British Columbia news

A new provincial task force is touring British Columbia all month, trying to bring together both sides of the tenant-landlord debate and modernize B.C.’s tenancy laws.

BC's Automotive Retailers Association is calling on ICBC to rescind a recent policy that would see repair shops pocketing less and the Crown corporation getting more.

The Automotive Retailers Association of B.C., which represents a majority of the province's glass repair shops, says big changes to the discount ICBC gets will mean businesses close and workers get laid off.

An Edmonton woman desperately wants to reunite her family. She gave birth to a baby boy June 5 but her fiance can't be with them because Immigration Canada has denied him a temporary resident's visa.

“We have no idea what we're going to do with our property.”

The CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. says it will continue to avoid spending on large growth projects in Canada despite the federal government's move last week to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The sudden closure of a downtown daycare in Vancouver has upset parents who rely on the service.

Police are teaming up with health workers, social services and volunteers in a day-long training exercise to test out a new Silver Alert system.

“You can tell he never had attention. He didn’t know the word ‘walk’ or ‘out’ and now he knows those words and he’s living a life that a dog should be living.”

Friends say Ted was near the end stages of cancer and his death, alone at a fast-food restaurant, highlights the health-care barriers that Vancouver's homeless face.

As the December 23, 2017 death of Gavinder Grewal remains unsolved, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) is hoping the public will be able to help in the investigation.

Allison Forsyth says she was 17 years old, training and competing in Europe, when junior national ski coach Bertrand Charest started abusing her

Police have released grainy pictures from surveillance footage of two men and two vehicles, believed to be related to the death of the 30-year-old, killed in North Vancouver in December.

Ridge Meadows RCMP say four vehicles were involved in a crash on Golden Ears Way at 203 Street around 7:30 p.m.

The study followed a cohort of 662 young people over 10 years.

McLeese Lake Volunteer Fire Department's fire chief says each truck has about $200 of gas in a full tank, and rising prices at the pumps may have been the motive for stealing the fuel.

A Kelowna digital company will soon be hiring more employees.

Have a snorer in your life? This high tech pillow promises to help alleviate the problem.

Sto:lo Nation elder Elizabeth Phillips is the last surviving fluent speaker of Halq'emeylem. She is scheduled to receive an honorary degree Wednesday for her efforts to preserve the language.

Police are reminding parents to talk to their children about safety around strangers, and reminding adults that it is inappropriate to approach children they do not know.

Police were asking residents to stay away from an area in Port Coquitlam after they received reports of shots fired early Wednesday morning. Paul Haysom has the latest.

The man at the centre of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's troubled trip to India is set to plead not guilty to charges of threatening a radio host.

TV Week’s Brent Furdyk fills us in on the highlights of Global TV’s new fall shows.

TV Week’s Brent Furdyk fills us in on the highlights of Global TV’s new fall shows.

A recent report found villages in the archipelago are dealing with a housing shortage for long-term residents, despite declining overall populations.

A Nanaimo, B.C., mother says an encounter with a furry caterpillar sent her eight-month-old daughter to the hospital.

Beth Zroback from The Orca Bus explains why she hopes her project will be one of the winners of the BCAA Place Space Contest.

Beth Zroback from The Orca Bus explains why she hopes her project will be one of the winners of the BCAA Place Space Contest.

Coquitlam RCMP say an ongoing police incident in Port Coquitlam is now over and the area has been deemed safe.

A well-known voice in Vancouver, John Ashbridge, has died at age 71. Paul Haysom is live in downtown Vancouver with more on the highlights of Ashbridge’s career.

The area flooded in 2016, leading to evacuations and a state of emergency in the nearby district of Chetwynd.

It's the latest twist in the saga of the controversial muster of peacocks populating the residential area around 150 Street and 62 Avenue.

Atlin-based helicopter pilot Jamie Tait says a kilometre-long piece of ice recently broke off the Llewellyn Glacier, at the south end of Atlin Lake.

She had been taking opioids for back pain for more than three decades. The trouble began when she needed a new family doctor.

The unbending couple's attempts to purge churches of evil have brought them into conflict with other Christians around B.C. They claimed to hear directly from God. But are they capable of raising a child?

That's because this year's high water levels have helped the bugs, creating ideal breeding conditions.

Ridge Meadows RCMP have closed Golden Ears Way in Maple Ridge between 203 Street and 210 Street for a collision that happened Tuesday night.

Golden Ears Way in Maple Ridge has reopened between 203 Street and 210 Street after a collision Tuesday night.

A Pitt Meadows man and his dog were killed Tuesday night in a four-car crash on a section of Golden Ears Way in Maple Ridge, B.C.

The legalization of marijuana in Canada threatens the livelihoods of thousands of people in B.C.'s Kootenay region, where small-scale cannabis operations account for an estimated 15 to 30 per cent of the local economy.

John Ashbridge was known to many as the voice of Vancouver hockey.

The Vancouver Canucks say longtime public address announcer John Ashbridge has died at the age of 71.

The changing face of consumer demand is on display at a major conference in Vancouver that shows how more and more companies are realizing that “sustainability” is the key to business survival. Linda Aylesworth reports.

A shocking video has led the BC SPCA to recommend that Victoria’s horse-drawn carriages be taken off the city’s streets, and limited to parks. Kylie Stanton has the story, and the video.

A new reports says women suffer a greater burden from strokes than men, but because of gaps in the health care system, women need to be advocates for themselves. Tanya Beja reports. Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.

It’s become Vancouver’s architectural equivalent to the flying car: often promised but never becoming a reality. Ted Chernecki explores what happened to plans for a huge rooftop garden at the downtown branch of the Vancouver Public Library.

The business licence of Richmond’s Action Travel agency has been cancelled, but Consumer Protection BC suspects it’s still doing business from a secret location. Anne Drewa reports.

The dispute over peafowl that roam free through a Surrey neighbourhood has turned into a police incident. Aaron McArthur explains why one homeowner was arrested for his treatment of the birds.

A new reports says women suffer a greater burden from strokes than men, but because of gaps in the health care system, women need to be advocates for themselves. Tanya Beja reports, Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.

Parents and staff of a Burnaby daycare are in a panic tonight, after it was evicted by a church. John Hua reports.