B.C. babysitter must be acquitted in toddler's drowning death, Supreme Court rules | Southern B.C. set to bake under 'early season heat event' | Vancouver man arrested after driving into Pacific Coliseum entrance during Cirque du Soleil show, police say
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B.C. babysitter must be acquitted in toddler's drowning death, Supreme Court rules; Tammy Marion Bouvette is seen in a documentary by CBC's The Fifth Estate\.

B.C. babysitter must be acquitted in toddler's drowning death, Supreme Court rules

June 6 , 2025 at 10:27:30 a.m. PDT • :

Tammy Marion Bouvette pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of a 19-month-old in 2011. Her conviction was later overturned, but a B.C. court declined to enter an acquittal. On Friday, Canada's Supreme Court ruled that Bouvette should be acquitted.
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Southern B.C. set to bake under 'early season heat event'; Environment Canada is forecasting temperatures in the low to mid 30s in Kelowna on Sunday, with overnight lows in the mid teens\. High temperatures are expected throughout southern B\.C\.

Southern B.C. set to bake under 'early season heat event'

June 6 , 2025 at 11:02:14 a.m. PDT • :

Things are heating up in the south, while wildfires have prompted an air quality statement in the north.
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Vancouver man arrested after driving into Pacific Coliseum entrance during Cirque du Soleil show, police say; Police arrested a 30-year-old man Thursday evening after a vehicle was driven into the entrance of the Pacific Coliseum\. Police say a concrete pillar likely stopped the vehicle from crashing further into the arena\.

Vancouver man arrested after driving into Pacific Coliseum entrance during Cirque du Soleil show, police say

June 5 , 2025 at 11:12:50 p.m. PDT • :

Vancouver police say a 30-year-old man was arrested and it was a "miracle that nobody was killed" after a vehicle was driven into the arena entrance on Thursday night.
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Carney defends inviting Modi to G7 after RCMP linked India to murders and extortion; Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pictured in New Zealand in March, to the G7 meeting later this month in Alberta\.

Carney defends inviting Modi to G7 after RCMP linked India to murders and extortion

June 6 , 2025 at 07:36:07 a.m. PDT • :

Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta just months after the RCMP accused his government of acts of murder, extortion and coercion.
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Presale buyers left in limbo after Burnaby development goes bust; The Siena at the Heights project on Hastings Street in North Burnaby brought in presale deposits totalling over \$5 million before being put into court ordered receivership\.

Presale buyers left in limbo after Burnaby development goes bust

June 6 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Joe Racanelli and his wife can only look at the big hole in the ground on Hastings Street that's now for sale and wonder when they'll get their $170,000 presale deposit back.
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B.C. mill worker drowns after being trapped in machine that fell into ocean; RCMP say the B\.C\. Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC are both conducting investigations into a workplace death in Crofton, B\.C\.  

June 5 , 2025 at 12:36:56 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. mill worker drowns after being trapped in machine that fell into ocean

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B.C. government approves new LNG pipeline with terminus near Prince Rupert; Construction of the Ksi Lisims liquified natural gas facility could begin in 2025 if it receives approval, proponents say\. The proposed site is located at Wil Milit, approximately 15 kilometres northwest of Gingolx, a B\.C\. coastal community about 80 kilometres north of Prince Rupert\. It would be supplied by the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline\.  

June 5 , 2025 at 02:15:33 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. government approves new LNG pipeline with terminus near Prince Rupert

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Why an orca near West Vancouver was seen 'moonwalking'; Marine mammal zoologist Anna Hall  

June 5 , 2025 at 12:27:24 p.m. PDT • :

Why an orca near West Vancouver was seen 'moonwalking'

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3 hospitalized, 1 in critical condition, after boat explosion on Vancouver Island; The aftermath of an apparent boat explosion in Deep Bay Marina, north of Parksville, on Vancouver Island\.  

June 5 , 2025 at 01:07:01 p.m. PDT • :

3 hospitalized, 1 in critical condition, after boat explosion on Vancouver Island

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Love the $1.50 hot dog combo at the downtown Vancouver Costco? You'll soon need membership to buy it; A Costco food court  

June 5 , 2025 at 12:08:22 p.m. PDT • :

Love the $1.50 hot dog combo at the downtown Vancouver Costco? You'll soon need membership to buy it

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June 4 , 2025 at 12:17:29 p.m. PDT • :

The world's most-consumed liquor is finally cropping up in North American bars

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June 5 , 2025 at 11:53:21 a.m. PDT • :

B.C. mom picks up her son's ADHD medication, is given an opioid instead

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June 5 , 2025 at 12:06:27 p.m. PDT • :

Chantel Moore's mother walks 33 km in B.C. on anniversary of daughter's killing by police

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June 5 , 2025 at 10:37:14 p.m. PDT • :

Tŝilhqot'in Nation signs agreement with Taseko, province to end mine dispute

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June 5 , 2025 at 11:29:54 a.m. PDT • :

Crews working to save homes as winds worsen fires in northeastern B.C.

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