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Conservationists in B.C.'s Southern Gulf Islands are celebrating a win after a unique three-way partnership that allowed them to purchase 26 hectares on Mayne Island known as St. John Point.

Two adults and a seven-year-old girl were killed in the blaze.

Premier John Horgan says he has no regrets about removing tolls from the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges.

RCMP Cpl. Clayton Wiebe said officers made tremendous efforts to ensure Aronson's arrest was executed as safely as possible.

The woman, described by neighbours as in her 90s and deaf and blind, has been missing since a Wednesday night fire.

A group of local business is expressing interest in bringing a professional soccer team — and potentially a new stadium — to Surrey.

Ebony Aaron Wood, 36, was in police custody when the incident occurred.

Mike Agerbo from Get Connected Media has the on latest Apple Watch gadgets.

"On wind farms, the price has gone down 60 per cent over the last five years. I mean that's a hell of a change."

Author Adam Kahane talks about his new book “Collaborating with the Enemy” and gives advice on how to work with people you don’t get along with.

It was the first snowfall of the season for many areas of B.C. on Friday, and while it was a welcome sight for some, it did cause some problems on the roads.

A fire has destroyed an auto wreaking yard on Mitchell Island. As Jordan Armstrong reports, this isn’t the only major fire on the island this year.

Kids in the city of Cranbrook B.C. enjoyed the first snowfall of the year by making snowmen.

Threatening employee discounts may have been the straw that broke the camel's back when it comes to the Trudeau government's tax reform plans.

Dozens of members of the Penticton Indian Band marched on the local Ministry of Children and Family Development office in Penticton Friday afternoon.

Five small British Columbian wineries are trying to change the legal barriers that make shipping their products to other provinces Canada more difficult than selling to the international market.

DriveBC says Highway 5 south of Kamloops is now reopened after it was closed this morning due to heavy snow.

Canadian bobsled pilot Christopher Spring decided at the end of the summer that he was going to dramatically change his lifestyle. He sold his car, got rid of the majority of his belongings and purchased a GMC Savannah van, which he now calls home.

Michelle Stillwell sits down with Global News Hour at 6 BC anchor Sophie Lui to talk about what it means to be a great leader. Michelle is a former Paralympian and says determination, perseverance and discipline are three qualities that capture her strength and character.

About 450 therapeutic marijuana users were asked to compare different methods of purchasing their medicine.

Global News Hour at 6 BC anchor Sophie Lui leads a question and answer session with six-time Paralympic gold medalist Michelle Stillwell.

City to send an accountability letter to a group of fossil fuel companies demanding they pay the a share of the city's costs associated with climate change.

Man who died of his injuries Thursday night was Vancouver's 16th homicide of the year.

Thousands of Twitter accounts have gone silent today as celebrities and others rally behind actress Rose McGowan in an online protest of women’s voices being silenced. Online producer Amy Judd explains.

The man was found suffering from a stab wound last night on Commercial Drive near East 1st Avenue around 9:30 p.m.

B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham hinted at changes for craft breweries that grow on Agricultural Land Reserve.

The prize celebrates Vancouver writers, awarding $3,000 to the winning author.

Movie critic Dana Gee looks Jackie Chan’s new film “The Foreigner” and a new movie starring Liam Neeson as the anonymous source that led to the Watergate scandal.

The BC Cancer Agency’s Patient and Family Counselling Program Practice Leader Sarah Sample explains the emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis and treatment and what family and friends can do to support.

Investigators across Canada are increasingly pursuing manslaughter charges for those who sell fentanyl.

The average price of a Canadian home rose by three per cent in the year up to September, even as sales came in 11 per cent lower than they were a year ago.

Police were called at 9:25 p.m. when a man said he had found the woman near his home, in the 4200 block of Gladwin Road.

A year after a sinking tug spilled thousands of litres of fuel into the waters off Bella Bella, B.C., members of the Heiltsuk First Nation say their valuable clam beds are still contaminated.

The overdose crisis, housing affordability, and urbanization are all playing a role in the homeless population nearly doubling in the last three years.

An explosion was heard at an auto-wrecking yard on Mitchell Island in Richmond, BC on Thursday, sending flames and thick smoke rising into the air.

A dark-coloured SUV was reportedly seen pulling up to two vehicles that were parked next to each other, when police say someone in the SUV fired shots at the other two vehicles.

An investigation continues Friday as RCMP probe a shots fired call that happened Thursday night.

A Surrey homeless advocacy group is encouraging people to propose housing and programs to help end homelessness.

Another loss for the Vancouver Canucks.

"Unless it poses a threat, they usually just leave it in," says a Surrey man about the gunshot wound he suffered in Las Vegas.

An Ontario Superior Court judge has approved a request by Sears Canada to liquidate all of its remaining stores.

A large fire continued to burn into the night on Mitchell Island. Our reporter Catherine Urquhart gets the latest from deputy chief Tim Wilkinson.

The annual awards honour the best in radio, television, print and online journalism across B.C.

A blast of winter-like weather has created slippery driving conditions on the Okanagan Connector between Merritt and the Okanagan.

Experts gathered in Vancouver this week to discuss how to stop their decline.

The parents of Fribjon Bjornson remembered their son as kindhearted and willing to help after a guilty verdict was delivered to a man accused of killing and decapitating him on a reserve northwest of Prince George in 2012.

An annual fundraiser in Kelowna to support the United Way of the Central and South Okanagan Similkameen attracted hundreds of people to line up early for breakfast Thursday morning.

From early education for children, to assisted living services for seniors – the United Way of the North Okanagan Columbia Shuswap supports a variety of community services. The goal for the 2017/2018 campaign is to raise $240,000 to continue supporting programs in the region.

A year and a half after a B.C. public health emergency was declared, the fentanyl crisis is only getting worse. In Kelowna, 60 people died due to overdose in the first eight months of the year. That’s compared to 47 for all of 2016. In Vernon, 16 people have died so far compared to 12...

A video showed large flames rising up from Mitchell Island, which is located between Vancouver and Richmond.