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B.C. shooting suspect dies after allegedly setting fire to apartment building: RCMP

B.C. shooting suspect dies after allegedly setting fire to apartment building: RCMP

FORT ST. JOHN — Police in northern British Columbia say a man was found dead inside a car Friday after he allegedly set fire to an apartment building and drove into the flames. Fort St.
Homicide team called to investigate 'suspicious' death, fire in Langley, B.C.

Homicide team called to investigate 'suspicious' death, fire in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY — Police in Metro Vancouver say they're treating the death of a person inside a burned home as suspicious and homicide investigators have taken the case.
Garth Mullins on surviving decades of the war on drugs

Garth Mullins on surviving decades of the war on drugs

'Crackdown' highlights how drug policy has shaped the toxic drug crisis and what can be done about it. A Tyee Q&A.
The West Coast's tidal swamps are supercharged carbon sinks

The West Coast's tidal swamps are supercharged carbon sinks

A collaborative cross-border study digging into forested tidal swamps in the Pacific Northwest has determined these ecosystems are carbon storage superheroes.
Trump effect lingers as Canadians skip U.S. travel

Trump effect lingers as Canadians skip U.S. travel

Airlines are scaling back U.S. service and adding more domestic routes as Canadians rethink travel
Marginalized people were detained unlawfully, report says

Marginalized people were detained unlawfully, report says

The Adult Guardianship Act has been used to hold 300 people in the last five years.
10 of the biggest weight loss myths, according to an obesity medicine expert

10 of the biggest weight loss myths, according to an obesity medicine expert

Hers separates fad from fact to bust common weight loss myths.
Search for missing swimmer off Vancouver's Wreck Beach 'stood down' after body found

Search for missing swimmer off Vancouver's Wreck Beach 'stood down' after body found

VANCOUVER — Police say the search for a man who went missing after swimming at Vancouver's Wreck Beach has been stood down after the discovery of body earlier today in the water on the shores of Third Beach.
B.C. graduate student clearing the air on causes of pollution

B.C. graduate student clearing the air on causes of pollution

Communities like Valemount could use this research to identify the source of black carbon in the area — whether it is from fossil fuels or burning wood, said the researcher.
Former in-laws lock horns over stuffed deer head

Former in-laws lock horns over stuffed deer head

A woman must return it to her ex-husband's father, BC Civil Resolution Tribunal rules.