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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 18m

Police watchdog investigating ‘serious’ injury during arrest near Victoria

British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was seriously injured while being arrested near Victoria.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 48m

Chilliwack, B.C., Mounties cleared after woman seriously injured in 2024 arrest

British Columbia’s police watchdog has cleared Mounties in Chilliwack, B.C., of wrongdoing after a woman was seriously injured while being arrested last fall.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 1h

Woman pushing stroller struck in Vancouver intersection, police say

A woman and a child were taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Vancouver’s west side Tuesday afternoon, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks for your ‘patience,’ Eby says to public over B.C. workers strike

British Columbia’s premier says it’s been a frustrating time for residents as a public service workers dispute drags into its seventh week, but he appreciates their patience.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 2h

Province to build new plant, animal health centre in Abbotsford, B.C.

The British Columbia government has announced its plans to build a new plant and animal health centre to monitor, detect and prevent the spread of diseases such as avian flu.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 2h

Man charged with arson, assault after bizarre attack at Vancouver Island home

Mounties are investigating a chaotic incident in which a man allegedly crashed his vehicle into a home on Vancouver Island before setting fire to the residence and attacking the occupants inside.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 3h

Cougar found with suspected gunshot wound on Vancouver Island: officials

Officials are asking the public for help figuring out what happened to a cougar that’s been the subject of multiple sightings in a Vancouver Island community.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 3h

Small businesses taking big hit as the BCGEU strike enters seventh week

The BC General Employees’ Union strike is now in its seventh week and it’s taking a toll on local businesses and the province’s economy.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 4h

City encourages Vancouverites to consider renting out their homes during the World Cup

When tournament staff and tourists descend on Vancouver for the World Cup next June and July, they will need somewhere to stay.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 4h

Woman shot while sleeping in Surrey home believed to be first injured in extortion cases

Police in Surrey, B.C., say that a shooting that seriously injured a woman over the weekend was related to extortion, marking what is believed to be the first time someone has been physically harmed in the wave of threats and attacks plaguing the city.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 5h

‘We have a Trumpkin!’: B.C. woman creates patriotic Halloween display with skeletons posed elbows-up

Stephanie Roy is preparing for her most wonderful time of the year.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 6h

Woman charged as police continue to investigate Vancouver stabbings, assaults

A woman has been charged as Vancouver police continue to investigate a series of apparently random, daylight assaults in Yaletown last week.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 7h

B.C. students and a new clinic: What SFU’s incoming medical school means for you

B.C. Premier David Eby was in Surrey Tuesday to announce applications for SFU’s medical school are now open, but the biggest news for the general public hasn’t garnered the biggest headlines.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 8h

B.C. man convicted of perjury for testimony during sexual assault trial

A man who was found not guilty of sexual assault has been convicted of perjury for lying on the stand at his trial, according to a recently published court decision.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 9h

Watch: Ferry passengers treated to unexpected humpback whale encounter in Horseshoe Bay

The waters of B.C.’s Horseshoe Bay are typically busy on long weekends, as ferries shuttle vacationers to and from the islands and boaters take their vessels out for final pre-winter spins, but the commotion Monday afternoon wasn’t caused by your average Thanksgiving Day traffic.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 10h

B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in ‘real’ projects

Lifting the oil tanker ban off British Columbia’s North Coast for a nonexistent pipeline from Alberta would endanger billions in other real investments that Premier David Eby says will need the support of coastal First Nations.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 11h

Snuggerud scores twice, St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 5-2

Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Monday.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 12h

Expanded U.S. tariffs an ‘existential threat’ to B.C. forestry industry, Eby says

B.C. Premier David Eby is calling on the federal government to support workers whose jobs are put at risk by the “unfair” and “unjustified attack” on the Canadian forestry industry by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 13h

B.C. set to open Western Canada’s first new medical school in decades

Applications are being accepted for those wanting to become doctors through Simon Fraser University, in what the British Columbia government says is the first new medical school in Western Canada in decades.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 14h

16 motorcycle deaths over 2 months as B.C. sees ‘spike’ in dangerous driving

Authorities are reminding motorcyclists to slow down and ride responsibility following a deadly couple of months on B.C.’s highways.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 14h

B.C. acupuncturist barred from undressing patients amid investigation

A Vancouver acupuncturist has been barred from undressing patients below the waist amid an ongoing investigation by the province’s regulator.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 15h

IIO called in after person found in ‘medical distress’ in Vancouver jail

B.C.’s police watchdog has been called in after a person who was being held in Vancouver police custody went into medical distress Friday.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 15h

Training exercise will bring ‘large police presence’ to Vancouver waters Monday

Multiple law enforcement agencies and the Canadian Coast Guard will be participating in a training exercise Monday, which will lead to an increased presence of uniformed officers near popular beaches.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 16h

Suspect arrested days after ‘unprovoked’ stabbings in Vancouver

Days after an alarming series of stabbings in downtown Vancouver that left several people injured, authorities have arrested a suspect.

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 16h

‘All clear’: Evacuation alert issued over illegal B.C. dam rescinded

An evacuation alert issued over concerns that an illegally constructed dam near Kamloops, B.C., could burst has been rescinded.

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