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  Wind warning upgraded for Vancouver Island, B.C. coast as 'significant fall storm' approaches

  Wind warnings have been issued for most of Vancouver Island and coastal B.C. as a “significant fall storm” is expected to arrive Sunday night.

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  'A hero remembered never dies': Memorial honouring fallen police officers held in Victoria

  Emotions were raw as hundreds gathered at the B.C. Legislature Sunday afternoon to honour the police officers who were killed in the line of duty.

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  Meaningful moment between father, son and whale caught on camera

  Finn Nelson will never forget that day his dad asked if he wanted to go see a whale in the wild.

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  Canucks will be a comfortable family, not a dictatorship, says new captain Quinn Hughes

  Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes says he sees himself as the type of leader who wants to build a family atmosphere on the team where everybody feels welcome.

• B.C. deer are stressed during wildfires, and the proof is in their poop: researchers

  Proof that deer experienced elevated stress in response to wildfires in British Columbia's southern Interior can be found in their poop, although researchers say there's still much to learn about what increasingly severe blazes mean for wildlife.

• Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative deal to end strike. No deal yet for actors

  Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.

• B.C. man fighting for a Sunwing refund after spouse dies of cancer

  After losing his spouse of 25 years to cancer, Mario Agnello tried to get a refund for an upcoming holiday from Sunwing. To his dismay, he found only travel vouchers were available through the airline's cancellation insurance.

• Fire engines lead procession for fallen wildland firefighter

  Dozens of firefighters gathered at a funeral home in Chilliwack for a sombre ceremony Saturday morning, before climbing aboard several fire trucks and leading a funeral procession for Blain Sonnenberg.

• Lender can't foreclose on B.C. woman's home because mortgage was obtained through fraud

  A B.C. woman has won the right to stay in her home after convincing a judge that the mortgage her son took out on the property was obtained fraudulently.

• Murder charge laid in killing of B.C. Mountie

  The day after an RCMP officer was killed and two others were injured while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam, B.C., charges of murder and attempted murder have been laid.

• Sikh groups ask Canadian political parties to present 'united front' against India

  Two groups in the Canadian Sikh diaspora are calling for Canada's political parties to "present a united front" on India after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a "potential link" between the shooting death of a local leader and the Indian government.

• B.C. Mountie's death reverberates across law enforcement community

  The death of a Metro Vancouver RCMP officer who was shot dead while executing a search warrant is reverberating with law enforcement officials across the country.

• Canucks face off against each other in team scrimmage ahead of pre-season opener

  Vancouver Canucks players squared off against each other Saturday in a full-contact scrimmage ahead of Sunday's first pre-season game in Calgary against the Flames.

• 267 in hospital with COVID-19 as BCCDC returns to biweekly data updates

  After publishing COVID-19 data just once a month over the summer, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control returned to biweekly updates this week.

• B.C. frog relocation project aims to better understand conservation practice

  Almost every day this summer, University of British Columbia master's student Megan Winand waded through wetlands with an antenna, following the beeping sounds to find Columbia spotted frogs.

• 'He was truly exceptional': Slain B.C. RCMP officer identified

  B.C. RCMP have identified the officer killed while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam Friday morning as Const. Rick O'Brien.