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"I think that is a message of intolerance," said Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner.

Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the City of Bhangra Festival 2018 and the 10th anniversary celebration of the Surrey Nature Centre.

A student from Belmont Secondary School has died of an apparent illicit drug overdose.

Marie and Roger Richardson say the government has provided no help in their dilemma.

Zach Cross, 25, who was known to police, was found dead on Thursday.

Police are investigating a homicide in Chilliwack

The family of a 17-year-old found shot says it is "broken" by the loss of a promising young mechanic who his older sister described as impossible to stay angry at over anything.

Police have received reports of eight of the so-called distraction thefts in just under a month; the victims have been seen openly wearing jewelry that suspects have successfully gotten away with. 

Chilliwack RCMP was called to the 45000-block of Wellington Avenue around 5 a.m. Thursday after receiving a report of a person in medical distress.

The next time voters head to the polls in Vancouver, the names of the candidates won't be listed in the traditional alphabetical order.

The annual Shakespeare festival begins with the tragedy Macbeth and a 1960s-themed production of As You Like It soundtracked by music from The Beatles.

The biggest Canada Celebration outside of Ottawa is right here in downtown Vancouver at Canada Place! Join the CKNW street team for a day of family friendly fun and fireworks to celebrate Canada's birthday

Evidence shows Ken Chung was driving 139 km/h moments before he hit and killed Dr. Alphonso Hui in 2015 at the intersection of Oak Street and 41st Avenue.

The number of illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C. have gone down in April compared to a month earlier.

New Mars discoveries are advancing the case for possible life on the red planet, past or even present.

The agreement with the provincial government will transfer control of child welfare programs back to B.C. Métis by 2021.

One of Vancouver’s most popular street festivals is returning to Commercial Drive June 18. Chef Donatello Di Lernia shares a sneak peek of some of the food that will be on offer.

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A warning being issued today by Vancouver police about a string of crimes that have been targeting older adults. Paul Haysom has more.

Vancouver city council voted unanimously to ban conversion therapy.

Travel consultant Claire Newell explains why you should mind your manners and respect fellow beachgoers

Airbnb won't remove listings from its site that have a fake licence number or are the source of other legal violations, according to a memorandum of understanding between the company and the City of Vancouver.

B.C. premier John Horgan's cabinet has accepted the recommendations made by Attorney General David Eby on how the referendum on a new electoral system would work.

The party decided to run a candidate earlier last month to replace three-term Vision Mayor Gregor Robertson who won’t be seeking re-election this October.

It's the first long-term hosting agreement of its kind that the sport's national governing body has signed.

Registered dietitian Carol Harrison shows us a no fail, DIY salad dressing “formula” using what you have in your kitchen.

"Willie picked up a chair... and whacked him right across the back with it."

Actor Eric McCormack talks about starring in both Will & Grace and Travelers. He also tells his personal story of his father’s death from prostate cancer and his support of “Plaid for Dad”.

Daniel Archbald, 37, and Ryan Daley, 43, were last seen leaving the Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour on May 16. They had returned from a trip and had docked in Ucluelet on May 13.

Canada's oilsands industry, hard hit by a price storm this year, could be sailing straight into a pricing typhoon stirred up by new fuel standards for the international shipping industry.

Parents, kids and teachers from Discovery School in Victoria explain why they hope their project will be one of the winners of the BCAA Place Space Contest.

The central bank said in a report released Thursday that although household credit growth has slowed, indebtedness remains high.

However, the same report predicts the prices of recreational properties in the Okanagan Valley will rise.

When the body of a young female whale washed up in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve more than three years ago, museum officials had to decide whether to haul it out to sea or bury it at the nearby dump and save the skeleton.

David Suzuki received an honorary degree from the University of Alberta Thursday as protesters rallied outside Edmonton's Jubilee Auditorium.

David Suzuki will be dressed in the fineries of the University of Alberta to receive an honorary degree this morning, as protesters are expected to rally outside against the ceremonial recognition.

Being nice to a boss can benefit an employee for obvious reasons, but it can also benefit the company as a whole, according to a new study that looked at workplace envy by UBC researchers.

Highway 97 was closed for several hours after the collision near the College of New Caledonia campus on Wednesday afternoon.

Support staff are on hand for students and staff after a student was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking near the Prince George, B.C., campus of the College of New Caledonia.

Support staff are on hand for students and staff after a student was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking near the Prince George, B.C. campus of the College of New Caledonia.

Scientists and about a dozen volunteers have dug up a grey whale that was buried at a landfill on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Breaking up is hard to do, but it's even harder if the custody of a family pet is involved.

Officials said they were initially concerned the fire could spread to several trees that were close to the house.

He says cities like Vancouver and Montreal are showing leadership on plastics, but we need the same leadership nationally.

After six months of fractious debate (and an almost fatal vote), senators will vote tonight on the government's landmark cannabis legislation — a bill that has been picked apart by senators determined to rework major sections of the Liberals' plan to end the prohibition on recreational pot use.

Dr. M.J. Milloy with the B.C. Centre on Substance Use worked on the study and said researchers did not find significant declines in road safety in American states where marijuana had been legalized, but they did find a drop in alcohol sales.

A couple from a tiny community in the B.C. Interior has a new home nearly a year after a devastating wildfire swept through the area destroying half the homes in their community.

A neighbourhood called Vacationland on Hawaii's Big Island had disappeared by Wednesday as lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay, turning it into new land that now juts into the sea.

Prime Minster Justin Trudeau was in B.C. on Wednesday. Could it be a signal that we will see more of him? Keith Baldrey reports.

Squire Barnes remembers John Ashbridge, the legendary B.C. broadcaster who was the voice of the Vancouver Canucks.