Two people have been taken to hospital in Vancouver after an early morning blaze in a highrise in the city's West End. Flames broke out just before 7 a.m. on the building's fourth floor and crews were quickly able to knock the fire down, but not before firefighters say it caused extensive smoke and water damage to several units. The two victims, a man and woman, are believed to be suffering from smoke inhalation and the extent of their injuries is still being determined. A cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Vancouver Police has released information about an attack on a person in a hotel in Gastown area. A 26 year old man was attacked with a machete while sleeping inside Gastown's Colonial Hotel on Friday. The attack left the man with two partially severed fingers and knife wounds to his left knee. VPD has identified a person of interest and is investigating. Although Vancouver police has not given any information about any person's arrest so far.

Keen-eyed officers with Nanaimo's street crime unit are being credited with a bust that police say has taken an estimated 40,000 dollars worth of drugs off the street. A statement from the Nanaimo detachment says the officers spotted a driver they knew did not have a valid licence. Once he was pulled over, Mounties say officers quickly found the crystal meth, crack cocaine, other drugs, cash, cellphones, a digital scale and several replica firearms. In all, police say three people in the vehicle were linked to the drug trade and all have been released while charges are considered.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it's time for truckers in a convoy in Ottawa to go home. He says they have made their point and are losing any support they had from Ottawa residents after some anti-vaccine protesters vandalized a Terry Fox monument and desecrated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial. Singh says it's wrong that businesses have been forced to shut down, some kids can't go to school and some people living in the downtown core are afraid to leave their homes. The protesters are showing no signs of leaving.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t planning to meet with the protesters involved in the truck convoy against vaccine mandates. He says while he has attended rallies in the past, he has chosen not to go anywhere near protests that have expressed hateful rhetoric and endorsed violence toward fellow citizens. He had this message for politicians who he says are exploiting people’s fears.Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19 and says two of his children have now contracted COVID. He says he's feeling fine and will be working from home this week as he follows public health guidelines. Trudea

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he tested positive for COVID-19 today. He says on Twitter that he is ``feeling fine'' and that he will keep working remotely this week as he follows public health guidelines. His tweet also encourages everyone to ``please get vaccinated and get boosted.'' Trudeau revealed last Thursday that he was going into isolation for five days after finding out the previous evening he had been in contact with someone who tested positive. He told The Canadian Press on Friday that it was because one of his three children had tested positive for COVID-19. Trudeau is se

Voting is set to begin later this week to choose the B-C Liberal party's third leader since 2017, after Andrew Wilkinson stepped down when the N-D-P were re-elected with a majority government in 2020. The winner among seven candidates is expected to be announced Saturday evening after a months-long campaign that often focused on renewal and a new course for a party that has lost successive elections after 16 years in power. A post-election report released by the party last June said the Liberals are perceived by many as lacking diversity and must embark on a rebranding that supports the chan

Members of three generations of a Vancouver family, including a child, died in a fire inside a home in the city's east end over the weekend. Fire Chief Karen Fry says the basement suite of the detached home was fully enveloped in flames when fire and rescue personnel arrived Sunday morning, finding two injured adults who said three people were still inside. Assistant Chief Brian Bertuzzi confirmed that the child under 10, their mother and grandfather died after extensive attempts to resuscitate them, while the child's father sustained burns and their grandmother suffered smoke inhalation. F

British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings are expected to be gradually lifted next month, starting on Family Day.Dr. Bonnie Henry says that's possible in part because 90 per cent of residents aged 12 and over have received two doses of vaccine, though more people need to get a booster shot for longer-lasting protection.She says taking that step is necessary as new variants will surely emerge as immunity wanes and respiratory season in the fall again brings an increased risk of transmission.Henry says B.C.'s committee on immunization will be discussing a reco