British Columbia news

B.C. Finance Minister Carole James presented her party’s first budget, supporting its plan to make the province more affordable. Dubbed a mini-budget, it follows the February financial numbers put out by the B.C. Liberals, which forecasted surpluses for the next three years on the strength of a hot economy and higher than expected government revenues.

A report by auditing firm Deloitte LLP says that putting putting the project on hold until 2025 would cost approximately $1.4 billion, while cancelling it outright would cost $1.2 billion.

The story made headlines last week when multiple listeners called CKNW alleging a man had been crashing people’s funerals for nearly a decade.

B.C.'s former LNG advocate, Gordon Wilson, is seeking $5 million in damages alleging Horgan made defamatory statements to news media.

Christine Pilkington from VancouverMom.ca has advice on how to teach your children to be more independent

Judge found Kunarobinson Christhurajah was, himself, an asylum seeker aboard the MV Sun Sea, which was intercepted off B.C.'s coast in August 2010, after it left Thailand six weeks earlier with 492 passengers.

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Drain the stage: Fringe festival performers tackle the Trump era
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The Trump administration has provided much fodder for comedians and late night television hosts, as artists struggle to make sense of the sometimes surreal events happening south of the border. Now two plays in the Vancouver 2017 Fringe festival are ...

Two Fringe festival shows are aiming to make you laugh, and reflect, on politics south of the border.

Mon, Sept. 11: A rollover crash that happened in the early morning in Cloverdale knocked out power to a number of homes in the area.

The Eagleridge Hospital Foundation is holding it's yearly Evening of Caring Gala September 30th at the Hardrock Casino Vancouver. Click here to find out more.

Premier John Horgan has a $500-a-plate fundraiser Sept. 22, even as his government prepares to bring in legislation to ban union and corporate donations.

Canada jetlines says it is going to start a rebellion against expensive airfare in the GTHA with the launch of an ultra low cost model.

​A new trial date has been set for the son of a former B.C. MLA accused of importing drugs after border guards found fentanyl in a parcel addressed to a Calgary address.

Kasimir Tyabji-Sandana, accused of importing drugs including fentanyl, was arrested in July 2015.

VIFF 2017 is back from September 28 - October 13, click here to find a screening or event near you!

Canadians will soon have more options for flights across the country — just in time for the holiday season.

Join Global News and CKNW each Friday this September as we explore “Where We Live” – stories within our neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver.

The mayor of Grand Forks, B.C., is apologizing after calling Syrian refugees potential 'terrorists' and 'pedophiles,' comments that the National Council of Canadian Muslims calls discriminatory and racist.

For thousands of families in British Columbia, dementia is an uphill journey. It takes courage to make it up a mountain. The Climb for Alzheimer’s is a fun, invigorating hike up the Grouse Grind®

Andrew Peller Limited is buying three Okanagan wineries.

"It gets a little worrisome because we see how far the fire's moved and how close it's getting."

British Columbia's finance minister has hinted that anyone looking for surprises in today's budget update will likely be disappointed.

Premier John Horgan says Ontario's proposed pot distribution system in liquor stores is one way to go, but British Columbia could very likely include the current dispensaries and pharmacies.

Police confirm officers were called just after 6 p.m. to a suite in the area of Dunlevy Avenue and Powell Street.

After Hurricane Irma's devastation of islands in the Caribbean, the federal government is marshalling aid and planes to rescue stranded Canadians.

After Hurricane Irma's devastation of islands in the Caribbean, the federal government is marshalling planes and aid to rescue stranded Canadians.

In early 2014, a young Toronto-area man who went by the jihadi nom de guerre "Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi" (Abu Huzaifa the Canadian) cleaned out his bank account and left to join the ranks of ISIS.

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Power restored in Surrey after car crashes into power pole
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Update, 1:30 p.m. PT: BC Hydro reports the outage caused by the accident is now over. BC Hydro says it could be midday before several hundred homes and businesses in Surrey have power again, following a single car crash early this morning. RCMP say ...and more »

BC Hydro said it will be midday before power is restored to several hundred homes and businesses.

BC Hydro says it will be midday before power is restored to several hundred homes and businesses.

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Central Kootenay hopes to have composting services by 2020
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The Regional District of Central Kootenay is working to divert the organic food scraps and wastes that make up a large portion of household waste from the landfill. Mike Morrison, a resource recovery manager with the Regional District of Central ...

Food scrap collection is common place in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island, and rural B.C. is eager for a similar program.

A single-vehicle collision has knocked out power to some homes in Surrey this morning.

The daughter of an Alberta woman who died in a grizzly bear attack in 2005 says she now has a better sense of how her mom felt in the moments before she died thanks to her own run-in with a notorious bear.

Following a throne speech from Friday, which promised to make the province more affordable for residents, Finance Minister Carole James will deliver her party's first budget today, which is only being described as a financial update.

Chief Meteorologist Anthony Farnell says Tampa was expecting a 2.5 metre high storm surge, but residents woke to waters less than a metre above normal levels as they begin to clean up after the storm.

Firefighters battling the Kenow wildfire are now preparing for the "high probability" the flames will enter the Cameron Valley in Waterton Lakes National Park today. The valley is home to Cameron Lake, which is popular with tourists, and the Akamina Parkway, which provides access to the lake and many trailheads.

With the Kenow wildfire expected to intensify overnight Sunday, Parks Canada support personnel have been evacuated from Waterton Lakes National Park.

Parks Canada support personnel have been evacuated from Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta as high winds were expected to push the Kenow wildfire over the border from B.C. overnight.

The CKNW and Global News Neighbourhood Series is an annual series that explores neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Surrey, and the Tri-Cities.

Every year in the Northwest Territories dozens of people — from tourists, to seasonal workers, to relatives visiting family — are billed thousands for medevac trips.

Vancouver's the latest city aiming to woo Amazon into building its new headquarters in the municipality.

There were only minor injuries when a police cruiser and another vehicle collided in Abbotsford Sunday night.

He dressed like a lawyer, talked like a lawyer and worked as a lawyer, but in reality, 34-year-old Inayat Kassam was a smooth-talking fraudster with a law degree that wasn't worth the paper it was printed on.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Sunday, September 10, 2017. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.

A group of hikers proved blindness is no obstacle on "Mother Nature's Stairmaster" Sunday.

The Sunday, September 10, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.

Monday is a big day for the new NDP government as they’ll be unveiling their first budget. Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey joins us now with a preview of what we can expect.

A Surrey family is suddenly homeless tonight after a limousine crashed into a house early this morning. Grace Ke reports.

Nearly 300 Canadians are stranded thanks to Hurricane Irma and they’ve been calling on the federal government to help them. So far though, as Paul Johnson reports, it feels like no one’s really listening.