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SURREY, B.C. — City council in Surrey, B.C., has voted to send a plan to the province to keep the RCMP as its police force, saying it would save $235 million over five years.

"The way I thought about it, when am I ever going to go to the Middle East? I thought I might as well go and take that experience in." ~ Matt Liknes

Vancouver Island dance duo Funkanometry capped its best year to date with a shout-out from Annie Lennox that sent its social-media accounts into overdrive.

Family of the late Betty Swift hopes Link Island becomes a location for climate-change research

Neighbours saw flames coming through the roof of the older three-storey building. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Candice Servatius, whose appeal was dismissed on Monday, had taken issue with a smudging practice carried out in 2015 by a Nuu-chah-nulth elder in a Port Alberni classroom

“It’s crazy because at about 9:50 on the 6th the fire had started, and on the 9th about 9:50 we were holding baby.”

Water fowl, raptors and even crows and ravens are likely seeing untold losses, say Island wildlife rescue organizations.

Courtney David Baskerville was first hit while riding his bike in the West End and later as he rode in a cab to Gastown.

VANCOUVER — BC Children’s Hospital has approved double-bunking patients in single-occupancy rooms as it tries to cope with an influx of patients with respiratory illnesses.