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A storm is expected to bring very strong winds and heavy rain to Vancouver Island and B.C.'s south coast on Christmas morning.

Osborne: "When the premier first told me, I was very surprised."

Researchers can now borrow objects from the City of Coquitlam's Riverview Hospital Artifact Collection, which includes beakers, bed pans and medical bottles.

Backcountry skiers are urged to check the Avalanche Canada forecasts before heading out.

A 24-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle last week in Burnaby, B.C., has died. Police say the woman was hit the night of Dec. 17 and taken to hospital in critical condition where she later died.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Police have released the name of a homicide victim whose remains were found during a bush fire in Langley, B.C., last year, as they appeal for witnesses in the case.

PORT MOODY, B.C. — Police in Port Moody, B.C., say a gas leak from a truck that shut down a major road and triggered evacuations is believed to involve carbon dioxide, and not toxic ammonia as first suspected.

BURNABY, B.C. — Mounties in Burnaby are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect believed to have defrauded a senior of thousands of dollars by posing as a bank employee.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says the first of a series of Christmas week storms forecast for British Columbia's coast is moving inland, after bringing 140 km/h winds to some exposed coastal areas.

They argued that the installation of a new pole harmed fish in a nearby creek.