Today's top headlines from CBC British Columbia

Today's top headlines from CBC British Columbia - 2025-06-24

Good afternoon, these are your top stories for Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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Lululemon theft ring revealed: Organized crew suspected behind wave of shoplifted gear

June 24 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Court documents obtained by CBC detail the inner workings of a multi-level organized ring of stolen-goods traffickers allegedly directing prolific shoplifters stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of clothes from Lululemon stores across the Lower Mainland.

Vancouver's mayor says he wasn't behind push for $5M DTES police crackdown

June 24 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

How the Vancouver Police Department got the green light for a $5-million campaign to reduce crime in the Downtown Eastside — or if it needed it outside approval at all — continues to be murky.

'Like my big brother': Survivor of Banff rockfall says friend who died saved him

June 23 , 2025 at 03:10:27 p.m. PDT • :

33-year-old Hamza Benhilal of Surrey, B.C., was identified by his friend and roommate Khaled Elgamal as the second victim of a fatal rockfall in Banff National Park on June 19.

Nigerian judge convicts man of sextorting B.C. teen who died by suicide

June 23 , 2025 at 06:06:20 p.m. PDT • :

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said Olukeye Adedayo was sentenced last week to prison terms totalling 76 years, after offences that the RCMP said resulted in the boy's "sudden death" in February 2023.

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad to face scheduled leadership review amid infighting

June 23 , 2025 at 08:13:56 p.m. PDT • :

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is set to face a leadership review this summer as the province's centre-right party is embroiled by allegations of blackmail and by two splinter parties.

June 23 , 2025 at 04:04:01 p.m. PDT • :

Most Canadians don't know about the Air India bombing: poll

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June 23 , 2025 at 05:37:45 p.m. PDT • :

TransLink says fare enforcement blitz has led to millions in cost savings

June 23 , 2025 at 08:33:29 p.m. PDT • :

Abbotsford Canucks capture American Hockey League championship after thrilling comeback

June 23 , 2025 at 12:55:10 p.m. PDT • :

Judge refuses to allow more avian flu tests on ostriches at B.C. farm

June 22 , 2025 at 01:00:16 a.m. PDT • :

Canada is facing a housing crisis. Could it take a page from Europe?

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June 23 , 2025 at 01:34:51 p.m. PDT • :

LNG Canada achieves first production of liquefied natural gas in Kitimat, B.C.

June 23 , 2025 at 07:08:51 a.m. PDT • :

Alleged hit and run in Surrey, B.C., sends 14-year-old boy to hospital

June 23 , 2025 at 12:03:32 p.m. PDT • :

Orcas use kelp tools to groom and bond off B.C.'s coast, study suggests

June 23 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Nanaimo, B.C., debates joining municipalities that ban invasive species

June 24 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. PDT • :

Northeast B.C. man looks to pick up the pieces after Pocket Knife Creek wildfire destroys his home

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