British Columbia news

Tuesday is the first day of spring. But Thursday could still bring a winter blast.

Magic mushrooms, LSD and marijuana were seized, and police say it was all destined for kids in the area.

Seventy-year-old Terry Christenson said he's doing this for the "grandchildren of the world."

An erratic driver with a stolen pickup truck wreaked havoc on Kelowna early Monday morning.

Peel Regional Police say the three men who assaulted a man with autism at a Mississauga bus terminal on March 13 may be from British Columbia.

Business owners won’t be able to sell recreational marijuana in the rural areas of the Thompson Nicola Regional District any time soon.

"Progress has been made and investigators now have credible information that the persons responsible are originally from British Columbia, specifically the Lower Mainland area and they recently travelled to the Greater Toronto Area."

Global News spoke with frustrated car drivers about record high rising gas prices in the region.

The B.C. government’s commitment to increase the number of dental surgeries performed each year is a good start but doesn’t fully address the needs of people with disabilities, according to an autism advocate.

Two-thirds of the way through the academic year, schools across British Columbia are still lacking teachers and some are finding creative ways of addressing the shortage from cross-country recruitment to hiring replacements without certifications.

Irish Supergroup Celtic Thunder are on the road for their 10th Anniversary! Tickets go on sale March 29 for their November 3rd performance at the Abbotsford Centre!

RCMP are asking for witnesses to come forward after a stolen white Ford F-150 pickup truck was involved in a series of hit-and-run collisions in Kelowna, B.C.

Three trucks and 17 firefighters responded to a large house fire in the Fairfield neighbourhood which caused extensive damage to a character home.

More demonstrators were arrested Monday at Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby terminal, where activists are planning a week of protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

A 70-year-old man who climbed 20 metres up a tree was one of 19 demonstrators arrested by Burnaby RCMP Monday. Activists are planning a week of protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

A 70-year-old man who climbed 20 metres up a tree was one of 15 demonstrators arrested by Burnaby RCMP Monday. Activists are planning a week of protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The Dota 2 tournament is poised to turn Vancouver into a global stage for the eSports community.

The Dota 2 (Defence of the Ancients) tournament has all the makings of a polished sports event including play-by-play announcers, post game interviews and enthusiastic fans.

A B.C. mother is begging Albertans for help after her missing son was spotted in Banff, Calgary and Edmonton.

Former NHL player Larry Kwong died peacefully at his home in Calgary on Thursday.

The father of a Kamloops teen killed in a 2016 hit and run is relieved the man charged in her death plans to enter a guilty plea.

"I've heard especially from parents whose sons and daughters suffered for long periods."

More than 60 restaurants from White Rock to Whistler are taking part in Dining Out for Life on Thursday, March 22. Portions of the night’s sales will go toward ‘A Loving Spoonful, a charity that helps provide meals for people living with HIV/AIDS. We get a preview of what you can order at Lift Bar...

Larry Kwong, the first player to break the NHL's colour barrier, has died at age 94 in Calgary.

Commuters are forced to get creative as fuel prices increase. Will prices soar above the 2014 record of $1.55 per litre? Tanya Beja reports.

While flood fears grow in parts of the B.C. Interior, high snow levels are expected to increase Vancouver Island river levels to the benefit of threatened fish stocks.

The Cariboo Regional District has just released a new report looking at last summer’s wildfire season.

"Maybe they have a drug problem, they have a mental problem," said one Richmond resident.

Grammy-Nominated Singer and Songwriter Aloe Blacc joins us to talk about his new project “America’s Musical Journey”

Surrey RCMP say charges have been laid against a suspect related to a fire that destroyed a sports equipment store last year.

Two graduate students at the University of British Columbia are hoping to rid the campus of plastics because they are concerned about the amount of plastic litter ending up in the ocean around their school.

“This is far from entrenched polarization, and instead reveals a population which understands that there is no easy choice to be made when it comes to this project."

RCMP remain on the scene at a Vernon, B.C., home where a 37-year-old woman was found unresponsive on Thursday.

David Hope was convicted of sex assault, break and enter, forcible confinement and robbery after attacking two women near UVic in 2016.

Police are investigating after a 37-year-old woman died after being found unresponsive in her Vernon home.

A Canadian Coast Guard vessel with more than a dozen researchers on board has returned from an ocean expedition off B.C.'s Central Coast.

Driving is getting even more expensive in Metro Vancouver with experts predicting record-breaking prices at the pump. Tanya Beja reports.

Fire crews were able to contain the fire.

Global BC Reporter Richard Zussman and Vancouver Sun columnist Rob Shaw discuss their new B.C. politics book, A Matter of Confidence.

The federal, Ontario and Quebec governments say they will spend $200 million to help fund research into 5G wireless technology, the next-generation networks with download speeds 100 times faster than current ones can handle.

The man has been ordered to pay $1 fine and donate $8,000 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.

“The Odds” are one of several acts playing next month’s “Canuck Country Rocks!”, a benefit for the Canucks for Kids Fund. Tickets are available now for the April 14th show at the Vogue Theatre.

The project poses a threat to waters off the West Coast, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday at a meeting with B.C. Premier John Horgan and officials from Oregon and California.

Petroleum analyst Dan McTeague explains Vancouver’s gas prices approaching record levels.

Owners of the Aeroplan loyalty program have struck a deal with online retailing giant Amazon that will enable the former's five million members in Canada earn reward points while shopping online.

Bill C-64 could be passed as early as this summer, establishing new rules around abandoned, rotting and sinking vessels in Canada, but stakeholders in B.C. worry the law will be too weak.

The Canadian whistleblower at the centre of an international scandal that allegedly helped the Trump campaign capitalize politically from private Facebook information got his start in politics with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Lilia Zaharieva was sitting in a Victoria restaurant having "the world's saddest happy hour" when she received an email that changed her life.

Lilia Zaharieva was sitting in a Victoria restaurant having "the world's saddest happy hour" when she received an email that changed her life.

Neighbours in the Cambie corridor are raising concerns over vacant and boarded up properties that have been left empty by developers, but are now housing squatters.