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Your questions answered by the Global BC experts. Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Kishore Mulpuri from BC Children’s Hospital explains a groundbreaking program launched in Vancouver. ‘I’m a HIPpy’ is an initiative aimed at creating an international standard for hip dysplasia screening and treatment.

The IIO has released a few more details about police-involved shooting in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant Saturday afternoon, which left a man in critical condition in hospital.

Slashing has become such a regular element in NHL games that it necessitated 791 minor penalties last season with countless more going uncalled.

An SFU professor said the team name could offend some Americans who may associate The Clan with the Ku Klux Klan.

Watts is the second person to announce her plans to run, following former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan.

Conservative MP and former Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts has thrown her hat in the ring in the race for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party. 

"It's going to take all of us making an effort to understand our history, why we got to the positions that we're in, and more importantly, what we need to do to move forward together."

Police have not said whether these incidents are related to Surrey's ongoing gang conflict.

The event began with an opening blessing led by Chief Robert Joseph, and followed a two-kilometre route to Strathcona Park.

The event began with an opening blessing led by Chief Robert Joseph, and will follow a two kilometre route eastbound on Georgia Street, crossing the Georgia Viaduct to Strathcona Park, where there will be an expo.

Ben Baker was walking his dog along Oak Bay's Rattenbury Beach at low tide when he stumbled on the shimmering, purple fish.

Tsimsiam Nation mother of eight Sasheen Wesley is one of 20 women picked to join the first ever Team Indigenous which is set to complete at the Roller Derby World Cup in England.

Will Woods is a conflicted man. On the one hand, the tour operator feels compelled to include Gastown's iconic steam clock as part of the daily walking tours he offers. But then comes the part when he has to clarify that the clock was actually built in 1977.

According to an RCMP officer on scene, none of the residents of the neighbourhood called 911 about the first shooting until nearly 12 hours after it happened.

The opening of a new housing development in Metro Vancouver is a Rorschach test.

The Vancouver Whitecaps defeat the Colorado Rapids Saturday night at BC Place.

It started as a cleanup of the Thomson River. Now, it's celebrated in over 60 countries across the world.

Gerald Richard McLean was last seen near East Cordova Street and Main Street. He failed to return to his halfway house and is wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant.

It can be a cold world out there, (especially when it snows while it's still summer!), but there are still some heartwarming moments in Canada and beyond.

One man is in critical condition after a police-involved shooting in Vancouver Saturday evening.

Vancouver police are looking for high-risk sex offender Gerald Richard McLean after he didn't return to his halfway house.

From some of the most permissive political fundraising rules in Canada, British Columbia is moving toward having some of the strictest. It's the latest province to lower individual contribution limits and ban donations from unions and corporations.

Canadian airlines are lining up to offer the latest trend in air travel: cheap, no-frills fares. But experts warn that the discount fares may not always be the best deal for passengers.

On Saturday, all the sales at Victoria's were being collected to send to three towns in the state of Morelos, where bakery owner Victoria Deanda is originally from.

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The Vancouver Police Department says around 4:30 p.m. PT Saturday officers encountered a distraught male in his early 30s , who they say confronted them with a weapon.

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Should sports teams at Simon Fraser University no longer be called “The Clan”? A petition has been launched to push the case. Paul Johnson has more.

Incredible video of the rescue of a newborn minke whale beached in Haida Gwaii. Kristen Robinson reports.

A fire at “The Hockey Shop” in Surrey has left the story destroyed. Nadia Stewart has more.

Questions surround why someone would open fire on a blue heron with a pellet gun in the Fraser Valley. Jill Bennett reporting.

A Vancouver man has broken the Guiness world record for the furthest distance travelled while juggling on a unicycle.

"Into 2019 and beyond we'll definitely see numbers coming up."

Business owner Victoria Lambert started her chalk paint business in her kitchen and made it grow. Now, New Westminster's FAT Paint has a 5,000 square feet space and sells through 130 retailers.

"We typically do this sort of rail replacement work at night, but because this job is unique and requires a long period of shut down, it's going to mean that service is going to be impacted."

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Twenty eight people are walking along Highway 16 from Prince Rupert to Smithers. They're meeting the truth and reconciliation commission.

Carey Newman is the Kwagiulth artist who created the design, which was printed on more than 1,000 T-shirts. He says most of them sold in less than 48 hours.

Katie Ruddell, owner of Kokomo, shares a recipe for stewed tomato chickpeas.

It's the first in a series of public consultations over the next two weeks.

In 1960, there were nines lane of traffic to and from the North Shore. Fifty-seven years later, there are still nine lanes, and no more are in the works.