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Local spots lone humpback whale in Howe Sound.

VANCOUVER — A union representing thousands of provincial government workers in British Columbia has escalated job action with a ban on overtime. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Vancouver police say four men have been arrested after two guns were seized from a tent in a Downtown Eastside street encampment. Police say the weapons found in the tent near East Hastings and Carrall Street included a loaded shotgun.

VANCOUVER — Dozens of people have been left without a home after an apparent explosion sparked a fire between two buildings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Two people were killed when a driver veered off a shared driveway and ploughed into a crowd on the neighbouring property.

VANCOUVER — Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, is the latest emergency room in the province to shut its doors due to lack of staff, joining a series of similar interruptions in service in British Columbia's Interior.

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — The candidate nomination period for the upcoming provincial byelection in Surrey South has closed. Elections BC says there are a total of five candidates, each representing one of the five registered political parties.

VICTORIA — A British Columbia MLA says he holds no animosity toward the BC Liberal Party or its leader after being ousted from its caucus earlier this week. John Rustad, who represents Nechako Lakes in central sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Vancouver police are investigating what they call a series of violent stranger assaults in the city's Fairview neighbourhood and trying to establish if the incidents are related.

Customer would have to have been driving 536.5 kilometres per hour non-stop to rack up the distance alleged by car rental company.