British Columbia news

The Union Gospel Mission are getting their carving knives sharpened in anticipation for all of the birds that will be carved on Monday.

ICBC has given the City of Vancouver $930,000 to invest in road safety projects.

The provinces has failed to meet a federal deadline to release plans to protect boreal forests habitats and caribou populations.

“Anyone who was present at the time of the shooting can apply for assistance,” a Nevada official confirmed to Global News.

A jury has found Daniel Alphonse Paul guilty of the second-degree murder of his girlfriend, Crystal Rose Paul, whose body was discovered in his East Vancouver basement suite in March 2015.

Vancouver's mayor wants to give local residents priority access to presale condos, in an attempt to prevent the practice of flipping in order to help address skyrocketing real estate prices.

The City of Vancouver is taking steps to make it easier for city residents to get in on home pre-sales.

Thirty-eight environmental and animal welfare groups have signed an open letter to the B.C. government opposing the continuation of grizzly bear hunting for meat.

It’s the first time four different players scored at least three goals in his season opener in 100 years, since the NHL’s first two games back in 1917.

A B.C. man pleaded guilty in Yukon Supreme Court on Thursday to 19 sexual offences against 11 girls under the age of 14. The incidents happened while the man lived in Yukon, between four and 10 years ago.

Drivers planning to use the Coquihalla highway this weekend are being warned to expect heavy delays.

Movie critic Dana Gee looks at the sequel to Blade Runner and the locally shot The Mountain Between Us – starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslet.

Cancer survivor Corrine Schelle explains how the Canadian Cancer Society wig bank program helped her as she battled the disease.

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Canada deploys Victoria-class HMCS Chicoutimi submarine to Asia
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For the first time ever, Canada has deployed a Victoria-class submarine on patrol to Asia. CBC News has learned HMCS Chicoutimi left Esquimalt, B.C., sometime in mid-September for the Asia-Pacific region. "Her deployment at sea signals the strategic ...

For the first time ever, Canada has deployed a Victoria-class submarine to Asia on patrol.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a federal government attempt to stop the destruction of records about how individual residential school survivors were treated and in many cases abused.

A 1.4 kilometre-long water tunnel will replace Vancouver's aging water supply infrastructure and increase overall volume flowing into Vancouver.

Friends and family of Luka Gordic are hoping for justice this morning, with the verdict in the case of three people charged in his death set to come down today.

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Whistler mayor not keen about day trippers from Lower Mainland
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Whistler Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden has a message for people visiting from the Lower Mainland: stay for more than a day, and take better care of the world-famous destination. "We want to attract those people who enjoy and appreciate our community ...

Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden says if people from the Lower Mainland are planning to visit Whistler, they should stay for more than a day, and come with an appreciation of their surroundings.

Canada's economy added 10,000 jobs last month, about what economists were expecting, as a surge in full-time work was offset by a loss of part-time positions.

The NDP government has announced the members of the Fair Wages Commission, that will decide the timing of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Anybody affected by the tragedy in Las Vegas on Sunday is being urged to call Victim Services for help.

The Wilderness Committee wants the provincial government to not only stop the Site C dam project, but to compensate construction workers who would be laid off.

The BC Civil Liberties Association says the new poll shows there's still a lot of work to do to combat racism.

That's put the prospect of any hockey games being played there — figuratively — on ice.

"It's a very difficult diagnosis to hear," one donor said of dementia.

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British Columbia's forbidden islands
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I like to think that it was the burning of the breakfast toast that brought out the bears. Kate, who until that morning hadn't put a foot wrong in the galley, was working on constructing delicate anemone-shaped poached eggs, wrapped in bacon and with a ...

Abbotsford police say the suspect fell four meters, breaking his leg.

Theresa Simmonds is hoping her son's story can help get more support for people struggling with addiction in northern B.C.

Donors were asked to bring food or cash. They can still donate online.

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Escape room designed by charity replicates barriers faced by ...
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Union Gospel Mission has designed an education game to show the obstacles homeless people face.and more »

Union Gospel Mission has designed an education game to show the obstacles homeless people face.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Thursday, October 5, 2017.

"I looked to my left and someone was screaming he's been shot."

An Oak Bay couple has made a huge donation to Victoria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital that will hopefully be a giant leap for the diagnosis and treatment of dementia. Neetu Garcha reports.

Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.

As Global TV collects food and cash for B.C.’s food banks during our “Thanks For Giving” campaign, Linda Aylesworth tells us what food banks really need to serve an ever-growing need.

B.C. avoided major water restrictions through a long, hot summer. Not so on the Sunshine Coast, where a chronic shortage means even hockey season is affected. Aaron McArthur reports.

Some serious new questions about a controversial Port Coquitlam mosque, after questionable links were found on its society’s website. Global investigative reporter Stewart Bell has the details.

A Surrey man is thankful to be home, and alive, after being shot during the Las Vegas massacre. Jill Bennett talked to him about his terrifying ordeal.

Global News has obtained some gruesome new details in last week’s murder of a Vancouver couple in the Marpole neighbourhood. As Rumina Daya reports, as grisly as they are, they are important to the investigation.

Patti and Doug Johnston escaped with bruises but one of their friends was shot.

Patti and Doug Johnston escaped with bruises but one of their friends was shot.

Patti and Doug Johnston escaped with bruises but one of their friends was shot.

Mounties in Kelowna say they’ve uncovered a sophisticated drug-trafficking ring that depended on the dark web and Bitcoin to sell fentanyl and carfentanil around the world.

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Teck Resources fined $1.4M for contaminating BC waterway - CBC.ca
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Teck Resources has been fined $1.425 million after pleading guilty in B.C. provincial court Thursday to three counts of violating the Fisheries Act.and more »

Teck Resources has been fined $1.425 million after pleading guilty in B.C. provincial court Thursday to three counts of violating the Fisheries Act.

Pay-per-use road pricing is the best way to reduce air pollution from traffic, a new study from the University of British Columbia has found.

The son of a B.C. polygamist leader received several stitches after a mother grizzly bear attacked him while he was on a hunting trip. He’s thanking a cub for saving his life.