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NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment.

FORT NELSON, B.C. — A man well known to police and identified in the courts as a gang leader faces charges in connection with a shooting in Fort Nelson, B.C.

PORT MOODY, B.C. — The husband of a Metro Vancouver woman whose body was found almost four years ago now faces charges connected to the death. Trina Hunt was reported missing on Jan.

Lazeena Bibi Dean pleaded guilty to impaired driving after hitting multiple cars in the space of one block in East Vancouver.

The California wildfires are now considered contained, but 29 people were killed and as many as 19,000 homes and other buildings were destroyed since the fires started on Jan. 7.

VANCOUVER — A bitter cold spell sweeping over coastal and northern British Columbia has brought snow and wind chills around minus 50.

The Queen of Capilano caused heavy damage to a local dock and missed several Sunday sailings; investigation into cause underway

The Prairies and British Columbia saw three times the deaths tied to alcohol as Ontario and the Atlantic provinces, and six to seven times the deaths seen in Quebec.

VANCOUVER — The first snowy blast of winter in Metro Vancouver is expected to continue with up to 25 centimetres of snow predicted in some areas before it's done today.

VANCOUVER — The first widespread snowfall of winter has hit Metro Vancouver, with Environment Canada warning the ongoing wintry blast could eventually bring up to 25 centimetres to start off a frigid week.