British Columbia news

Vernon resident Caroline Koenig has passed away weeks after being rescued by her husband.

The controversial development at 105 Keefer St. in Vancouver’s Chinatown may have been halted, but with municipal elections coming up this year, community advocates say the fight to preserve the neighbourhood and combat gentrification isn't over yet.

The bulls were apparent on the first trading day of 2018.

Once again, Parks Canada is launching its summer camping reservations in January, with some sites opening as early as Jan. 3, 2018.

Some condo values have jumped as much as 35 per cent, while some detached homes actually dropped in value.

The Czech Republic has joined Germany, Australia, New Zealand and a growing list of other nations which are turning to Canada as a safe and legal source for medical grade cannabis.

B.C. Assessment has released its list of the most expensive residential properties in the province and the house that came out on top won't likely be a surprise.

Two Vernon brothers are home safe after spending several freezing hours stuck down a gully in the forest on New Year's Eve.

Two Vernon brothers are home safe after spending several freezing hours stuck down a gully in the forest on New Year's Eve.

It's time to take down the tree for another year. Here's how to get rid of it responsibly.

Eileen Drever from the BCSPCA introduces us Finnigan and Mops, two happy dogs looking for their forever home.

As magical as the holiday season is, it can also be a stressful and difficult time for families — especially if everyone has different ideas of what the celebrations should look like.

Separated bike path construction generated strong, divided opinions on Mayor Lisa Helps' record.

Nutritionist Diana Steele has tips for making changes to your eating habits in 2018.

Starting Jan. 15, B.C. joins five other Canadian provinces in offering the pregnancy termination drug for free.

The community of Oak Bay, B.C. is still mourning the deaths of two young sisters found dead in their father's apartment on Christmas Day and the impact of the tragedy is being felt far beyond just friends and family.

A Vancouver firefighter is recovering in hospital after being hurt on the job. Fire crews were responding to a burning building on the Downtown Eastside when a driver who was believed to be drunk plowed through the scene. Jordan Armstrong reports.

Two young Okanagan boys were at a New Year’s Eve bonfire when they wandered off and got lost. The boys were found several hours later more than a kilometre from where they started.

Online producer Amy Judd joined Paul Haysom on BC1 to talk about the latest in entertainment news for 2018.

Tue, Jan 2: A new mortgage stress test is being rolled out across the country requiring soon-to-be and current mortgage holders to prove they can cope with future interest rate hikes. Troy Resvick, the president of the Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association of BC joined Sonia Sunger on Global News Morning to talk more about what...

Two boys rescued on New Year's Eve after spending more than two hours in frigid wilderness near Vernon.

Tue, Jan 2: A driver is in custody after plowing through an active fire scene on Vancouver’s downtown East Side. As Jordan Armstrong reports, a firefighter was injured in the incident.

For the fifth consecutive year, Lululemon founder Chip Wilson's home has been assessed as the most expensive in all of B.C.

"To me, that's the first thing kids go for, is a swing."

There have long been obstacles in the path of women seeking to succeed in politics — and some female MPs are now coming forward to share their own experiences with sexually inappropriate behaviour, both on and off Parliament Hill.

"A beaver actually gnawed through a tree, and that tree ended up falling on a power line, which then caused an outage."

A firefighter suffered a severe leg injury after becoming entangled in a fire hose that was being dragged by a car. The driver had barrelled through the emergency perimeter of the fire scene on the Downtown Eastside.

A firefighter suffered a leg injury after getting entangled in a fire hose that was being dragged by a car.

A supermoon was observed across the world on New Year’s Day, January 1, with video here showing the supermoon over British Colombia, Canada.

Early Tuesday morning a call came in about a fire in a vacant building at Main and Hastings streets — the second fire call at that location in only 24 hours.

A BC social worker is running into a bureaucratic brick wall in attempting to facilitate changes to the social safety net to protect future at-risk children.

As many as 3,000 were still without power yesterday, but BC Hydro says crews have made excellent progress and fewer than 200 customers are affected this morning.

Utility's website says only 47 customers in the Lower Mainland are still without electricity after last week's storm.

Utility's website says about 650 customers are still without electricity after last week's storm.

Swimmers from across the province took to the waters for the annual cold-water ritual — although some were colder than others.

A British Columbia social worker says she won't abandon her fight for a national alert system to prevent at-risk children from disappearing when their families unexpectedly relocate to different jurisdictions

Nursing student Esthersita Anthonyraj Achari, 27, died Thursday after being struck by the vehicle a day earlier.

Australia’s transport safety investigation agency says it plans to raise a seaplane that crashed into a Sydney river on New Year’s Eve, killing six people including a Canadian pilot and a prominent British CEO.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Monday, January 1, 2018.

The new year means you’ll be paying the government less for some things, and more for others. Aaron McArthur breaks down the savings, and the extra costs.

It’s the time of the year when otherwise mostly normal people throw caution to the cold wind and plunge into frigid waters. Jennifer Palma reports on this year’s B.C polar bear swims.

The Monday, January 1, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.

We’re learning more about a power surge that left 120 skiers and boarders dangling for hours in the cold near Agassiz. Paul Johnson has the details.

B.C.’s first baby of 2018 arrived just nine seconds after midnight, and Victoria’s first baby caught everyone a little off-guard. Geoff Hastings reports.

A 10-year-old Vancouver Island girl is hoping to help make a difference in the lives of her fellow adoptees from China. Neetu Garcha has her story.

A North Vancouver pilot is among the six people killed in a New Year’s Eve seaplane crash in Australia. Tanya Beja has the story.

"I pushed twice and lay down on the laundry room floor and pushed again and she was born."

Hundreds of swimmers throughout the Okanagan took an icy plunge for the annual polar bear dip.

While a cold snap cancelled many polar bear swims across Canada, Vancouver's relatively mild weather drew a huge crowd to English Bay for a quick dip in icy waters.