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RCMP in Kelowna are investigating after a body was found in an orchard in the 2100 block of Cooper Road around 11 a.m.

Gayle Duteil says she was put on administrative leave while battling cancer, and hasn't been allowed back to work.

Ibrahim Amjad Ibrahim was one of five people deemed a danger to public safety by RCMP in July.

RCMP have confirmed the identity of a man whose body was found with gunshot wounds Tuesday in Richmond B.C., as a 30-year-old from Surrey B.C.

As the flames approach his winery property, a B.C. winery owner is keeping a close watch on the fast-moving California wildfires that have left at least 21 dead and destroyed more than 3,000 structures.

A West Vancouver man who owns a California winery, feels fortunate that he didn't lose everything to wildfires and says he plans to rebuild what he lost. Another local winery owner with vines in California says he's keeping a watchful eye on his estate that has not been touched by the fires.

Sir Matthew Begbie and Bayview Elementary in Vancouver are to be replaced with seismically safe schools.

A B.C. Supreme Court justice has rejected a bid for a speedier trial in a constitutional challenge to the country’s assisted dying law.

Aging Bayview and Begbie elementary schools in Vancouver are the latest to be targeted for seismic upgrading.

Bayview and Begbie elementary schools in Vancouver are the latest to be targeted for seismic upgrading.

Oak Bay park staff are on the lookout for an innocuous looking off-white mushroom as they mow municipal boulevards.

Kristina Stoyanova from Get Connected Media has the latest high tech gadgets for your home, including a portable dog bath.

On the 70th anniversary of the partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan, a Kamloops doctor can still vividly remember the violence and conflict he witnessed as a young boy.

"Police are treating the individual's death as suspicious at this time."

G Day is coming up on October 20th. As G Day Founder Madeleine Shaw explains the event aims to celebrate and empower young girls as they transition into their teen years.

Vernon RCMP say between 12 and 15 people are staying in a linear park along 25th Avenue each night.

More than 40 U.S. House and Senate members have asked President Donald Trump to maintain protections for Alaska's Bristol Bay region, which produces about half of the world's sockeye salmon.

BC Ferries have implemented a "deck rule" to prohibit passengers from remaining in their cars on the lower decks.

Investigators said the girl was physically unharmed, but was left shaken by the incident. 

Two schools in Vancouver are being replaced to meet modern seismic standards but as Jordan Armstrong reports there are still hundreds of others that are at risk in the event of an earthquake.

The suspect is a black woman in her 20's with curly hair dyed red who was wearing tight jeans and white sneakers.

Police seek suspect after girl groped in Surrey, BC
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Mounties in Surrey, B.C., are searching for a suspect after an 11-year-old girl was groped in Cloverdale on Tuesday evening. The girl was walking in the 18800 block of 65th Avenue at about 5:40 p.m. PT when a stranger grabbed her buttocks, according to ...and more »

Mounties in Surrey are searching for a suspect after 11-year-old girl was groped in Cloverdale on Tuesday evening.

Over 65 per cent of job losses could be in two provinces

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British Columbia eyes 'all options' to cool Vancouver housing market, finance minister says
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Vancouver is ranked among global cities most at risk of a housing bubble for the second time this year. Vancouver is ranked among global cities most at risk of a housing bubble for the second time this year. (DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS file ...

"The commercial vehicle stuck the cyclist and drove over the cyclist causing serious bodily injuries."

Wednesday morning's commute became tougher than normal in the South Surrey area thanks to a violent hail and rainstorm.

Brain researchers say champion bull rider Ty Pozzobon had a chronic brain condition, most commonly found in professional and college football players before he died of suicide.

Some crazy weather for residents of South Surrey Wednesday morning, with hail so thick it looks like a winter wonderland.

Wed. Oct. 11: A shocking sight for many this morning in South Surrey and White Rock as so much hail fell in the region, it looked like a winter wonderland. Here’s some video shared online.

Chef David Gunawan of Farmer’s Apprentice shows us how to make Hubbard Squash Salad and Squash Soup while he explains why his restaurant is participating in Restaurants for Change.

From Neil Patrick Harris to Diane Kruger, Steven Schelling fills us in on who is filming in town and what they get up to during their downtime.

Commuters from the Tri Cities may see some delays this morning, after a rush hour track issue caused delays.

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Canada's largest pot grower plans to double capacity in BC
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Canopy Growth Corp. says it will develop up to three million square feet of greenhouse growing capacity in British Columbia, more than doubling Canada's biggest licensed marijuana producer's production footprint. The company said in a statement that it ...and more »

It's high times for Canada's largest, publicly-traded marijuana producer: it plans to develop space in B.C. that will more than double its production footprint.

It's high times for Canada's largest, publicly-traded marijuana producer: it plans to develop space in B.C. that will more than double its production footprint.

Local fire ecologist, Bob Gray, explains how B.C. can mitigate the rapid spread of wildfires like the ones currently raging in California.

Some in B.C. are asking if they felt a rumble during the night as a 4.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Vancouver Island.

More than 300,000 people usually line the streets to watch the parade downtown.

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Proposed bridges over Fraser River threaten sturgeon, environmentalists warn
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Environmental groups are warning that a proposed bridge development over the Fraser River near Chilliwack could irreversibly harm critical white sturgeon spawning habitats. The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF), is asking provincial and federal ...

Environment groups are warning that a proposed bridge development over the Fraser River near Chilliwack could irreversibly harm critical sturgeon spawning habitats

The Vancouver Santa Claus Parade has been an annual tradition for the last 13 years. But this year, it may not go ahead. Grace Ke explains why.

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Driver arrested after truck plows into South Vancouver house
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A man is in custody after police say he crashed his pickup truck into a house in south Vancouver late Tuesday night. The man was driving down Champlain Crescent, near Matheson Crescent, around 11:30 p.m. when he apparently lost control and ended up ...and more »

The man was driving down Champlain Crescent around 11:30 p.m. when he lost control and ended up crashing through a fence and into a two-storey house.

The man was driving down Champlain Crescent near Matheson Crescent around 11:30 p.m., when he lost control and ended up crashing through a fence and into a two-storey house.

It was a day of confusion, anger and sadness for Sears workers on Tuesday when they learned that the retailer is making plans to close its remaining 130 stores.

More than 2,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed by the series of blazes in California, killing at least 17 people.

Wildfires tearing through California's wine country flared up Wednesday, destroying hundreds more homes and other buildings and leading to new evacuation orders as authorities raised the death toll to 21 and the number of fires to about 3,500.

Ottawa Senators defeat Vancouver Canucks in shootout for their first win of the season.

There aren't many better places to test this stuff than in Vancouver, which could one day face "The Big One."