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Over 90 persons of interest have been identified and investigators are following up on nearly 200 tips.

Over 90 persons of interest have been identified and investigators are following up on nearly 200 tips.

They've now been ticketed and are on the hook for an $1,150 fine.

Anyone who's ever had to experience the heartbreak of leaving a crying child behind on the first day of school knows it can be a trying time. Anxiety B.C. has come up with a 12-point plan to help parents support anxious children as summer comes to a close.

IHIT is set to give an update on the investigation into the death of Marrisa Shen.

Investigators are at Willow View Farm in Abbotsford following a structure fire that destroyed a storefront and refrigeration unit.

From vacation cash to luxury cars, some technology companies in British Columbia are offering big perks to woo prospective employees.

Officials are urging the public to catch as many fish as possible.

There could be a run on helmets as a number of Vancouver Island slow pitch softball leagues are considering new helmet rules mid-season following an accident that has shaken the community.

Kristina Stoyanova from Get Connected Media shows us what’s new in headphones and keyboards just in time for back to school.

Police have been looking for Christopher Lane Lindgren since July.

So far ICBC has received 124 insurance claims related to the 2017 B.C. wildfires for vehicles damaged by extreme heat and smoke.

Two new projects for the Alex Fraser Bridge are hoping to take a bite our of rush-hour queues and make wintertime commutes a little easier.

Clean up is underway in the San Juans after an accidental salmon release over the weekend. Officials say high tides damaged nets at this salmon farm near Cypress Island, releasing as many as 5000 Atlantic salmon into the water.

First Nations groups add their voice to the opposition to fish farms a day after thousands of salmon escaped from nets near the San Juan Islands. Jordan Armstrong reports.

"[It] is being viewed as a commodity that's traded like silver or gold, as opposed to a place to live or residence or place to actually farm."

B.C. plans to install a new $5-million cable collar system on the Alex Fraser Bridge to prevent falling ice from threatening drivers and their vehicles.

RBC is the first Canadian Bank to report this quarter, with a five per cent gain in net income over the same period last year.

Mounties are searching for a man facing nearly a dozen charges for allegedly trafficking in large amounts of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine on Surrey's most notorious street.

The British Columbia government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Investigators are at an Abbotsford farm following a structure fire that destroyed a storefront Wednesday morning.

It's good news for the City of Victoria's embattled capital project.

Eight years and millions of bike rides after separated cycling lanes were introduced on the Burrard Bridge, a Vancouver man is petitioning the city to eliminate them entirely.

The NDP government officially filed its application for intervener status in federal court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Tuesday.

The captain of Canada's national women's soccer team is taking on a new challenge; sharing how MS affected her family.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is proposing a fix for B.C.'s beleaguered auto insurance corporation: make it a co-op, and allow private insurers to sell basic auto insurance to increase competition.

TV Week’s Brent Furdyk talks about some of the late summer TV highlights.

A Kelowna resident discovered a strange jelly-like bulb Monday evening on the north end of Okanagan Lake.

National soccer player Christine Sinclair talks about teaming up with A&W and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada for the annual Burgers to Beat MS campaign.

Experts say pollution from traffic has a very localized impact, so is it a good idea to build densify corridors?

Weather is expected to bring some challenges to the firefighters battling the fires in the Cariboo and Southeast fire regions. 

A Mountie in Richmond, B.C., has been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by an allegedly distracted driver, police say.

Lower Mainland universities are grappling with long wait lists for student housing, leaving many in the lurch to find homes off campus.

The City of Surrey and the provincial government have announced a number of moves to fight the problems of gun violence and gangs.

Ryan McCaffery sued Gerardo Arguello after he was assaulted on the side of Highway 1 in North Vancouver on Jan. 1, 2011.

Ryan McCaffery sued Gerardo Arguello after he was assaulted on the side of Highway 1 in North Vancouver on Jan. 1, 2011.

Witnesses said they could see flames from the fire above the tree line surrounding the house.

Witnesses said they could see flames from the fire above the tree line surrounding the house.

The government of B.C. plans to invest $500,000 from civil forfeiture grants into anti-gang programming for youth in Surrey.

An investigation is underway following a hit and run in Langley Sunday morning.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

A mother and her two small children were forced to barricade themselves in a bedroom as an aggressive bear wandered throughout their home. Paul Johnson reports on what happened and how the bear was eventually forced outside.

The Tuesday, August 22, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.

B.C.’s construction industry is feeling the effects of the record-breaking forest fire season. As Grace Ke reports, the supply of lumber is taking a hit.

Wayward B.C. oriole released into the wild A B.C. bird that was somehow found in Ontario has been released back into the B.C. wild, but it happened without the man who made it all possible. Linda Aylesworth reports.

Squire Barnes takes a look at one of the most popular exhibits at this year’s PNE: The traveling Hockey Hall of Fame.

Police are still looking for one suspect after a major drug and weapons seizure. Rumina Daya reports.

Many B.C. school districts are struggling to fill hundreds of teaching spots, after a Supreme Court ruling returned class sizes to 2002 levels. Tanya Beja reports.

B.C. Ferries has announced major changes, including no passengers on the car decks and no smoking anywhere. Neetu Garcha reports.

The Vancouver International Airport is partnering with St. John’s Ambulance to employ seven of their therapy dogs onsite in the arrival terminal every weekday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.