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Butane torch lighters linked to 'unprecedented' rise in Vancouver fire incidents

Butane torch lighters linked to 'unprecedented' rise in Vancouver fire incidents

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Fire Rescue Service says the first half of 2023 has been a record-breaking period for fire-related incidents in the city, with alarming numbers of calls involving drug users and butane torches with flame-locking mechanisms.
Supreme Court overrules 'flawed' eviction of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ single mom

Supreme Court overrules 'flawed' eviction of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ single mom

A BC Housing-sanctioned non-profit housing society in Surrey attempted to evict a single mom until a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Supreme Court judge overturned the process, describing it as 'patently unreasonable'
Hospital can take man off life support despite family protests, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ court rules

Hospital can take man off life support despite family protests, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ court rules

Daughters fought numerous St. Paul's Hospital physicians who had placed a do-not-resuscitate sign on their father's bed in Vancouver, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Man arrested after alleged drunken boating crash on sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ lake

Man arrested after alleged drunken boating crash on sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ lake

Police in Vernon, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, say they observed a man trying to free the stuck boat with a jet ski while showing 'signs of intoxication.'
Rain and cooler weather bring reprieve to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ wildfire crews, but only for few days

Rain and cooler weather bring reprieve to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ wildfire crews, but only for few days

A cooling trend with potential rain showers across much of British Columbia is expected to ease wildfire conditions for the next 36 to 48 hours, but hot, dry weather is set to return by the end of the week.
Whistler dog walker spotted 'dragging' dog into 'forced bear encounter'

Whistler dog walker spotted 'dragging' dog into 'forced bear encounter'

Photographer Natalie Wannamaker says the woman ignored her warnings of bears in the area, bringing her on-leash dog within inches of a young bear on the Valley Trail
'It is agonizing': Grieving mother calls for answers after Indigenous daughter found dead on reserve

'It is agonizing': Grieving mother calls for answers after Indigenous daughter found dead on reserve

An Indigenous woman is dead and her mother is desperately searching for answers on what happened during the last moments she was alive.
Six months into sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s decriminalization experiment, what's working and what's not?

Six months into sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s decriminalization experiment, what's working and what's not?

Police seizures and arrests for simple drug possession are trending downward, critics say the pilot project is only of limited help.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ festival evacuated due to wildfire, more properties on alert over long weekend

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ festival evacuated due to wildfire, more properties on alert over long weekend

Organizers touted it as the "hottest music festival" of the summer, but attendees at the Under the Stars event near Princeton, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, this weekend likely didn't take it literally before a fire erupted nearby.
Fires on both sides of Adams Lake in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ prompt evacuation orders

Fires on both sides of Adams Lake in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ prompt evacuation orders

Wildfires on both sides of Adams Lake in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Interior have prompted evacuation orders as crews continue to battle the blazes over the long weekend.