Mounties in North Vancouver say they have arrested a man for the breaking and entering of an Airbnb last month.
They say a family from the United States had been unloading their car at the property and had left the rear door of the home open.
Police say C-C-T-V footage showed a man stealing several items.
They say a man they believe responsible for the crime was arrested, but has been released until his next court appearance on October 23rd.
The heart of British Columbia's wine industry is reeling after suffering a litany of climate-related hits, resulting in two years of crop losses in the southern Interior. Record-breaking heat. Wildfires and smoke that repeatedly contaminated grapes. A destructive cold snap in 2022. Then, the hammer blow — another deep freeze this January that is estimated to have inflicted up to 99 per cent crop loss across the province, wiping out this year's vintage.
Rescuers say a woman is lucky to be alive after being caught in an avalanche on Metro Vancouver's North Shore and being completely buried upside down for up to 20 minutes. North Shore Rescue says the incident happened Sunday at the south face of Pump Peak, about 24 kilometres northeast of downtown Vancouver.
BC Hydro is restoring electricity to customers after strong wind gusts knocked out power to thousands of customers. Environment Canada issued wind warnings Saturday for parts of British Columbia and many are still in effect today.
Police in Surrey say they received nearly 230 reports of fraud involving cryptocurrency last year, resulting in losses totalling 12-million-dollars. R-C-M-P say police have already received 50 reports of similar cases in the first two months of this year, with losses reaching 3.2-million-dollars.
Vancouver Police say they've arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman in her 80s on the city's east side. Police say the driver did not stop after hitting the woman, who was crossing at Nanaimo and East Hastings streets yesterday afternoon.
Sri Lanka's high commission in Ottawa confirms the victims of a mass homicide in the suburb of Barrhaven were a family of Sri Lankan nationals. The city's police chief has said an attack by a "lone actor" left four children and two adults dead and a seventh person injured last night.