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A new book takes a comedic and heavily Wikipedia-influenced look at Western history.

Portraits in the Royal Collection include some of the most well-known works in the world. If the paintings could talk, they would tell stories from the Renaissance to the First World War and beyond.

The bottle is the priciest item for sale at the annual B.C. Liquor Stores' premium spirits release.

Carl Couture, 24, was last seen in Vancouver's West End on Tuesday.

Carl Couture, 24, was last seen in Vancouver's West End on Tuesday.

B.C. Liberal leadership hopefuls are promising to move sections of government to Prince George should they become Premier.

Organizer Jodie Ortega said Saturday's rally aimed to illustrate that behind each one of those tweets is a real person with a story to tell.

A video filmed in Nelson, B.C. as a tribute to the late JP Auclair, an extreme skier, is racking up hundreds of thousands of views online.

The Vancouver Stealth are getting ready for their 2018 season, kicking off their training camp this weekend.

Chef Jeff Massey from Restaurant 62 makes a hearty and healthy harvest Buddha bowl.

Gardening expert Scott Pearce from Gardenworks explains ways to keep your outdoor plants protected from frost.

"We’re talking about a franchise here that needs clarity from the owner, the coach, the general manager and the starting or backup quarterback."

A new arts collective set up by a pair of punk bands is hoping to foster a DIY music scene off B.C.'s northwest coast.

Stephen ‘Hyde’ Archachan was a cowboy legend in the B.C. interior who lived on Hyde Road — which was named in his honour — in a home that was stacked to the ceiling with saddles and buckles that he won in rodeo competitions.

A fire on Renfrew Street claimed the life of a house cat, and an earlier fire on Victoria Drive forced as many as 11 people from their homes.

19-year-old Michaela Avelino disappeared from her South Vancouver home Friday night.

19-year-old Michaela Avelino disappeared from her South Vancouver home Friday night.

The search for a missing hiker on Grouse Mountain has been suspended for the night. Catherine Urquhart has more.

Rescuers are searching the snowy North Shore mountains for a young man who went missing from his Vancouver home on Halloween.

A report by Surrey city staff advises councillors to approve a controversial plan to build a two-lane road through a popular park.

"Don’t give up. Be the voice for your child. Don't rest until something is resolved. We owe that to our children and the police owe it to our community."

The Maori All Blacks scored seven tries Friday to defeat Canada 51-9 in an international rugby match.

Former Vancouver Mayor and Senator Larry Campbell says the Senate should have no trouble meeting the July 1, 2018 deadline for marijuana legalization.

Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services honour ten citizens and groups for selfless acts of bravery and courage. Longtime overdose activist and community advocate Sarah Blyth and her Overdose Prevention Society were among the recipients.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, November 3, 2017.

"There's always a chance, if somebody made a nice shelter and kind of hunkered down there."

Commuters awoke to slippery roads and slick conditions this morning. Jill Bennett reports.

Three weeks after neo-Nazi posters were found at two campuses in Prince George, the ugly face of racism has once again surfaced at a B.C. post-secondary school. Neetu Garcha reports.

The RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says two targeted gang killings that happened days apart last year are connected. John Hua reports.

Track issues and a problem train created long line-ups for frustrated commuters. Ted Chernecki has the details.

For four-year-old Ainsley, being able to see her physiotherapist twice a week is making a huge difference in her young life. Variety helped make that happen. Geoff Hastings dropped in on one of her appointments.

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The Seattle-based company says it will add 1,000 new tech jobs in Vancouver by early 2020. Nadia Stewart has details.

The power of music is giving a voice to people who might be otherwise silenced by Alzheimer’s. Linda Aylesworth reports.

Sex assault charges have been stayed against a serial violent offender after he had to wait more than six years to go to trial in B.C.

A group of volunteers is searching for information leading up to 18-year-old Traci Genereaux's disappearance in May 2017.

The man's body was found on the shoreline Friday.

The man's body was found on the shoreline Friday.

Iranian refugee Amir Taghinia escaped a desperate situation in an Australian refugee camp and now is speaking out on behalf of those left behind.

Flashback Friday!

"I was screaming at the top of my lungs 'Help me! Help me! Help me! Because I couldn't do it alone."

"We want to help the RCMP get information."

At least six out-going flights at the Kelowna airport were cancelled Friday morning because of winter-like conditions.

There was a long line up at Trinity Baptist Church in Kelowna Friday morning as people waited to get a flu shot.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna pounces on a Rebel Media reporter at the closing news conference of the environment ministers’ meeting in Vancouver, demanding his organization stop calling her a “climate Barbie.”

Youth soccer coach Jamie Schwingenschloegl started the petition, which he said was born of a growing sense of outrage in the community. Neetu Garcha spoke with him on BC1 just hours before Councillor Murray resigned.

In the 1890s, the municipality of Steveston introduced prohibition as a way to curb the transient town's drinking.

Mounties said the man lived in a floating home, but had been experiencing problems with the house which may have been sinking.

Mounties said the man lived in a floating home, but had been experiencing problems with the house which may have been sinking.

There are rumblings across the continent that people are growing weary of changing their clocks in the spring and the summer because of daylight time.