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A reduced cable ferry schedule was set to be implemented on Monday morning and would have brought the 24-hour on-demand Harrop Ferry down to just two service windows a day.

Police said they received calls around noon on Sunday of reports that a suspicious man was going through people's backyards along the Arbutus Greenway near Maple Street.

The underlying claim in the long-running lawsuit, filed in 2016, alleges WestJet breached flight attendants' contracts by breaking a promise to provide a harassment-free workplace.

Police in Abbotsford are investigating after officers found what are believed to be human remains inside a vehicle that was set on fire in Sumas Mountain Regional Park.

Kelly James Toop, 64, was granted day parole in June but had his release privileges suspended in October after allegations about his behaviour.

"He basically stated, 'Well, what was the disability for the dog?'" dad John Wynn said. "So I'm like, okay, well, that's none of your business."

Dueck was sentenced to two-years less a day, however due to time served he will spend the next 240 days in jail, followed by a three-year probation order.

A collision between a transit bus and a pedestrian outside Metrotown has renewed calls to improve pedestrian safety at a dangerous crossing outside the mall.

The comments come as a group of students from Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary fights to have one of the devices installed across their school district. 

"I think it's fair to say from a scientific perspective, if they have the same hardwiring, they're going to have the same emotions (as humans)."

The B.C. General Employees' Union represents ferry workers who have been on strike since Nov. 3 in a dispute with employer Western Pacific Marine.

The crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. on Oct. 19, after Victoria police tried to pull over a Nissan Titan on Courtney Street.

The new Know Alcohol calculator was developed by researchers at UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and calculates personalized health risks from drinking.

Highway 1 was closed in both directions west of Kamloops on Thursday due to a multi-vehicle crash.

The greatest increase in burn severity days was recorded in parts of northern Quebec, the Northwest Territories, northwest Alberta and northeast British Columbia.

Police said officers were called to Reed Point Marina on New Year's Day just after 9 a.m. for a report of a deceased person in the water.

Maj. Dave Peabody died while off duty on Dec. 26 in Kootenay National Park, the military said Thursday.

Vancouver police officers were first called to Southwest Marine Drive and West 57th Street after passing motorists saw what they believed was a fight on the street.

Acting assistant chief Kevin Copeland with the Surrey Fire Service told Global News that crews were called at 10:47 p.m. on Wednesday to the 10600 block of 135A Street.

The video shows the fireworks exploding on the front lawn of his home in the Newton area, showering the neighbourhood and several vehicles with sparks.

The 1913-built Regent Hotel at 160 East Hastings Street has been decaying since the City of Vancouver shut it down at the end of June 2018.

On Friday, a B.C. Labour Relations Board ruling permitted an expansion of the strike that has already limited sailings on the major Kootenay Lake routes.