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VANCOUVER — The Canada Border Services Agency says a man from Sicamous, B.C., is facing firearms and drug trafficking charges after officers intercepted a package addressed to him earlier this year.

SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say six impaired driving charges have been approved against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Qualicum Beach earlier this year.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Mounties in Langley say they have saved Christmas for one family after thieves stole gifts from under their tree. Police say the break-and-enter incident occurred on Dec.

A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week.

A 24-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle last week in Burnaby, B.C., has died. Police say the woman was hit the night of Dec. 17 and taken to hospital in critical condition where she later died.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Police have released the name of a homicide victim whose remains were found during a bush fire in Langley, B.C., last year, as they appeal for witnesses in the case.

PORT MOODY, B.C. — Police in Port Moody, B.C., say a gas leak from a truck that shut down a major road and triggered evacuations is believed to involve carbon dioxide, and not toxic ammonia as first suspected.

BURNABY, B.C. — Mounties in Burnaby are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect believed to have defrauded a senior of thousands of dollars by posing as a bank employee.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada says the first of a series of Christmas week storms forecast for British Columbia's coast is moving inland, after bringing 140 km/h winds to some exposed coastal areas.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that a law passed by the provincial government to stave off opposition to a supportive housing development in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano is unconstitutional.