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In their own words, the participants have shared their personal stories about why they're choosing to donate their hair.

TedxVancouver returns for it's 8th year of Ted style speaking series. 12 speakers, 4 venues to watch and host Olympian Karina Leblanc as host, TedxVancouver's theme this year is Distortion.

"The small business tax was never the issue," says the president of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

The small First Nation community of ?Esdilagh in Quesnel, B.C., has declared a ban on harvesting moose within its traditional territory, already devastated by recent wildfires.

As the number of overdose deaths in B.C. continues to rise, people on the front lines are looking to share both information and firsthand stories in order to to get more hands in the battle against the opioid crisis.

A 35-year-old West Kelowna man was ejected from his boat before it crashed into the cliffs near Peachland on Sunday night.

Learning new skills or behaviours eventually requires a larger, more powerful brain and a species that evolves to have a more powerful brain is better able to develop socially and culturally.

Still looking for the perfect costume for your child’s Halloween? Look no further. Parenting expert Christine Pilkington has some suggestions with a Vancouver flair.

Morgan Inglis and Martin Fisher are behind “The Heart of the Arctic.” It’s the story of Kylik Kisoun Taylor, a First Nations cultural ambassador who has found his passion. The film was recently honoured at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards. The pair talk about what inspired them to make a series of films...

B.C.'s NDP government says it's weighing its options to crack down on computer programs that snap up concert tickets in seconds, only to resell them at higher prices.

Police say the 35-year-old fell off the boat in rough waters and it kept going.

A two alarm blaze broke out at the African Arts and Percussion Shop Sunday night. Residents living above were forced to scramble to safety. Jordan Armstrong reports.

Ottawa announced its plans today to cut the small business tax rate from 10.5 per cent to nine per cent by 2019, as it attempts to quell a backlash to proposed tax reforms that have stung the Trudeau government.

Just 11 per cent of Vancouver voters showed up to choose a new councillor and school board.

A fishing group had a close encounter with a pod of orcas and they are now sharing the video with Global News.

The robber demanded money from the till and forced a customer to hand over her purse.

Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are asking the public for help identifying a man they say pulled a knife on a teller during a bank robbery Sunday afternoon.

Mon. Oct. 16: Global BC viewers Dale Peterson and Scott Goodman sent in this video of a large pod of orcas spotted off the coast of Vancouver Island in August.

Police say the man held a 40-year-old teller at knifepoint.

Vancouverites throw out 2.6 million paper coffee cups every week, according to a recent report by the City of Vancouver, and the Binners' Project says it has a solution — putting a deposit on disposable cups.

You know him best from his on-screen roles in The X-Files and Californication, but David Duchovny took to a Vancouver stage in another role this weekend: Singer-songwriter.

Canadian distance runner Cam Levins is rebounding from foot surgery that sidelined him for virtually all of last season, and will make his half-marathon debut at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon this Sunday.

Stylist Susie Wall has some tips and tricks to stay fashionable without getting soaked by the wet weather this fall.

Two fall storms will bring rain events to B.C. this week, according to Environment Canada

Environment Canada says a frontal system over central B.C. will move south today and into Tuesday.

Sue Brouse, Director of Human Resources for ACTRA, says the culture of fear about reporting harassment in the film industry needs to change. However, she admits it's possible that those who come forward may be out of a job.

Federal Government to cut small business tax to 9%

Residents in a townhouse complex in Maple Ridge have been told to take down their Halloween decorations or they will be thrown out. 

Vision wasn't the home for the majority of Vancouver's progressive voters on Saturday night. If that doesn't change next year, their nine-year grip on power may be doomed.

Vancouver firefighters battled a blaze at an African arts and drum store on West Broadway on Sunday, after flames broke out after 10 p.m.

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Ottawa announced its plans today to cut the small business tax rate from 10.5 per cent to nine per cent by 2019, as it attempts to quell a backlash to proposed tax reforms that have stung the Trudeau government.

The Trudeau government will announce plans to cut the small business tax rate from 10.5 per cent to nine per cent, and will present details of the new plan at a national caucus meeting on Monday morning, CBC News has confirmed.

The Canadian justice system may have ruled Ivan Henry was wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting 8 women, but 5 of his alleged victims are now going to civil court, claiming he did, in fact, attack them- and they're demanding Henry be stripped of the millions of dollars he was awarded in compensation for 27 years behind bars.

The Canadian justice system may have ruled Ivan Henry was wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting eight women, but five of his alleged victims are going to civil court, claiming he did, in fact, attack them — and they're demanding Henry be stripped of the millions of dollars he was awarded in compensation for 27 years behind bars.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia are retracting their scientific paper linking aluminum in vaccines to autism in mice, because one of the co-authors claims figures published in the study were deliberately altered before publication — an issue he says he realized after allegations of data manipulation surfaced online.

The Covenant House helps youth aged 16 to 24 who have fled physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse; those who have been forced from their homes; and those who have aged out of foster care.

The fire started Sunday night, on Broadway between Manitoba and Columbia.

A mixed residential and commercial space has been completely destroyed in an area know for shops and restaurants after a fire broke out around 10 p.m. PT on Sunday. No on was injured in the fire and firefighters managed to save the two buildings beside the one that burned.

Images and videos online show Vancouver firefighters battling an intense blaze along Broadway between Columbia and Manitoba Streets, which has knocked out power in the area.

People are sending messages of compassion over social media after learning of the death of a Vancouver police dog who gained notoriety in 2013 after being slashed in the nabbing of a robbery suspect.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Sunday, October 15, 2017. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.

People living in a Maple Ridge neighbourhood banding together this weekend to help a retired couple evicted from their own home. The couple had entered into a “rent to buy” plan with a realtor and mortgage broker. But when they couldn’t make their payments, their house was seized. Now the couple’s lawyer claiming others have...

People in a townhouse complex in Maple Ridge have been told to take down their halloween decorations or they will be thrown out. Grace Ke has the story.

The candidates running to be the leader of the centre-right BC Liberal party, squared off for the first time in a debate today. Paul Johnson has more.

Some young children enjoyed rides in luxury cars thanks to the Children’s Wish Foundation and the memory of a 13 year old boy.

All candidates, except Terrace business woman Lucy Sager, were present at the Surrey debate.

After years of broken down and rotting boats marring the Vancouver Island municipality's shorelines, they have finally been cleared away thanks to local and provincial funding.

Rex Garcia has been foraging B.C.'s forests for 22 years — and this fall’s mushroom harvest means healthy business.

"I think many Vancouverites feel like city hall isn't listening," said one observer.