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The officer is still on active duty.

The charge is related to a 2016 arrest on Burrard Street when a man suffered serious injuries.

A former Vancouver police officer who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation and breach of trust told complainants he was sorry and that he went too far in recorded conversations played at his sentencing hearing.

A former Vancouver police officer who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation and breach of trust told complainants he was sorry and that he went too far in recorded conversations played at his sentencing hearing.

The vigilantes patrol the streets at night and even go as far as dumping water on buildings where drug users congregate.

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Why? Because one of BC Ferries' biggest vessels needs its propeller fixed.

The 13-year-old walrus made headlines for giving birth to one of two walrus calves in captivity.

Workers at Gateway’s Okanagan casinos are planning to walk off the job on Friday, June 29 at 3:01 p.m.

Workers at Gateway’s Okanagan casinos are planning to walk off the job on Friday, June 29 at 3:01 p.m.

Here are your five things to do this Canada Day long weekend.

The Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre shows a map of where it thinks a plane went missing after leaving Calgary’s Springbank Airport.

The owner of the missing plane had a well-equipped plane in case of an emergency, says the JVRCC. And because of that, the search area has been drastically reduced.

Due to steep terrain, a helicopter was deemed the best way to find a plane that went missing between Merritt and Hope, BC. But due to rain and clouds, the helicopter hasn’t been able to get close to the site where it’s believed the plane went missing.

The Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says rainy and cloudy weather is proving to be a challenge in regards to finding a small plane that is missing between Merritt and Hope.

The Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre holds a press conference to update the ongoing search for a missing plane between Merritt and Hope.

Prince George residents will have the chance to get up close and personal with the Stanley Cup, and celebrate their own homegrown hockey hero, later this summer.

The manager of a popular Vancouver tourist restaurant has been fired after refusing service to a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The manager had worked at the popular restaurant for about 18 months.

"It started with me reviewing books or makeup, or motherhood," Mare McHale said. "It started out quite innocently."

It was in the Tumbler Ridge area where scientists came to understand Tyrannosauruses Rex as pack hunters.

Initially known as a trading town, Tofino would slowly grow as a tourist destination.

A great fire once destroyed most of Telkwa's downtown buildings.

Taylor was once the subject of a tussle between its founder and a man named Bob Barker.

It was the place where the famous Chief Maquinna had his home.

Surrey would become a municipality in 1879 and then a city in September 1993.

Sun Peaks was incorporated as a municipality in 2010.

Settlers would come to agreements with First Nations in Summerland, then break them and acquire land through "pre-emption."

You'll find Stewart in B.C.'s northwestern corner, right on the border with Alaska.

Christy Clark is the longest serving female premier in Canadian history, holding the office from 2011 to 2017.

RCMP are investigating after the 'isolated' incident

Movie critic Dana Gee reviews three new films hitting theaters this weekend, including the follow up to the 2016 crime film “Sicario” and the documentary about fashion icon Dame Vivienne Westwood.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is one of three local mayors co-hosting CKNW on Friday.

Polygamy is illegal in Canada. This is why.

The chair of the board that decides the fate of some of society's most troubled people is preparing to fight B.C.'s attorney general over independence.

Searchers say low clouds and rain are hampering their efforts.

Searchers say low clouds and rain are hampering their efforts.

The aircraft vanished after leaving Calgary on Thursday morning. B.C. crews hope to expand the search area on Friday.

The aircraft vanished after leaving Calgary on Thursday morning. B.C. crews hope to expand the search area on Friday.

While city staff call it preserving Chinatown's identity, the people who live there call it corrupt.

"Even if it's a side street, it's going to affect everyone in that whole area," said one resident.

Here's a look at how the tariffs will work and their possible impacts, in the words of experts who spoke to parliamentarians and CBC News.

The man imprisoned for committing the biggest immigration scam in Canadian history was released on early parole even though he refused to pay more than $900,000 in fines and "minimized his criminal behaviour", according to a Parole Board of Canada decision in November 2017.

Sparwood was one of three communities that sprung up amid mining activity in eastern B.C. Then the people who lived in the other two places moved there.

The T'Sou-ke First Nation were first to the area that now encompasses Sooke, at a time when you could find stickleback, salmon and clams in abundance in the Sooke River.

It's a small community today, but Slocan was once a bustling hub of activity as miners sought their fortunes.

Silverton, which ranks among B.C.'s smallest municipalities, almost became a ghost town. But it has pressed on.

It was named for Lt. Frederick William Sidney.

The government wanted to honour a successful carpenter and lumberman named William Parsons Sayward. And so Sayward was born.

The Gold Rush would bring prospectors. But the last spike in Canada's transcontinental railway would help growth begin in earnest.