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  'A nightmare': Nature-goers stranded in B.C. backcountry after bridge washes out

  A daytrip to the backcountry turned into a frightening experience for a Vancouver couple this weekend.

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  B.C. municipal leaders gather to talk infrastructure, addiction, emergency management

  The president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says communities have billions of dollars worth of infrastructure that will need replacing in the next decade and the province needs to step in with new funding to help.

• Man accused of trying to kill Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate the ex-president

  Ryan Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, and described his support and then disdain for Donald Trump — even urging Iran to kill him.

• B.C. to open 'highly secure' involuntary care facilities

  B.C. will be opening “highly secure facilities” for people with addiction and mental health issues in the province, officials said Sunday.

• Air Canada deal avoids shutdown, brings relief to passengers and business groups

  Travellers, business groups and politicians expressed fervent relief on Sunday after Air Canada and the union representing thousands of its pilots negotiated a new labour deal and averted a disruptive, countrywide shutdown.

• Victoria man who stole from investors banned from market, BCSC says

  A Victoria man who pleaded guilty to theft following an investigation by B.C.'s securities regulator has now been banned from the investment market.

• Donald Trump was the subject of 'an assassination attempt,' FBI reports

  The FBI said Donald Trump was the target of 'what appears to be an attempted assassination' at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

• 2024 Emmy Awards: Quick highlights, including who won

  'Shogun,' 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' at the topo of the queue as the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive on Sunday.

• 4 charged with manslaughter, forcible confinement in Burnaby 19-year-old's death: IHIT

  More than a year after a Burnaby man was killed during a home invasion, charges have been laid against four suspects for their alleged involvement in the fatal incident.

• B.C. Conservatives promise to end stumpage fees, review fire management if elected

  British Columbia Conservatives are promising changes they say will bring more "stability" to the province's struggling forestry industry.

• Coastal GasLink fined $590K following 'repeated non-compliance' with environmental rules

  British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Office fined the company responsible for a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. for the sixth time this week.

• Dragon statue with 'significant sentimental value' taken from porch: Nanaimo RCMP

  Mounties in Nanaimo are asking for the public’s help to find a dragon statue that holds “significant sentimental value” for its owner.

• New book captures 'intimate look' at Terry Fox with journal entries, interviews

  When Barbara Adhiya first learned that Terry Fox had run the length of a marathon a day during his journey across Canada, she was shocked.

• B.C. woman reveals greatest life lesson after celebrating 100th birthday

  If you take a look to the right of Hilda Duddridge’s 100th birthday cake, you’ll see a sculpture of a smiling girl extending her arms forward.

• Canadian warship seizes 1,400 kilos of cocaine off Central America

  A Canadian warship has seized more than 1,400 kilograms of cocaine during an anti-drug-trafficking operation in Central America.

• Police investigating suspicious death in Nanaimo, B.C.

  Mounties have launched a suspicious death investigation after a man was found dead Thursday in Nanaimo, B.C.

• Son charged with 1st-degree murder after father's death on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

  A 26-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of his father on the Sunshine Coast last year.

• Police watchdog called after suspect shot, woman injured in Merritt, B.C.

  British Columbia's police oversight agency is investigating after two people were injured – including a suspect who was airlifted to hospital with serious gunshot injuries – during an altercation with Mounties in the B.C. Interior.

• Canada to deploy military patrol plane, 50 personnel to Japan

  Canada will send a military patrol plane and approximately 50 personnel to Japan this month to support international sanctions on North Korea following that country's recent ballistic missile tests, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Friday.

• Son charged with B.C. woman's murder: RCMP

  More than a year after a missing Kamloops, B.C., woman’s body was found, her son has been arrested and charged with her murder, Mounties announced Friday.