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  B.C. travellers urged to pack patience amid busy long weekend

  It’s expected to be very busy on the roads, at border crossings, and aboard BC Ferries on Friday as British Columbians begin their long weekend plans.

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  Young voters flag affordability as top issue ahead of B.C. election

  When B.C. voters make their way to the polls on Oct. 19, affordability is sure to be top of mind, particularly for some young people.

• Economy adds 47,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate falls to 6.5 per cent

  The economy added 47,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate declined for the first time since January to 6.5 per cent.

• Victoria police appeal for information in pellet gun shooting

  A suspect has been arrested after allegedly shooting a pellet gun at someone in a Victoria parking lot last week, according to authorities.

• Five seals released after rehab at Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

  It was a special day for five rescued harbour seals and the people who helped prepare them for their return to life in the wild.

• Police in B.C. say they seized fentanyl 'moulded into dinosaurs, Lego bricks and other shapes'

  Mounties on Vancouver Island say they made an unusual seizure during a recent drug trafficking investigation.

• B.C. man sentenced for Indigenous woman's murder after court rejects 'rough sex' defence

  A B.C. man was found guilty and sentenced for murder after failing to convince a judge that the woman he killed and dismembered consented to the strangulation that caused her death.

• Ottawa announces $4.9M oil recovery operation on B.C. shipwreck from 1946

  The federal government is spending $4.9 million to remove a load of heavy oil from a United States military ship that sank off the coast of British Columbia nearly 80 years ago but now poses "significant risk" of a major spill due to deterioration.

• B.C. candidate apologizes for 'unacceptable' comments about Muslims, Palestinians

  One of the B.C. Conservative candidates running in the province's second-largest city has apologized for "completely unacceptable" comments he made about Muslims and Palestinians.

• Childhood friendship with dolphin inspires B.C. man to pursue passion on ocean

  Young Gary was sitting beside the ocean on vacation when a dolphin swam up to him and started making sounds.

• B.C. prison guards seize package containing $575K in meth, electronics

  Prison officials in British Columbia say guards at a medium-security prison in the Fraser Valley seized a package containing hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and other contraband over the weekend.

• Advance polls open in the B.C. election

  The 2024 B.C. election officially kicks off Thursday morning as advance voting locations open their doors.

• Sea-Doo thefts prompt warning from police in Metro Vancouver

  Mounties are issuing a warning to personal watercraft owners after a wave of thefts were reported at marinas in Metro Vancouver.

• UVic PhD candidate working to bring first ever portable microplastics test kit to market

  Abbas Motalebizadeh is a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria’s Mechanical Engineering Department and on Wednesday he was at the Victoria International Marina to test the Inner Harbour for microplastics.

• Did John Rustad witness an overdose death on his way to the B.C. leaders' debate?

  During the campaign, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad has repeatedly said people are "dying on the streets" in the province – and on Tuesday he claimed to have witnessed that very thing in downtown Vancouver while he was on his way to the leaders' debate.

• Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo lauds B.C. Green Party in leadup to election

  American actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo is weighing in on British Columbia politics, lauding the B.C. Green Party's stance on fossil fuels ahead of the Oct. 19 election.

• B.C. wildlife group offers $1,000 reward after dead black bears found without paws

  The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it is investigating after the bodies of two black bears with their paws removed were found in a Fraser Valley river.

• Eby says he'll focus on NDP's record in B.C., but can't resist more digs at Rustad

  British Columbia New Democrat Leader David Eby says he was "wired" and had trouble falling asleep after the televised election debate, adding that he would see his performance as successful if those watching at home felt he was focused on their priorities.

• B.C. protester who praised Hamas allowed to attend rallies again

  A B.C. woman who was recorded praising Hamas as 'heroic and brave' can return to protest rallies, authorities confirmed this week.

• Man suffers serious injuries in assault in Nanaimo, B.C.

  A suspect remains at large after an assault sent a man to hospital with serious injuries in Nanaimo, B.C.