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Teachers appeal to top court

Teachers appeal to top court

Vancouver Jul 14, 2015 / 12:02 pm

British Columbia teachers have filed leave to appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada in an ongoing battle with the province over bargaining rights. The B.C....

Blaze a real buzzkill

Blaze a real buzzkill

Surrey Jul 14, 2015 / 6:50 am

Firefighters fought more than flames at house fire in Surrey early Tuesday. The fire at a duplex near King George Boulevard and 108th Avenue disturbed a wasp or...

Lost whale reunited

Lost whale reunited

Vancouver Jul 14, 2015 / 6:06 am

A Vancouver Aquarium orca researcher says a young killer whale has been reunited with its family two years after it was found alone in a remote cove. Fisheries...

Victim was defending home

Victim was defending home

Cloverdale Jul 13, 2015 / 4:02 pm

UPDATE 4 p.m. Police say a man who was shot to death in the Cloverdale area of Surrey was defending his home from an attempted break-in. Sgt. Stephanie Ashton...

Child luring charges laid

Child luring charges laid

Abbotsford Jul 13, 2015 / 11:58 am

A 22-year-old Abbotsford man has been charged with child luring and exposing a child to sexually explicit material. Police in the Fraser Valley say charges...

Fire at Fraser docks

Fire at Fraser docks

Surrey Jul 12, 2015 / 8:50 pm

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is sending a team to the Fraser Surrey Docks after a ship fire put a section of the facility temporarily out of...

Shots fired into business

Shots fired into business

Surrey Jul 12, 2015 / 7:18 am

Shots were fired into a Surrey business overnight. Staff Sgt. Joe Johal of the Surrey RCMP says police were still on this scene early this morning of a business...

Elderly females targeted

Elderly females targeted

North Vancouver Jul 11, 2015 / 4:04 pm

The North Vancouver RCMP are investigating two recent events that appear to be related. Both occurred in the central Lonsdale corridor in the past week. In both...

Crackdown on loud pipes

Crackdown on loud pipes

Vancouver Jul 11, 2015 / 7:03 am

Vancouver Police are cracking down on loud motorcycles. The force is launching an initiative to crack down on noisy vehicles, specifically motorcycles with...

Lions stun Roughriders

Lions stun Roughriders

Vancouver Jul 11, 2015 / 6:00 am

The B.C. Lions' offence woke up just in time. Travis Lulay threw a four-yard touchdown to Manny Arceneaux in overtime Friday as the Lions picked up their...

Teen convicted of 'swatting'

Teen convicted of 'swatting'

Port Coquitlam Jul 9, 2015 / 1:47 pm

A British Columbia teenager has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for online pranks and threats that caused mayhem in communities as far away as Ontario,...

Arsonist still at work

Arsonist still at work

North Vancouver Jul 9, 2015 / 9:13 am

Three more small fires have been set along a popular hiking trail in North Vancouver, where about 10 blazes were sparked on Wednesday morning. The three fires...

Arsonist sparks 10 fires

Arsonist sparks 10 fires

North Vancouver Jul 8, 2015 / 11:10 pm

Police say firefighters have extinguished 10 small grass fires that were intentionally set on a trail in North Vancouver. Mounties say officers and firefighters...

Too soon to talk recession

Too soon to talk recession

Vancouver Jul 7, 2015 / 2:44 pm

Finance Minister Joe Oliver is tempering his optimistic outlook on the country's economy, saying it's too early to tell whether Canada has slumped into...

'Taxi' ride to jail

'Taxi' ride to jail

Abbotsford Jul 7, 2015 / 1:48 pm

A drunk driver in Abbotsford is getting no sympathy for a belated decision to pocket his car keys and grab a cab. Abbotsford Police say the suspect pulled his...

Home invasion investigated

Home invasion investigated

Surrey Jul 7, 2015 / 6:51 am

RCMP are currently on the scene of a home invasion and assault at a home on the 14300 block of 72nd Avenue. About 1:30 a.m., police responded to the scene and...

Robertson, Pope talk climate

Robertson, Pope talk climate

Vancouver Jul 7, 2015 / 6:07 am

The mayor of Vancouver says he plans on encouraging the Pope to ramp up pressure on national governments across the globe to take action on climate change when...

Smoke-filled coast

Smoke-filled coast

Vancouver Jul 6, 2015 / 11:25 am

Smoke continues to clog South Coast skies, as an estimated 200 forest fires burn across B.C. A heavy blanket of stagnant grey haze has settled over the Lower...

Booze suspected in crash

Richmond Jul 5, 2015 / 3:17 pm

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a two-vehicle crash in the Lower Mainland that left one person dead and another in critical condition. Around 9: 41 p.m....

Dump truck collision fatal

Dump truck collision fatal

Surrey Jul 5, 2015 / 7:05 am

A collision between a dump truck and an SUV claimed the life of a man in Surrey on Saturday. The crash occurred about 4:30 p.m. on the 17000 block of 32nd...