British Columbia news

"You can stand by the ocean and order the tide not to come in... but it's coming in."

Nine days before the B.C. Legislature reconvenes under a new NDP government, a group of Vancouver-based lawyers has compiled a list of recommendations to fix what it calls problems within B.C.'s judicial system.

New Westminster police say 19-year-old Vancouver resident Muhammad Taufiq Chambas has been charged with one count of drug trafficking in connection with the death of Angel Loyer-Lawrence in May. Loyer-Lawrence died of an overdose after taking MDMA with a friend.

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Taxing gridlock: Vancouver looks to Singapore, Stockholm for congestion fix
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When Stockholm first tried out a new congestion tax — charging downtown drivers extra for using the city's core — most Swedes angrily rejected the tax, but opinion flipped one month into a pilot project after gridlock eased. "People saw with their ...

When Stockholm first tried out a new congestion tax — charging downtown drivers extra for using the city’s core — most Swedes angrily rejected the tax, but opinion flipped one month into a pilot project after gridlock eased.

When Stockholm first tried out a new congestion tax — charging downtown drivers extra for using the city’s core — most Swedes angrily rejected the tax, but opinion flipped one month into a pilot project after gridlock eased.

Greyhound Canada has filed an application to discontinue five routes in B.C., with four of them in northern B.C. and one on Vancouver Island.

IHIT identifies the victim of Tuesday night's shooting as 22-year-old Pardeep Singh of Surrey.

How about a subwoofer on your arm or a heart rate monitor that fits in your ears – tech expert Mike Agerbo introduces us to the latest gadgets

Judith Webster hopes people will join her texting network that warns pet owners when coyotes are nearby.

It's been a busy year for marine mammal rescues along B.C.'s coast.

The First Nation's chief that made news in 2014 for a landmark court victory on behalf of the Xeni Gwet'in is facing a sex offence charge.

Watts led Surrey from 2005 to 2014, and has since moved to federal politics where she sits as a Conservative MP for South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale. 

Meet a Victoria woman who successfully swam the 30 kilometres across the Juan de Fuca straight.

Roger William, elected Chief of the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation, to appear in court on Wednesday.

Roger William, elected Chief of the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation, to appear in court on Wednesday.

Some Vancouver property managers are hiring private companies with drug-sniffing dogs to sweep the public spaces of residential buildings in an effort to prevent grow-ops, meth labs and drug trafficking.

Join ParticipACTION in celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday at one of the 150 Play List tour stops! You can find the 150 Play List crew in Vancouver at the Jack Poole Plaza as we challenge Canadians to complete as many physical activities from the 150 Play List as possible. Stop by to knock a few off...

Police in Surrey are searching for a suspect vehicle in connection with an overnight murder in the Cloverdale area. A 22-year-old man was found gunned down in the driveway of his home last night. As Jordan Armstrong reports, it’s just the latest in a series of Surrey shootings that show no sign of ending.

More than 30 per cent of primary caregivers in the province feel distressed, according to Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie.

In August, 2016, Harry Charles Sadd, 70, was arrested in Victoria in connection with a series of alleged sex assaults.

Taylor Minion was last seen around 7:30 a.m. on August 11, near 138th Street and 77a Avenue. 

Vancouver has broken a 50-year-old temperature record and while it's going to get cooler for the next few days, the hot and record-breaking temperatures are going to return for the weekend.

Randall Hill, 34, was charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday.

Though international students make up only a small fraction of high schoolers, administrators in Ontario and British Columbia say they've seen a spike in recent years, with some school boards reporting their ranks have doubled.

However, it's still more than 18 per cent behind the general provincial average and advocates say there's a long way to go.

Greyhound Canada has filed an application to cease all service in northern B.C. as well as its routes between Victoria and Nanaimo.

Critics argue the program is offering ultra low interest rates to the wealthy.

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First Nations, environmentalists occupy BC salmon farm
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A group of First Nations and environmentalists are occupying a salmon farm near Alert Bay, B.C., and say they won't leave until the provincial and federal governments revoke permits for the facility. Ernest Alfred, a traditional leader from the 'Namgis ...and more »

The protesters say the farm is threatening their traditional way of life by impacting wild salmon and herring stocks.

Blair Mantin of Sands & Associates separates the good, bad and ugly when it comes to debts and explains what you can do if you find yourself with “ugly” debt.

With temperature records smashed through B.C.'s Southern Interior and Lower Mainland, BC Hydro says the province's summer power consumption also hit a new high this week.

It is unclear at this time how many people were in the home on Martens Street, just off Marshall Road, when the fire broke out.

One person is dead after a shooting outside a home in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday evening.

Reporter Jordan Armstrong is live in the Cloverdale area of Surrey this morning where it looks like there has been another targeted shooting. Police are now looking for a vehicle of interest.

Fire crews quickly knocked down an intense fire at an abandoned house in the Whalley area of Surrey early Wednesday.

The City of Vancouver is commending Airbnb and Quebec's new working relationship in implementing new tourism tax.

The shooting took place at a home located at 166 Street and 64 Avenue.

Hundreds of students heading off to school next week in the Sooke School District might not have a spot on the school bus to get to class.

They will embed with the "command staff that's overseeing the massive number of response nuts on the ground in Texas."

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Tuesday, August 29, 2017.

A gymnastics coach who secretly filmed his young athletes using the toilet has received a two-year sentence for making and possessing child pornography.

A group of three 11-year-old friends, who had just finished taking a summer lifeguarding course, are being praised for their quick-thinking after pulling two struggling swimmers from the water in Surrey.

Three 11-year-old friends who had just finished taking a summer lifeguarding course are praised for their quick thinking after saving two swimmers at a Surrey, B.C., beach.

The bridge over the Salmon River at Heywood-Armstrong Road remains closed months after it was seriously damaged by flood waters.

British Columbia's Liberal party has officially launched a race to select its next leader in early 2018.

Squire Barnes “bugs out” at the PNE, discovering you not only can look at them…. you can eat them.

A Surrey family stranded in Texas due to Hurricane Harvey is trying to make the best of a bad situation, preparing food for fellow guests in their abandoned Houston hotel.

People living in Vancouver's Olympic Village say they've noticed more dirty needles littering the area this summer, and they want officials to step up their response.

The province now has until Friday to prepare its submission.