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MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — A man and a woman from Maple Ridge, B.C., are both facing murder charges related to the death of a local man in early March.

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia housing operator named in a scathing audit says it has returned almost $2 million in surplus funds to the provincial government and formed a task force to oversee a review of its policies and practices.

DUNCAN, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog has been deployed to Vancouver Island after an officer shot a man who drove into a detachment parking lot, striking a police vehicle and injuring an officer, the Mounties said Friday.

Trucker Brad Degen was awoken by Mounties as he was inside his parked semi-trailer truck; after being uncooperative he was tasered. However, a judge ruled that such use of force was unnecessary.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — A former treasurer of a little league baseball organization in Coquitlam, B.C., is facing charges after $150,000 went missing from the group's bank account.

Lynn Morel says her 73-year-old grandmother tried up to eight times to get a reading, and all of them had no result.

Eight local businesses are currently listed for sale for less than the price of an average house.

After delays, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ordered sentencing in Meaz Adelrahma Nour-Eldin's case to go ahead.

Two major wildfires in British Columbia's Peace River region continue to burn out of control, as firefighters brace for the possibility that scorching weather may ignite more blazes. B.C.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says the province set a record for the most surgeries performed in the last fiscal year. A report from the Health Ministry says from April 2022 to March 2023 B.C.