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The federal government has announced it's reversing its decision to cut two BC marine programs.

The B.C. Government & Service Employees' Union says employees at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam are in harms way because the health authority isn't adequately protecting staff.

Vancouver City Council has voted against allowing B.C. VQA wines to be stocked on regular grocer shelves, opting instead for the more restrictive "store-in-store" model for in-store alcohol sales.

Experts say the key to preventing financial abuse of elders is open dialogue, planning and consulting experts before it's too late.

Travel expert Claire Newell has tips on how to shave dollars off your next vacation.

Parents fear Sunnyside Elementary School's award-winning jazz band will no longer continue come September due to changes made to address overcrowding of the school.

RCMP say women are being targeted in Coquitlam B.C. by a new, illegal pyramid scheme.

An incoming weather system could add additional challenges to the search for a small plane and its two occupants missing since June 8 in southeastern British Columbia.

Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Thursday morning for the Okanagan.

Former RCMP officer Tim Shields is facing his accuser in a provincial courtroom today. Jordan Armstrong has the latest on the sex assault trial.

The Vancouver Aquarium announced it’s taking legal action against the Vancouver Park Board – asking the court to set aside a cetacean ban.

"People think about climate change as sort of a big general thing and what can I do about it. In reality, everybody has to do a lot."

The video captures the moment a black bear breaks into a parked van by easily opening the door.

Gellatly Road and Gellatly Walkway are both slated to be fixed by the end of the month.

A black bear in Whistler was recently caught opening a van door and casually climbing inside as the owner of the vehicle recorded it all on camera.

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BC technologies poised to make climate breakthrough, SFU professor says
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According to a professor at Simon Fraser University, B.C. is well poised to become a leader in the emerging low-carbon economy. READ MORE: 4 ways technology can help mitigate climate change. Majid Bahrami, a professor in mechatronic systems ...

SFU professor Majid Bahrami says B.C.'s clean-tech experts are coming up with solutions that could make us leaders in creating sustainable communities around the world.

The tug war continues while the loonie is stuck in the middle.

Police launched a homicide investigation after a body was found in a house on Woodlands Drive on Monday morning.

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Despite flooding, Okanagan water restrictions kick in
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B.C.'s Okanagan Lake remains swollen — about 75 centimetres above its regular height — and banks of sandbags line many sections of shoreline as homeowners continue to fight water seeping into their basements. But despite the record-high water levels ...and more »

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Despite flooding, Okanagan water restrictions kick in - British ...
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Despite the record high water levels and ongoing concerns of flooding, stage 2 water restrictions go into effect Friday and authorities are asking people to ...and more »

The Vancouver Aquarium has started legal proceedings in B.C. Supreme Court to overturn the Vancouver Park Board bylaw amendment banning cetaceans from the aquarium's marine science centre in Stanley Park.

The Vancouver Aquarium has launched a legal challenge to overturn the Vancouver Park Board's recent ban on keeping whales and dolphins at its Stanley Park facility.

The Vegas Golden Knights must select one player from all 30 existing NHL teams, for a minimum of 14 forwards, nine defenceman, and three goaltenders.

Despite the record high water levels and ongoing concerns of flooding, stage 2 water restrictions go into effect Friday and authorities are asking people to conserve water.

The role of First Nations who paddled across Burrard Inlet to rescue Vancouverites during the devastating Great Fire of 1886 was acknowledged by the City of Vancouver in a motion.

The City of Vancouver has voted against a model being used in 11 other communities allowing B.C. VQA wine to be sold on grocery store shelves, instead opting for the store-within-a-store model

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Surge in e-shopping blamed for Canada Post delivery delays
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Canada Post says a surge in e-commerce, especially from countries like China, is causing months-long delays for deliveries across the country. "Our parcel business has grown by $500 million in revenue in just the last five years," said Canada Post ...

An explosion in the popularity of buying small, low cost items online from China has caused a huge delay in processing of packages by CBSA and delivering by Canada Post.

Nature's Path Foods Inc. is recalling Nature's Path brand Coconut & Cashew Butter Crunchy Granola from store shelves due to possible Listeria contamination.

Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs was captured in South Dakota after being on the run for nearly a year.

Once they reach nine or 10 years of age, female elk have usually learned to outsmart their main predators - human hunters - and become almost "invulnerable" to them.

The driver of a car that was decorated with boat and nautical-themed accessories, was clocked by police going 130 km/h in an 80km/h zone on the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

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4 ways technology can help mitigate climate change
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While technology, alone, isn't going to solve climate change, experts say there are ways technology can dramatically help reduce its impact. READ MORE: Climate change in B.C.: Here's how 2050 could look. Jessie Adcock, the chief technology officer at ...

One of the biggest unknowns is how far technology will mitigate or change the effects of climate change. Here are four ways technology could make a difference.

The chief executive of Kinder Morgan Canada said he tried behind the scenes to allow Indigenous groups in British Columbia to have an ownership stake in a new multi-billion dollar oil export pipeline, but such a deal never came together.

U.S. border guards made big meth seizure at Blaine, Washington crossing.

A low-income renter says the pending renoviction of her apartment building has residents seeing few options for affordable housing.

The GolfBC Championship opening ceremonies took place Wednesday afternoon at Gallagher’s Canyon Golf & Country Club. The kick-off event of the Kelowna leg of the PGA Mackenzie Tour tournament was a long drive challenge. Nicklaus Kennedy drove the ball 367 yards to win the challenge Wednesday afternoon.

It appears to have taken nine months.

The Okanagan Boys & Girls Club downtown youth centre saw a visit from the Coast Capital Savings helping heros Wednesday. Employees dressed up as superheroes and handed out backpacks filled with personal items. The acts of goodwill began earlier in the day at a local grocery store where some people had their items paid for...

The Okanagan Boys & Girls Club downtown youth centre saw a visit from the Coast Capital Savings ‘Helping Heroes’ Wednesday. Employees dressed up as superheroes and handed out backpacks filled with personal items. The acts of goodwill began earlier in the day at a local grocery store where some people had their items paid for...

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement that could result in more flooding throughout the Okanagan. A low pressure system will reach the B.C. coast Wednesday night and gradually push across the Coast Mountains on Thursday. The system will create moderate southerly winds along Osoyoos, Skaha and Okanagan lakes on Thursday.

Local residents want the Downtown Vancouver park, used by an elementary school as a play area, to be kept clear of needles, drug paraphernalia and other trash.

Local residents want the Downtown Vancouver park, used by an elementary school as a play area, to be kept clear of needles, drug paraphernalia and other trash.

Colony Farm houses some of B.C.'s most notorious offenders.

The executive director of B.C. Wildfire Services (BCWS) reaffirmed her department's stance that controversial cuts at a Salmon Arm firefighting base were about fairness and cost-cutting — not about eliminating a culture of elitism, as suggested in ministry documents obtained by CBC News.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Wednesday, June 14, 2017.

she may have been at the Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo.

You’re not alone if you think Metro Vancouver’s allergy season has been worse than usual this year. Allergy season came late this year, thanks to a seemingly endless winter that led to more mould and late blooming, according to Dr. Donald Stark with the University of British Columbia. “Instead of all the pollen coming out...