teacher hit with sex crime

Teacher hit with sex crime

North Vancouver Aug 28, 2015 / 2:35 pm

A man who taught at a North Vancouver high school has been arrested in connection with sexually assaulting a female student. RCMP in North Vancouver allege that...

Jet-ski victims identified

Jet-ski victims identified

Richmond Aug 28, 2015 / 2:34 pm

UPDATE: 2:30 p.m. The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of two men who died after a jet-ski incident near Richmond on Thursday. They were...

Coastal campfire ban over

Coastal campfire ban over

Vancouver Aug 28, 2015 / 12:01 pm

A soggy weekend lies ahead for campers in on the south coast of British Columbia, but at least they can huddle around a campfire to keep warm. The BC Wildfire...

Good Samaritan shot at

Good Samaritan shot at

Surrey Aug 28, 2015 / 6:47 am

One man is recovering from injuries and Mounties in Surrey are trying to sort out all the details after an early morning assault, followed by gunfire. Surrey...

Shootout was 'extraordinary'

Shootout was 'extraordinary'

Vancouver Aug 28, 2015 / 6:22 am

British Columbia's police watchdog has forwarded a report to Crown counsel into a downtown Vancouver shootout previously described by a senior officer as...

TWU decision delayed

TWU decision delayed

Vancouver Aug 27, 2015 / 12:50 pm

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reserved a decision in the battle between the province's law society and Trinity Western University. The university wants the...

Whitecaps cup winners

Whitecaps cup winners

Vancouver Aug 26, 2015 / 10:39 pm

Octavio Rivero and Tim Parker scored as the Vancouver Whitecaps won their first Voyageurs Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Impact in the second leg of...

Canucks sign Cracknell

Canucks sign Cracknell

Vancouver Aug 26, 2015 / 12:11 pm

The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Adam Cracknell. The deal is widely reported to be a one-year, two-way contract worth US$575,000. Cracknell, a...

UBC chair steps down

UBC chair steps down

Vancouver Aug 26, 2015 / 6:50 am

John Montalbano is temporarily stepping down as chairman of the board of governors at the University of British Columbia amid a dispute at the school over...