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VANCOUVER — City councillors in Vancouver have narrowly rejected a proposal for citywide parking permits and a levy on certain vehicles, with Mayor Kennedy Stewart questioning the fairness of the plan and casting the tiebreaking vote.

The failed motion would have raised roughly $60 million for alternative transportation and would have accounted for 14% of the emission reductions the city aims to make by switching to zero-emission vehicles. What will take its place is not clear.

VICTORIA — British Columbia has recorded 752 more cases of COVID-19 as nearly 82 per cent of eligible residents aged 12 and up have now been fully vaccinated. The province says nine more people have died, for a total of 1,992 deaths from the virus.

A 21-year-old woman is in police custody.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says truck drivers will be safer and more skilled once they have completed the province's new mandatory entry-level training program.

PM says it was a mistake to travel on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Canadians 12 and older travelling via train or plane will also need to show proof of vaccination

SURREY, B.C. — One person is dead after a shooting in Surrey Tuesday night. RCMP were called to the 12200 block of 80 Avenue for a gunshot call at approximately 9:56 p.m.

Report focuses on how the summer's prolonged extreme high temperatures affected vulnerable British Columbians.

City’s municipal police force has yet to make a decision on COVID-19 vaccinations for officers, unlike the RCMP.