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The City of Vancouver has proposed a 3.9 per cent property tax hike to help pay for its 2018 budget.

Cpl. Michael McLaughlin on the rescue and medical condition of Annette Poitras.

Twenty-two-year-old Serenity Roswell and 21-year-old Jazmine Sleva have been reported missing by their families.

Wed. Nov. 22: Raw footage of Annette Poitras and the dogs who were rescued via helicopter after being lost on Coquitlam’s Burke Mountain for two days. The puggle named Bubba seems especially happy to be home.

The city is pitching a list of new programs aimed at renters, amid vacancy rates under 1 per cent.

The latest statistics from the BC Coroners Service show 12 youth in the 10 to 18-year-old age group have died of suspected drug overdoses in the first nine months of 2017.

A new report has found that nearly one in five B.C. children live in poverty — and advocates say the problem is even worse for children of single parents.

Scammers are claiming to live at addresses of B.C. wildfire evacuees to try to get money from the Canadian Red Cross.

Kristina Stoyanova from Get Connected has a holiday gift guide for the tech lovers.

Author Paulina Cameron talks about her newly published book Canada 150 women.

A 20-year-old man from the area of North Cowichan/Duncan on Vancouver Island has been arrested after a video showing alleged animal abuse was reportedly shared on SnapChat.

Cpl. Michael McLaughlin on the rescue of missing dog walker Annette Poitras in the Coquitlam watershed

Environment Canada’s rainfall warning remains in effect for Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound and northern sections of the Fraser Valley near Hope.

Annette Poitras, missing for two days, has been rescued from the Coquitlam watershed late Wednesday morning. Jordan Armstrong reports.

A missing Coquitlam dog walker and three dogs have been found alive and well almost 48 hours after she went missing.

After a massive search spanning three days, rescuers have found dog walker Annette Poitras and her three dogs "alive and well" in Coquitlam, B.C.

Loud cheers greeted dog walker Annette Poitras and three dogs when they were rescued Wednesday after a massive search spanning three days in Coquitlam, B.C.

Police are warning the public to be on the lookout for the fake money and have released an image captured from security camera footage of a man they believe is responsible for some of the counterfeit cash.

Both the man's condition and what led up to the altercation remain unclear.

Vancouver Whitecaps star striker Yordy Reyna has been questioned by police — along with others he was allegedly with — the night a 16-year-old volleyball player died in Peru.

The search resumes this morning in Coquitlam for 56-year-old Annette Poitras. Her husband Andre is hopeful today’s efforts by multiple search and rescue crews will be successful.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley issued warnings to all political parties to take off their partisan blinders or both the environment and Canada's energy industry will fail.

One person is in hospital after being shot by police this morning in an altercation on a set of train tracks near Lougheed Highway in Mission, B.C.

Since being elected, Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read has faced harassment and threats, both online and in real life, severe enough to force her into semi-hiding for a brief period — harassment she says stems from a deep-seated hatred of women.

Doctors have been prescribing more opioids overall, but giving individual patients fewer doses at one time, a new report says.

“It’s like you go from planning the end of your life to planning the rest of your life."

The fourth player in Canada's wireless market is looking to undercut the competition with the iPhone X.

Unrelenting rain continues to deluge parts of the South Coast, with rainfall warning still in effect for the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound and Metro Vancouver.

"Obviously, until we find her, we don't know what the exact story was. We just know this was the area where she was last known to be."

John Andrew Carlton Stark of Kamloops is facing several charges, including attempted murder, after he broke into two homes Monday night.

Mounties are now looking for a suspect, described as a 26 or 27-year-old South Asian man.

A photo exhibit titled "Volvos of Lebanon: Stories of refugees, resilience and reliable cars," compares the resilience of Syrian refugees to Volvos.

With dozens of golf clubs in other Lower Mainland cities, should Vancouver consider converting part of one of its public courses for other uses?

56-year-old Annette Poitras, along with three dogs, remains missing this morning. Poitras has not been seen since Monday afternoon and concern is growing. Jordan Armstrong is live this morning.

Minister of Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson says parents will have to wait for the February budget announcement to find out how $10-a-day child care is coming to B.C.

Slip and fall lawsuits relating to uncleared snow and ice are popping up in B.C. courts, including some against the City of Vancouver.

The Canadian government’s housing strategy will include a new benefit for people waiting for low income housing, a source confirmed to CBC News.

The federal government has announced the details of its ten-year national housing strategy that includes the introduction of a National Housing Benefit for families that won't kick in until after the next federal election.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley issued warnings to all political parties to take off their partisan blinders or both the environment and Canada's energy industry will fail.

Naccarato will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre and will have her poetry published in Air Canada enRoute magazine.

“If people like us can’t afford to live here, then eventually what will happen?”

"Making this decision was one of the hardest of my life."

Canada's Manny Osborne-Paradis makes his season debut in men's downhill at Lake Louise, Alta., on Saturday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 2 p.m. ET), looking to carry over a strong finish to the 2016-17 season and a productive summer of strength training.

Six Surrey elementary staff members had to be hospitalized on Tuesday after eating the same chili.

A report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says the number of opioid prescriptions is on the rise in Canada.

Canucks open road trip with win in Philly

CBC's Go Public heard from frustrated Bell employees and customers coast to coast after our investigation into allegations of high-pressure sales tactics at Canada's largest telecommunications provider.

"This is gaslighting, the attack on the foundation of a child's being, which is child abuse."

Vancouver firefighters were called out to the West End after 25 people reported problems breathing.

Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld at a Tuesday night rally compared gender transitioning to “child abuse” as he railed against the SOGI curriculum now being observed in schools.