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• One dead, one still ‘unaccounted for’ after Sea to Sky Highway mudslide

  RCMP say one person's remains have been pulled from the site of a landslide near Lions Bay, while another missing person "remains unaccounted for."

  Weather

  Dec 14, 2024
• Highway 99 reopens Friday hours after serious multi-vehicle crash

  Two people were rushed to the hospital in critical condition following the collision that happened during rush hour south of Highway 91 near Mud Bay Park.

  Traffic

  Dec 12, 2024
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• Several Burnaby schools to adopt staggered schedules

  Burnaby is joining Surrey in extending the school day at several high schools to increase capacity because of high enrolment growth.

  Education

  Dec 5, 2024
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• Vancouver council votes to keep natural gas heating ban for new homes

  A proposal to remove Vancouver's ban of natural gas for heating and water in new builds has failed after two days of discussion by councillors.

  Politics

  Nov 28, 2024
• 46-year-old man charged in Vancouver weekend homicide

  A 46-year-old man has been charged in connection to a homicide in Vancouver's Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood that left a young woman dead.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2024
• Evacuation order for wildfire near Grand Forks downgraded

  An evacuation order issued on Wednesday afternoon for residences near Grand Forks has been downgraded by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary.

  Fire

  Sep 25, 2024
• HandyDART strike ends, tentative agreement reached

  ATU Local 1724 says that it has reached a tentative agreement with Transdev, ending an 18-day strike for HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver.

  Politics

  Sep 21, 2024
• Richmond railway bridge fire extinguished, air quality bulletin ended

  A decommissioned rail crossing over the Fraser River caught fire on Thursday evening, producing billowing smoke seen across the region.

  Fire

  Jun 21, 2024
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• Kitchen fire closes Maple Ridge high school

  Classes at Garibaldi Secondary School have been cancelled Wednesday, as officials look to survey water and smoke damage from Tuesday's fire.

  Fire

  Jun 12, 2024
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• Three B.C. men fined, banned from hunting after killing pregnant deer

  The BC Conservation Officer Service says three men have been sentenced for illegally killing two deer and a marmot near Kamloops back in 2020.

  Environment

  Apr 18, 2024
• One man injured in Surrey shooting at jewelry store

  RCMP are investigating after one man was found with serious injuries after shots were fired in Surrey's Guildford neighbourhood on Sunday.

  Crime

  Feb 19, 2024
• First cases of chronic wasting disease detected in B.C. deer

  British Columbia's first cases of a fatal disease found in deer species have been detected in the Kootenay region, south of Cranbrook.

  Environment

  Feb 1, 2024