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VANCOUVER — Heavy rain and strong winds pummeled parts of British Columbia on Wednesday. Environment Canada had issued warnings for much of Vancouver Island, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and eastern and northern sections of Metro Vancouver.

VICTORIA — A former longtime British Columbia legislator has been appointed to the province's independent facilitating body for treaty negotiations on First Nations rights and title.

VANCOUVER — The Centre for Whale Research says it has confirmed a new killer whale calf in a pod of endangered orcas that live off southwest British Columbia is female.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Chief Const. Adam Palmer has announced he will retire at the end of April after 37 years with the department, including almost a decade in the top job.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's legislative session opens today amid what Premier David Eby describes as a time of "extraordinary change and uncertainty." Lt.-Gov.

VANCOUVER — LifeLabs in British Columbia says some of its more than 100 centres will be subject to rotating temporary closures starting Thursday as part of job action taken by its union workers. The B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. — A 26-year-old man from Nanaimo, B.C., has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash a year ago. Nanaimo RCMP say they were alerted to the crash on the night of Feb.

The suspect remains in custody and is charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of assault with a weapon.

SURREY, B.C. — Three people have died and a fourth is being treated for life-threatening injuries after a three-vehicle crash on the Pattullo Bridge between Surrey and New Westminster, B.C.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — The B.C. government along with the southeastern cities of Cranbrook and Kimberley say they'll try to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease with a targeted cull and testing of urban deer.