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WHITEHORSE — Yukon says its Communicable Disease Control and the territory's chief medical officer have confirmed a case of whooping cough on a flight from Whitehorse to Vancouver earlier this month.

SURREY, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared officers of wrongdoing in a crash where three people were killed south of Kamloops in July of last year.

PORT COQUITLAM, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says a man from Abbotsford, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, has pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in black bear paws.

SQUAMISH, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — Police in Squamish, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, have issued a warning against vigilante action over safety concerns they say are circulating on social media.

FREDERICTON — The offspring of beetles imported from British Columbia are ready to take up the fight against an invasive insect that is killing hemlock trees in Nova Scotia.

SURREY, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — Federal Mounties have arrested three men in Surrey, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, who they say are tied to an organized crime group with links to Mexican drug cartels believed to be importing cocaine to ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½.

The system is expected to bring up to 50 centimetres of snow before Thursday night.

A subterranean water pipeline passing under the Fraser River aims to secure Metro Vancouver's water supply, even after a major earthquake.

VANCOUVER — Wind warnings covered much of British Columbia's south and central coast Tuesday night, while Environment ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ added a rainfall warning for Haida Gwaii and a winter storm warning for a section of Highway 3 in the southern Interior.

NEW WESTMINSTER, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — Two people have been charged after a Metro Vancouver Transit Police investigation turned up guns and illicit drugs, including fentanyl disguised as dog treats.