B.C. News

VANCOUVER — It is likely to be a banner year for mosquitoes as floodwaters are expected to hatch eggs that were laid not only last year, but up to a decade ago.

On her last day in the Peace River Valley, botanist Erica Wheeler finally spotted the elusive species she had sought. There it was, in full flower, on the Boons’ farm. The brittle prickly pear cactus, Opuntia fragilis.

A former Metro Vancouver realtor who has been leasing luxury properties to B.C. gangsters is behind bars in the U.S. charged with international money laundering.

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver dollar store is selling fentanyl test strips for $1.25, something harm reduction activists say is a good idea.

VANCOUVER — United Nations gang hitman Cory Vallee was convicted Friday of conspiring to kill the notorious Bacon brothers and murdering one of their closest friends. B.C.

VANCOUVER — Surrey Mounties have arrested a man in connection with a series of sex assaults in the city. At around 2 a.m. Saturday, Surrey RCMP received a report of an assault of a teenager in the 14800 block of 73 Avenue.

VANCOUVER — A former mixed-martial-arts fighter believed to be hiding from U.S. authorities after a gruesome Miami-area slaying is living with his family in B.C. while his immigration status is under review.

PENDER HARBOUR — Two to three dozen private docks could be demolished in Pender Harbour as part of a new dock management plan negotiated by the provincial government and the shíshálh (Sechelt) First Nation.

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver transit users are being reminded to tap their Compass or credit card not their wallet beginning Tuesday when card readers on buses and at SkyTrain stations start accepting card payments.