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Child standing in seat and refusing a seatbelt cancels flight from Victoria, airline says

A flight from Victoria, B.C., to Toronto was cancelled Thursday after a parent and cabin crew failed to buckle a child’s seatbelt, leaving the remaining passengers stuck until Friday.

Ken Sim says involuntary care beds outside Vancouver don’t ‘serve’ his city. Is he right?

For the second time in a month, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has issued a public letter slamming the B.C. government for failing to deliver new involuntary care beds within his city—but is that actually a problem?

Smoke offers unexpected help in fight against B.C. wildfires

There is finally some good news for thousands of British Columbians forced from their homes by wildfires: cooler conditions and thick smoke blanketing the province’s southeast are helping firefighters gain ground.

Metro Vancouver air quality warning lifted

Air quality warnings that had been in effect for Metro Vancouver since Monday have now been lifted.

B.C. rents drop 4.5% in July, but Metro Vancouver most expensive market in Canada: report

The latest rent report from Rentals.ca finds asking rents are still dropping across Canada, but North Vancouver and Vancouver are the most expensive cities in the country.

Metro Vancouver bus operators reject tentative deal again, to begin job action

The union representing Metro Vancouver transit bus operators says members have rejected a second tentative deal reached by negotiators.

Okanagan smoke decreasing wildfire behaviour, but increasing health risks

Wildfire smoke blanketing the Okanagan has decreased fire activity and created cooler conditions on the ground, but increased health risks for those living in the region.

Gas prices drop below $2 per litre in Metro Vancouver

There was some welcome relief at the pumps Friday morning for Metro Vancouver drivers, who have been paying some of the highest gas prices in the country.

Record number of impaired drivers stopped during Sunfest, police say

Mounties on Vancouver Island say they stopped a “record” number of impaired drivers during the four-day Sunfest Country Music Festival in Lake Cowichan last weekend.

No consideration of charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in fatal arrest: IIO

B.C.’s police watchdog agency says it doesn’t believe an Abbotsford officer committed an offence when a traffic-stop arrest turned fatal last year.

QB Nathan Rourke returns from shoulder injury to start for B.C. Lions against Ticats

Quarterback Nathan Rourke will return to the B.C. Lions lineup and start in Saturday’s CFL game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at B.C. Place Stadium.

4 fined over illegal shellfish harvesting on Vancouver Island

Four people have been fined a combined $18,000 over illegal shellfish harvesting that happened nearly three years ago.

Feds announce sale of retired military planes to B.C. firefighting company

The federal government is selling its retired military transport aircraft to a British Columbia-based firefighting company in a move that Ottawa says will strengthen the country’s aerial wildfire response capabilities.

B.C. police launch wildfire arson investigations, as blazes raise trauma in Shuswap

Terry Evans was driving home from picking up groceries with his wife on the north shore of Shuswap Lake on Wednesday when they spotted a fire in a ditch and several residents scrambling to bring water to douse it.

Suspect injured while in transit police custody, B.C. watchdog says

A provincial police watchdog is investigating after a man was reportedly injured in the custody of Metro Vancouver Transit Police last week.