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Many of the new donors were undoubtedly inspired by the story of crash victim Logan Boulet who had just signed up as an organ donor on his 21st birthday just a few weeks before the crash.

Many of the new donors were undoubtedly inspired by the story of crash victim Logan Boulet, who had signed up as an organ donor on his 21st birthday just a few weeks before the crash.

Four members of the Abbotsford Police Department will cycle around BC, raising money for childhood cancer research. They are carrying on the legacy of Cst. John Davidson, who was killed on duty in November 2017.

The B.C. government is launching a new task force to look at rental housing

A $1.45-million government grant will help communities in the Okanagan create digital maps of the landscape to help prepare for flooding, officials announced Tuesday.

Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr maintained on Tuesday that the government stands behind building a pipeline, “100 per cent.”

The Honda Celebration of Light is back for it's 28th year in a row with new contestants and a little bit of a twist.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province will buy the Trans Mountain oil pipeline project if that's what it takes to get it built.

Vancouver police are offering owners of older cars free security clubs in order to combat the rising number of stolen vehicles.

The organizers of the annual fireworks festival have announced the 2018 lineup of countries participating and this year’s theme.

The potential cancellation of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is putting a spotlight on oilpatch innovations that might mitigate the need for export capacity as oilsands production rises.

Vancouver police are launching an initiative to help prevent older vehicles from being stolen.

Legislation has been introduced that would give the province's Merit Commissioner the authority to review all public service dismissals for just cause.

A spokeswoman said the gear did not collapse and no one was injured in the landing but everyone was evacuated onto the runway.

The unsolved 1987 double homicide of Tanya van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook will be the subject of a news conference in Washington state Wednesday.

Kinder Morgan announced Sunday that it is suspending "non-essential activities" and related spending on the Trans Mountain pipeline project, citing ongoing opposition from the B.C. government.

895,000 passengers will pass through the Port of Vancouver this year. Jordan Armstrong reports.

The Western Commander sank at the entrance of Hecate Strait, west of Prince Rupert, on Monday morning.

Several public vigils are planned in communities across Canada this week following the devastating Humboldt Broncos bus crash on Friday. Here are the details of where and when vigils are planned.

Dietician Diana Steele explains the health and environmental benefits of choosing plant based recipes.

The BC SPCA is looking for a forever home for this animal.

Gary Dromarsky isn't allowed to reapply for a nursing licence for at least five years.

Johannes Vermeer is facing two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts accessing child pornography.

Jason Kenney says Trudeau should withhold transfers to B.C. for blocking a pipeline it has no jurisdiction over.

Amendments to the Employment Standards Act would allow up to 18 months leave for new mothers, and up to two years of leave if a child dies before age 19.

No one was injured but one Eastside Road property and home damaged.

Here's some spring cocktails to make at home.

Here's how you can make this cheesecake at home.

The contractor was operating a floating excavator on a tailings pond at the Fording River Mine north of Elkford when it flipped over.

Justice Nigel Kent admitted that some might find the sentence for 26-year-old Jasondeep Johal lenient — but cited as a mitigating factor the fact that in 2015, the year of his arrest, knowledge of the dangers of fentanyl was not as prevalent as it is today.

The Tokyo Olympics can't come soon enough for Canadian swimming after 17-year-old phenom Taylor Ruck matched a Commonwealth Games record with eight medals. But first there's an English exam to pass.

Notary Public Daniel Boisvert takes us through the top five reasons you should make a will to ensure your wishes are followed after you pass.

CBC's new podcast opens the doors to real life therapy, with a real life therapist, to demystify the discourse surrounding mental health.

Large hot spots in the ocean can cause coral bleaching, fishery closures and mass mortalities of marine life.

The family of Ryan Shtuka is refocusing the search area for the missing Alberta man after a tips leads them to believe Ryan many have ventured in a different direction the night he went missing.

University of British Columbia president Santa Ono apologized to victims of residential schools, in an event marking the official opening of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre on campus on Monday.

Witnesses said the car drove through an intersection and straight into a wooded area of Dunbar.

Faced with an escalating battle between British Columbia and Alberta as well as a spooked investment community, federal cabinet ministers will gather today for an emergency meeting in search of a way to convince Kinder Morgan to go forward with its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

More than $4 million was donated by organizations between Sept. 13, when the government said it was moving forward with the ban, and Nov. 30, when the bill received royal assent, with the vast majority of the money going to the NDP.

How did B.C. Premier John Horgan and his NDP government's active opposition to the Trans Mountain expansion become the one hazard Kinder Morgan decided shareholders shouldn't have to stomach?

The Trudeau government has named an advisory panel to navigate the stormy issue of what activities will and will not be allowed inside coastal waters and ocean designated as marine protected areas.

Almost 7,000 telecom customer complaints have been accepted by CCTS in recent months, a 73 per cent increase over the same period last year.

The Liberal government is facing a new push to end a ban on blood donations by sexually active gay and bisexual men, a policy Justin Trudeau's own election platform called discriminatory.

Kinder Morgan, an American company, could file a NAFTA claim seeking billions of dollars if its Trans Mountain expansion project fails.

"The concept is to attract people to come down to Steveston..."

As a whole, B.C. is at 127 per cent of normal.

A Langley dad said Cineplex had no business showing "sexually suggestive scenes, drinking, [and] wet t-shirt contests" in a trailer before a PG movie.

All of it before new rules around political donations came into effect on Nov. 30, 2017.

Faced with an escalating battle between British Columbia and Alberta as well as a spooked investment community, federal cabinet ministers will gather Tuesday for an emergency meeting in search of a way to convince Kinder Morgan to go forward with its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

"Is there mould? Has the electrical been tampered with? Are there chemicals around?"