British Columbia news

The minister in charge of poverty reduction in B.C. says not having a single day when social assistance cheques are distributed is intriguing, but the government won't make a decision until 2019.

Two Vancouver lawyers have offered up their private parking lots to a group of high school students after Merritt city council rejected their proposal for a rainbow crosswalk.

"We remind people to exercise a critical lens in what they see, hear, or read before any judgments are made," said an RCMP statement.

Residents in northern B.C. are digging out from a ton of snow.

The Abbotsford man was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant when transit police pulled him over.

Emily Daley was last seen January 31st.

Heather Place, which is being built at 725-799 West 14 Ave, is the first project to move forward as part of the province’s goal to build 1,700 affordable rental-housing units over the next four years.

While many rural B.C. municipalities are suffering from a shortage of nurses, the District of Kitimat in the northwest has a small surplus thanks in part to an incentives program funded by the community itself.

The battle over keeping cetaceans in captivity was reignited on Friday after the Vancouver Park Board announced it had filed an appeal of a B.C. Supreme Court decision that found it did not have the authority to impose a ban on whales, dolphins and porpoises at the city's aquarium.

A cruelty investigation into what happened to Cedric is now underway.

Kitimat is a major aluminum producer and may be impacted by the American tariffs on steel and aluminum.

The Okanagan Rail Trail from Dilworth Drive to the UBCO campus in Kelowna will be paved this summer.

Last month the BC Supreme Court ruled the board's ban didn't apply to the aquarium because of a binding contract with the facility.

The Walkers’ Caucus, an advocacy group for pedestrians, is conducting a survey of New Westminster's crosswalks on Saturday to find out if pedestrians have enough time at intersections.

After snowmobiler failed to attach safety shut-off cord, the riderless machine travelled the length of nine football fields before crashing into its owner's friend.

The Dark Times music festival launches in Williams Lake, B.C. on March 2.

"We know that the weather had an impact on local accommodators."

A Squamish mother is hoping other mothers don't have to live through the pain she has.

A Squamish mother is hoping other mothers don't have to live through the pain she has.

Its owners have now been awarded $115,000 in a B.C. Supreme Court ruling.

Dana Gee gives us her guess on who will win on Oscar night and who she thinks really should take home the awards this Sunday.

Coralee is now living in a trailer and is not sure what to do. The apartment is currently sitting empty.

It’s a good weekend for small movie releases. Dana Gee takes a look at the new releases hitting the Box Office this weekend including Red Sparrow, Never Steady, Never Still, A Fantastic Woman and Loveless.

Levi Aikema and his mother Heidi explain how Children’s Wish has helped Levi battles Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The family just returned from their wish trip to Disney World in Florida.

The district has begun testing its warning system once a month after a tsunami warning for the entire B.C. coast was issued in January following an earthquake.

The city of Terrace, B.C., is pushing for a new law preventing convicted criminals from becoming city councillors after a Pitt Meadows politician was convicted of sexual assault.

The wine war between Alberta and British Columbia may be over, but Alberta craft beer makers are now ready to tackle a long-standing trade issue in Canada: exporting to other provinces.

The Rain City Strategy aims to capture and clean 90 per cent of the city's rainwater. The public can find out more at a workshop being held March 3.

Federal court case reveals details of people smuggling ring.

There's hope for the fledgling new industry, but women say it's becoming more like other every other business out there: owned and funded by men.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling certain pre-packaged Cooked Shrimp due to the potential presence of raw shrimp, which may contain harmful bacteria.

BC Hydro said they expect to restore power by early Friday morning, after a car struck and damaged a hydro pole on King George Boulevard Thursday night.

BC Hydro restored power just after 8 a.m.

"It's unfortunate when someone has been sort of called out... for something that they didn't do, and it's unfortunate online that these rumours and stories can spread very quickly."

"I think this study raises questions about whether doctors are trained to treat diverse populations."

Mountain Equipment Co-op caves in to consumer pressure but the threat of boycotts, while powerful, remains a blunt instrument.

Marketplace and Go Public teamed up for a hidden camera investigation into Canada’s largest telecom, capturing deceiving sales pitches for Bell as door-to-door sales reps repeatedly misled customers.

Penticton RCMP said a woman who was arrested and released following the murder of Dale Atkinson has died. 

This week, the federal government announced that it would be making a $231 million investment to address the opioid crisis nationally.

James Riach, a B.C. man who survived a targeted shooting August 2011 in Kelowna that killed Jonathan Bacon, has been sentenced to life in prison for drug smuggling in the Philippines, local media is reporting. 

The investigation looked at concerns raised by former participants and volunteers at Woodwynn Farms in Central Saanich, B.C.

Participants at the Vancouver International Wine Festival reflect on what makes the event so unique.

And that's without even counting mortgages. Although British Columbians are tops in that category.

A public inquest will be held into the death of Deanna Renee Desjarlais, whose body was found in a British Columbia park. She was 27, originally from Saskatoon and a member of the Kawacatoose First Nation.

Longtime attendants at the Vancouver International Wine Festival reflect on past events.

A man who took nine people hostage at gunpoint in Edmonton is again eligible for statutory release but he will be required to stay at a half-way house and follow a series of other conditions.

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

Vancouver's new recycling facility will accept some additional items that people couldn't drop off at the old one, but people heading to the dump now need to make two stops to unload the recyclables.

Parents are still feeling the gendered stigma attached to parental leave but hope the new federal program aimed at getting men to take time off will help normalize the role of stay-at-home dads.

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