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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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  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.

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  EXCLUSIVE | 'Shared intelligence' from Five Eyes informed Trudeau's India allegation: U.S. ambassador

  There was 'shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners' that informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's public allegation of a potential link between the government of India and the murder of a Canadian citizen, United States Ambassador to Canada David Cohen confirmed to CTV News.

• Environment Canada warns of 'significant fall storm' for Vancouver Island

  A fall windstorm is expected to hit Vancouver Island this weekend, according to forecasters. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement covering all of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast north of Saltery Bay.

• Millions added to B.C. funding for rural, volunteer and First Nations firefighters

  The British Columbia government is providing more money to rural, First Nations and volunteer fire departments across the province.

• 1 RCMP officer killed, 2 seriously injured while executing search warrant in Coquitlam, B.C.

  One RCMP officer was killed and two others were seriously injured while police were executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam, B.C., Friday.

• Driver arrested after woman seriously injured in Port Alberni hit-and-run crash

  Mounties are searching for the driver of a white pickup truck after a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Port Alberni.

• Lack of housing blamed for below-average nursing program enrolment

  A lack of affordable and available housing in the capital region is being blamed for keeping people away who are desperately needed in order to correct the ailing health-care system.

• 71-year-old cycling thousands of kilometres with three-legged cat

  Steven Telck never imagined he’d be spending his retirement travelling with a rescue cat named Miss Bunny.

• Nanaimo parents awarded $328K for loss of support after teen killed in crosswalk

  The parents of a Nanaimo teenager who was struck in a crosswalk and later died in hospital have been awarded $327,635 after a B.C. Supreme Court judge recognized the Korean practice of hyodo, in which a child is expected to provide financial and domestic support to their parents.

• Tour de Rock bike ride returns to Vancouver Island

  The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock bike ride returns to Vancouver Island on Saturday.