Avalanche Canada has issued a very rare extreme avalanche danger for the Sea to Sky region.

A strong Pacific storm is on the way for Thursday afternoon and Friday for the BC coast. Heavy rain is expected.

The Board has given a green light to Green Coast Ventures Inc. to operate in the Lower Mainland and in Whistler as well as on Vancouver Island, excluding the Capital Regional District.

West Vancouver police disabled a vehicle on Highway 99 and arrested a man and a woman who were found with stolen property and drugs.

A Squamish man has been fined $4,000 and banned from hunting for four years for shooting a therapy dog near Whistler in 2017.

A black bear was injured after being struck by two vehicles on Highway 99 in West Vancouver. The bear ran off into a nearby green space with visible serious injuries.

Conservation Officers issued 16 tickets – totalling more than $8,000 in fines – to 14 people for using a motor vehicle in an area near Pemberton that is closed to the public for the protection of grizzly bears.

Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton are among 35 BC communities that will receive up to $150,000 from the province for on-the-ground community action teams (CATs) to fight the overdose crisis in the province.

Commercial truckers will now face higher fines for not carrying chains when required, and for not installing them during mandatory chain ups on B.C. highways, the province announced.

Backcountry Brewing has named the beer "Suck It Cancer" and collaborated on the can design with the estate of local Squamish artist Chili Thom.