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Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s 18th pedestrian fatality of the year. They say a 59-year-old man was hit by a car in East Vancouver Saturday evening and was later pronounced dead in hospital.

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported 992 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over the last two days and 23 more deaths, raising the death toll in the province to 2,257. The Health Ministry says 4,265 infections are active across B.C.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The British Columbia Milk Marketing Board says it has reinstated the dairy licence of a Fraser Valley farm with mandatory conditions after an investigation found violations of the code for the care and handling of dairy cattle.

In some cases, severe illness may occur from a salmonella infection and hospitalization may be required.

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — Mounties on southern Vancouver Island say a can of bear spray that overheated caused chemical burns to one person and breathing troubles for others who were aboard a bus near the Fairy Creek protest site.

VANCOUVER — The latest in a series of weather events is predicted to lash parts of British Columbia. Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for parts of the south coast and southern Interior.

The break-in occurred at about 9 a.m., with video surveillance showing a suspect arriving in a small truck carrying a tool to cut the locks off storage sheds on the legion property

VICTORIA — A larger than expected crowd turned out for a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph outside the British Columbia legislature in Victoria. Rev.

VANCOUVER — Stó:lō writer Lee Maracle, who championed the stories of Indigenous women to change the face of Canadian literature, has died.

Rifleman says Canada abandoned Afghans who helped keep troops alive