British Columbia news

Highway 1 has re-opened west of Kamloops, B.C., following a serious head-on crash that killed one person and injured four others.

Highway 1 is closed both directions west of Kamloops, B.C., following a serious head-on crash that killed one person and injured four others.

Highway 1 is closed both directions west of Kamloops, B.C., following a serious head-on crash that injured at least five people.

Members of the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team have arrested three people who are now facing 13 charges related to drug trafficking.

As the investigation continues into the fatal sinking of a herring boat off Vancouver Island last year, a training group finds new and longtime fishing crews increasingly receptive to the offer of potentially life-saving training.

Warmer weather is finally on the way for much of B.C.'s southern Interior following a 'colder and wetter' winter than normal.

The needle was found on an automatic door button for the Lux Hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Dozens of public paths are blocked or hidden along Victoria's Gorge waterway, a University of Victoria-supported study finds.

The province has kicked off a public consultation campaign to 'clamp down on high-priced ticket scalping' and controversial ticket bots.

The newest complex planned in the city's fight against homelessness will be for women only.

Mayor Richard Stewart says the fact no purpose-built rentals were constructed for decades is part of the reason rents are currently so high.

The latest data from the Coroners Service shows a 25 per cent jump in fatal overdoses between December and January.

The year began with an increase in overdose deaths, according to the latest report from the B.C. Coroners Service. A total of 125 people died of a suspected illicit drug overdose in B.C. in January — a 25 per cent increase from December 2017.

Registered Dietician Diana Steele is talking about snacking and strategies to fuel your body.

The B.C. government has announced a plan to crack down on online ticket scalping, in the hopes of making tickets to popular events more easily available to the general public.

A big boost to bus service for riders in eleven different Lower Mainland communities. TransLink announcing plans to expand the B-Line network from its current three routes – to seven. Jordan Armstrong has the details

The animals didn't show any fear of humans and were hunting too close to the farmhouse, according to the Ministry of Environment.

The new routes will cover areas in Langley, Surrey, Pitt Meadows and the North Shore.

The B.C. Government wants to post substantiated violations against unlicensed child care and residential-care facilities for the elderly online.

The new routes will cover areas in Langley, Surrey, Pitt Meadows and the North Shore.

A popular TV science personality put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the spot today to explain Canada's approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which if built will increase the flow of oil from Alberta to the Pacific coast.

The City of Abbotsford is hiring six new firefighters to help keep up with the dramatic spike in calls the department has been flooded with since the opioid crisis erupted.

Vancouver Canucks' standout rookie forward Brock Boeser could be done for the season after suffering a lower back injury Monday night. The 21-year-old will need four to six weeks to recover after falling awkwardly into the open gate of the team's bench.

UCP leader Jason Kenney says if he becomes premier, he would stop the flow of oil to British Columbia if it continues to stall the Trans Mountain pipeline. As Kendra Slugoski explains, he’s taking a page from playbook of late premier Peter Lougheed.

The Mayor of Maple Ridge said she was not aware the province had purchased three lots on Royal Crescent for temporary modular housing — but maybe that's for the best.

The site will be home to 39 units of housing for women in the Downtown Eastside. It will be overseen by Atira Women’s Resource Society.

With British Columbia expecting another year of low salmon runs, one politician says a new government entity should be created specifically to protect the fish.

Our loonie has been tumbling since Feb. 1.

A rigorous yearlong study offers new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain.

The winner of last year’s Curry Cup, Felix Zhou of Heritage Asian Eatery, gives us his three tips to creating the perfect homemade curry.

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, in Quebec's picturesque Laurentians, is being targeted by a Vancouver-based mining company in a lawsuit that is worth nearly 20 times the municipality's total budget.

The province's eTicket pilot project started in Delta on Monday.

A new political party in Surrey wants to accomplish what no party has been able to do since Dianne Watts launched a new political coalition in 2007: defeat Surrey First.

Writer-producer Jill Daum talks about her new play ‘Forget About Tomorrow’. The play, which takes cues from Daum’s life with her husband and musician John Mann, focuses on a family dealing with an Alzheimer’s diagnoses.

The Independent Investigations Office has cleared a Vancouver police officer in last September's shooting of a suspect who was wielding an axe.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced questions about Kinder Morgan from American TV host Bill Nye "The Science Guy."

The artist that created the sculpture near the Georgia Viaduct is looking for a buyer now that the piece has almost reached the end of its course with the Vancouver Biennale.

College of Chiropractors of B.C. cites "real risk to the public" in decision to suspend Dr. Michael Buna's registration while it investigates complaint.

"Council had to make that tough decision to say 'do we do a bylaw that the police will only enforce when they're able to because they have other priorities?'"

"We cannot pretend homelessness will solve itself, or disappear from sight and sit idly by while people struggle to live for months on end."

At least five people who have spent years on the streets turned down an offer to live in a new apartment development for the homeless because of the neighbours' protests, the property manager says. The two buildings of temporary, stackable units are located too close to a school, opponents say.

ICBC wants to make bad drivers pay more, while giving good drivers a break. Catherine Urquhart has more.

There aren't enough doctors graduating to replace the ones that are retiring, said the president of Doctors of BC.

But she's home now.

"It becomes a life or death situation when a poison drug supply is a part of it," said the manager of the Overdose Prevention Society.

That's both violent and non-violent crime.

"I was very worried. I think I am a polite person and I don't want to break the law,"

A new report says confidence in the B.C. justice system is among the lowest of any province in Canada. Ted Chernecki has the details.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Monday, March 5, 2018.

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