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SURREY, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — The federal government is providing more than $9 million in funding for programs in British Columbia and Yukon to combat homelessness among veterans.

BURNABY, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — Mounties in Burnaby say westbound lanes of Highway 1 near the city have been shut after a multi-vehicle crash. They say just before 3 a.m.

The University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery found that two diesel generation stations provide 60 per cent of the power to the islands’ nearly 5,000 residents.

Second World War veteran Percival Smith was a teenager when he entered the British Merchant Navy, but after years at sea he emerged as a man who returned to a family he "couldn't even recognize" after the war.

The exterior of police stations will soon look different in Surrey, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½

CHILLIWACK, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ — Mounties in Chilliwack, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, say a man was arrested after a short standoff with police along Highway 1 over the weekend. RCMP say officers attended a call for a single-vehicle incident on Sunday evening.

A ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ teen has a suspected case of H5N1 avian flu — the first known human to acquire the virus in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½. The provincial government said on the weekend that ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½

VANCOUVER — Environment ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ has issued rainfall advisories along ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s west coast with the highest amounts expected around Metro Vancouver.

2.9 million passenger vehicles entered the U.S. through the Pacific Highway crossing last year

VANCOUVER — Environment ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ says heavy rain and winds could cause power outages on Vancouver Island as an "intense" storm system is set to hit the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ coast today.