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  B.C. machete attacks prompt call for federal action from attorney general

  British Columbia’s attorney general is urging the federal government to regulate machetes, citing multiple random and 'devastating' attacks using these types of weapons in the province’s urban centres.

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  'Never seen anything like this': Humpback whale catches unsuspecting seal off Vancouver Island

  A Vancouver Island nature photographer says he has never seen anything like what his camera captured on a recent whale-watching excursion off Victoria.

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  B.C. mayors demand federal funding for involuntary care, bail reforms, port crackdown

  A coalition of elected officials from across British Columbia gathered Monday to demand "urgent action" from the federal government on issues of public safety, mental health and drug addictions – including funding for the province's planned expansion of involuntary care.

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  Body recovered from B.C. lake after unclothed man leads investigators to crash site

  Mounties are investigating a fatal crash north of Whistler, B.C., after an unclothed man who was found along the side of the road led police to a pickup truck submerged in a lake with one occupant still inside.

• '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.

• B.C. mayors and councillors gather in Vancouver to talk housing, other thorny issues

  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.

• Who is Ryan Wesley Routh? What's known so far about the Trump assassination attempt suspect

  Ryan Wesley 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 top 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.