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B.C.'s fruit growers are being warned that so-called radical labour activists may try to trespass on to their farms this summer and impersonate government officials.

It's a tale — a feathered tale — with a happy ending.

Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday, May 18, 2018.

Some of the charges include conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a loaded restricted firearm, and extortion.

World champion skier and Olympic gold medalist Nancy Greene Raine will end a tenure of nine years since she was appointed to the Senate by Stephen Harper.

Premier Rachel Notley thanked a group of 100 British Columbia business people who flew to Edmonton Thursday to show their support for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, a poke in the eye to B.C. Premier John Horgan.

"Alberta has the right to act in the public interest to reduce the negative impacts to our treasury and the economy," said a letter from Alberta's justice minister.

Vancouver Supt. Mike Porteous says seven members of the Gill Group, including its leader, 21-year-old Taqdir Gill, have been arrested and face conspiracy and weapons charges.

Thursday May 17: Sooke resident Vincenz Eberl noticed a Canada goose had built her nest below a construction site. When some boulders rolled down the hill, Eberl thought the eggs were crushed. But he filmed what happened next.

While Saskatchewan prepares legislation to potentially block oil exports to B.C., Premier Scott Moe prepares to meet with his western counterparts.

Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province this weekend

Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province.

A B.C. man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after admitting that — while a homeless alcoholic — he killed a Good Samaritan who had invited him to stay in his home, stabbing the Calgarian 53 times and hiding his body in an alley.

It is historically one of the most expensive weekends at the pumps and heading into Victoria Day long weekend the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on the federal government to remove the federal excise tax on gasoline. 

Citing health and safety concerns related to fumigation, Canada Post stopped delivering mail to Nicholson Tower on May 10.

Citing health and safety concerns related to fumigation, Canada Post stopped delivering mail to Nicholson Tower on May 10.

Travel consultant Claire Newell shares tips on organizing a group trip with extended family.

Mix up this classic Canadian cocktail with a special recipe from Jeff Savage, Head Bartender at Botanist.

Downtown Grand Forks is mostly deserted today, with some evacuated residents allowed to return to their homes – but only briefly. A second surge of flood water is expected soon. John Hua reports from the neighbourhood of South Ruckles.

B.C. Wildfire Service estimates the fire is 140 hectares in size.

Communities across the province are seeing rain today and Friday, increasing flood concerns. Jordan Armstrong looks at high risk areas along the Fraser River

The Liberals' plan to financially backstop the TransMountain pipeline project may be the last, best option to salvage the proposal from political extinction, says a former Alberta pipeline executive.

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Prime Minister Trudeau suggested Thursday that monetary assurances from the government to Trans Mountain investors made “good economic sense” as pipeline expansion would provide access to new markets estimated at $15-billion.

A group of First Nations in British Columbia are moving to tame the morel mushroom picking industry, long known for its "wild west" character, governed only by fluctuating prices driven by culinary demand and the natural forces that control supply.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called compensation offered to Trans Mountain investors in the event the pipeline’s expansion is delayed an “exceptional situation” to protect the project.

A mission to strengthen business ties between Alberta and B.C. Amid the current Trans Mountain pipeline was spear-headed by Iain Black, president and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. He joined Global News at Noon.

A delegation from B.C. is in Edmonton for a trip dubbed ”The Federation Flight,” in an attempt to reinforce support from B.C. business leaders for Alberta’s energy sector at a time when tensions over the Trans Mountain pipeline are running high. Flecher Kent has more on Global News at Noon.

The 10-year program will cover projects that help communities withstand natural hazards including floods, wildfires, seismic events and droughts.

In the midst of an ongoing feud over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Alberta's premier met with a delegation from the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on Thursday.

Langford has previously been hostile to the idea of dispensaries, but council is now accepting proposals for up to five recreational stores to operate when marijuana becomes legal later this year.

The family of Kristi Lavallee is holding on to the hope she will be found, after hearing reports that the Regina woman had allegedly fallen into a raging river in British Columbia and been swept away.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has erupted from its summit, sending a dusty plume of ash about 9,000 metres into the sky.

Residents on Barnston Island say they are prepared but nervous for what could be the highest river levels in 70 years.

Reporter John Hua is in Grand Forks Thursday morning with the latest on the flooding preps and the news that federal funding help is on the way for the community.

Controversial comedian Kathy Griffin brings her “Laugh Your Head Off World Tour” to Vancouver next month and she gives us a sneak peek at what will be in store for fans.

Residents in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality — which comprises around one-tenth of the area of mainland B.C. — must dial 10-digit numbers for local fire, police and ambulance services.

The Marine Education and Research Society says the whale's wound was almost certainly caused by a strike from a boat propeller.

The federal government confirms it will send in the Canadian Armed Forces to help with flood relief efforts in B.C.

The federal government has confirmed that 140 Canadian Armed Forces troops are heading to B.C. to help with flood relief efforts today.

More than 300 Canadian Armed Forces troops will soon be in B.C. to help with relief efforts, as officials warn that weekend weather could bring more flooding.

A 3-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked in a Burnaby, B.C., neighbourhood Tuesday. Less than a day later, a dog walker fought off a coyote as it attacked a dog in North Vancouver.

"Maybe we should have a plebiscite about it, maybe they should ask that question in the next election."

A North Vancouver condo owner has won the right to keep his golden retriever after successfully arguing a strata bylaw outlawing the ownership of anything but a "small dog" was too vague.

Call it a victory for the little guy — no matter how big he is.

A woman who backed out of buying a multi-million-dollar Vancouver home after she learned it was the site of a murder has been awarded her legal costs for fighting a lawsuit from the seller.

Ottawa's promise Wednesday to protect Kinder Morgan from certain delay costs doesn't guarantee the pipeline builder will feel confident breaking ground on its controversial Trans Mountain expansion project.

The Liberal government offered this week to compensate Kinder Morgan for any losses related to political opposition to the Trans Mountain project — but Justin Trudeau effectively bought us a piece of the pipeline five years ago.

Ottawa's promise Wednesday to protect Kinder Morgan from certain delay costs doesn't guarantee the pipeline builder will feel confident breaking ground on its controversial Trans Mountain expansion project.

The rain has begun to fall in parts of the Southern Interior, where residents are bracing for the possibility of a second round of destructive flooding. John Hua has the latest.