BC News

VANCOUVER — Bus service reductions or cancellations hit 25 of Metro Vancouver's busiest bus routes Friday as job action by Unifor maintenance workers and drivers entered a second week.

VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says its efforts to regulate short-term rental units and bring more long-term rental options back into the pricey housing market are working.

VICTORIA — A mechanical problem on a BC Ferries vessel turned a 40-minute sailing into a four-hour marathon for passengers travelling through British Columbia's southern Gulf Islands.

VICTORIA — The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner in British Columbia has called a public hearing into allegations of misconduct by two Vancouver officers who were accused of using excessive force and improperly entering a home.

VANCOUVER — The popular fermented drink kombucha is considered a healthy beverage containing good-for-the-gut probiotics but the BC Centre for Disease Control is concerned some products may have higher-than-regulated levels of alcohol.

VANCOUVER — A report is urging British Columbia to get better financial guarantees that mining companies will pay for the mess they make. The First Nations who commissioned the study say that if the government doesn't do it, they will.

VANCOUVER — A ban on the sale and use of consumer fireworks could be in place across Vancouver by 2021.

VICTORIA — Students in two British Columbia communities will soon be able to ride transit for free. Victoria and Whistler have announced programs to provide free local transit passes to young people.

VANCOUVER — Commuters have been warned to expect some bus cancellations as job action by transit workers continues across Metro Vancouver, but SeaBus service connecting Vancouver and North Shore is already taking a hit.

ANGLEMONT, B.C. — RCMP are investigating the discovery of two bodies in a home in British Columbia's southern Interior. Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey says the deaths are considered suspicious.