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  BC Ferries cancels sailings on major routes due to storm

  A winter storm that brought wind, rain and – in some places – snow to the South Coast led BC Ferries to cancel several sailings on major routes Saturday.

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  Taiwan-Canada ties surge as supporters tout trade, politics and shared values

  Somewhere at the confluence of politics, commerce and shared values driving a recent wave of Canadian fascination with Taiwan, there were the island's "freedom pineapples."

• Leonard Marchand named new chief justice of British Columbia

  Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls "a historic appointment."

• How a volunteer search group brought closure to the family of missing woman Melissa McDevitt

  It's a story of perseverance and dedication: A small group of volunteers who formed an unbreakable bond, spending countless hours away from their own loved ones to bring closure to the family of Melissa McDevitt, a family thousands of kilometres away in another country.

• Ibrahim Ali found guilty of killing 13-year-old girl in B.C.

  A jury has found Ibrahim Ali guilty of killing a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2017.

• Environment Canada warns of snow, high winds on Vancouver Island

  Vancouver Island could see up to 10 centimetres of snow at high elevations Saturday morning, according to a special weather statement from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

• B.C. has Canada's largest proportion of non-religious residents, poll finds

  The importance of religion in the lives of Canadians is declining, according to the polling firm Research Co.

• Here's how many people have accessed free birth control in B.C.

  About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia became the first province to offer it in April.