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  Suspect arrested in string of Metro Vancouver sex assaults

  Police in Metro Vancouver have arrested a suspect following a string of sexual assaults on strangers in recent days.

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  B.C. man declared dangerous offender in manslaughter, dismemberment case

  A British Columbia man has been declared a dangerous offender and will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted in the 2015 death and dismemberment of a woman in the Kootenay region.

• Conflict among B.C. Conservatives comes to a head in caucus meeting

  A steady stream of B.C. Conservative MLAs made their way past members of the press gallery Tuesday on their way to a caucus meeting. All of them declined to answer questions, with most responding with some form of “no comment.”

• Bank of Canada drops key interest rate to 3.25%, Trump tariff threat 'new source of uncertainty'

  Canada's central bank has cut its key rate for the fifth consecutive time – now sitting at 3.25 per cent – as the country's economy grows at a slower rate than projected.

• Famously narrow Vancouver building becomes habitat for animatronic giant pandas

  A heritage building in Vancouver's Chinatown – touted as the world's skinniest – has been transformed into a bamboo-filled habitat for a family of animatronic giant pandas.

• Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko looks to build on first start of the season

  Nearly eight months after he was injured in the first game of Vancouver's playoff run, Demko returned to the crease Tuesday for his first start of the season.

• Imposter nurse who pleaded guilty apologizes at B.C. sentencing hearing

  A woman who passed herself off as a nurse and fraudulently treated almost 1,000 patients in health-care settings in Metro Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island delivered a tearful apology on the final day of her sentencing hearing at B.C. Supreme Court.

• Suspects sought in syringe attack on city worker in Nanaimo, B.C.

  Mounties are investigating after a 58-year-old man was reportedly stabbed with syringes on Tuesday morning at a park in Nanaimo, B.C.

• New Vancouver mom temporarily discharged from hospital to see Taylor Swift concert

  A Vancouver woman didn’t let an emergency C-section keep her from Saturday’s Taylor Swift concert.

• B.C. man plans to celebrate $1M lotto win with big dinner

  A B.C. man who won a $1-million Lotto 6/49 prize said he plans to celebrate the windfall with a big dinner.

• Rustad says he expects defiance in B.C. Conservative ranks amid row over core values

  John Rustad says he expects a spirit of defiance and for free speech to reign in his British Columbia Conservative Party caucus — even if it involves pitting team members against each other, including himself.

• 'They thought he wasn't making it': B.C. soccer star's family on his shocking shooting — and remarkable recovery

  Born and raised in Metro Vancouver, Nathan Demian was living his dream playing soccer for top-ranked Ohio State University, when he was shot during a post-game pizza run with his brother Saturday night.

• CBSA Pacific Region officers have seized more than 9,400 weapons so far this year

  Border officers in B.C. and the Yukon seized more than 9,400 weapons and related prohibited items during the first 10 months of the year, along with more than $1 million in cash and thousands of kilograms of illegal drugs.

• B.C. man decorates creative car with hand-painted designs and countless toys

  As Dennis Brandt turns the key on the lock attached to his steering wheel he starts laughing. “Seriously,” he says looking up at the collection of curiosities attached to the roof of his vehicle including a painted duck, skateboard, and pair of toy aircraft carriers. “Would anyone steal this car?!”

• B.C. Lions' Teuhema suspended for two games after positive drug test

  The CFL suspended defensive lineman Sione Teuhema of the B.C. Lions for two games Tuesday after he tested positive for a banned substance.

• Flair Airlines CFO Sumanth Rao charged with involuntary manslaughter after fatal crash in U.S.

  Flair Airlines' chief financial officer Sumanth Rao is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal crash involving an underage driver who had been drinking at his Atlanta-area home.

• Company ordered to refund B.C. Telus customer who accidentally sent it payments

  A B.C. Telus customer who mistakenly sent online banking payments to a company with a similar name will get refunded after a small claims decision handed down Monday.

• 'Are they going to walk away?': Charges 10 years after B.C.'s Mount Polley disaster

  Doug Watt won't forget the sound of a tailings pond collapsing at the Mount Polley Mine more than 10 years ago, sending millions of cubic metres of waste into waterways in the British Columbia Interior.

• 'Serial fraud artist': Crown wants 8-year jail term for fake nurse who treated nearly 1K B.C. patients

  B.C. Crown prosecutors are calling for an eight-year prison term for a woman who illegally treated nearly 1,000 patients across the province while impersonating a real nurse.

• Police nabbed 200 impaired drivers over the weekend, B.C. Highway Patrol says

  Mounties say they took more than 200 impaired drivers off highways in B.C. over the weekend during the annual “Light Up the Province” campaign.