British Columbia news

The RCMP are investigating the homicide of a Lower Mainland woman at at the Best Western Hotel in West Kelowna.

A CP Rail manager faces possible jail time for his role in illegally parking a freight train carrying explosive materials on a mountain slope above Revelstoke, B.C., without proper handbrakes.

Toronto police have charged Hedley lead singer Jacob Hoggard with three sexual offence charges. Police say the 34-year-old was arrested Monday and is scheduled to appear in a Toronto courtroom later this week. The Vancouver-based Hedley played its last show before an “indefinite hiatus” in Kelowna, B.C., in March 2018.

Paddle Royale brings together over 600 young professionals, table tennis enthusiasts and philanthropists for dinner, drinks and to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Toronto in a tournament for the ages. On Thursday, August 23rd Paddle Royale returns to the historic brick railway roundhouse at Steam Whistle Brewery for the best of friends, drinks,...

The Monday, July 23, 2018 afternoon weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.

The frontman for the Canadian pop band Hedley has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault. Jacob Hoggard, 34, turned himself in this morning in Toronto.

The saga of North Vancouver District's Emery Village housing development is nearing its end as it heads for approval, with the project up for fourth and final reading at council on Monday evening.

Hoggard, 34, has been charged with one count sexual interference and two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm.

Canadian musical trio, the Tenors come home to Vancouver December 3rd for their Home For The Holidays Tour!

The forecast for lightning and wind spells bad news for B.C. wildfire situation in coming days.

This summer, after Ottawa promised $4.5 billion for the existing Trans Mountain pipeline and terminal facility in Burnaby – and a minimum of $7.4 billion to build nearly 1000 kilometres of new pipeline, the Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS) group has issued an open letter to the Tofino community.

Rising temperatures and gusty winds could undo progress made by fire crews over the past several days.

Conditions eased slightly overnight, allowing a pilot car to escort travellers through the area on Highway 1.

680 CJOB is excited to welcome The Tenors Come “Home For The Holidays” with 2018 North American Christmas Tour. The tour comes to Winnipeg on December 11, 2018 at Centennial Concert Hall. Tickets go on sale starting at 10am on July 27 at centennialconcerthall.com and at the concert hall box office 204-949.3999. VIP Packages and Presales...

Every year, we tour gardens built by our members (Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association) for the purpose of improving the quality of work of our members and to recognize the members who have done outstanding work in the categories of landscaping and maintenance. We will visit 6 ~ 7 gardens!!

Alberta Open Farm Days is a weekend that brings Albertans together, and we want you to be our guest. You’ll come away knowing your rural neighbours a little bit better and how food gets from the farm to your table. Join us on August 18th or 19th when more than 100 farms, ranches and ag-tourism...

This unique foodie fundraiser is a culinary marketplace like no other. Held under tents in the parking lot of the Lazy Gourmet catering company selling new, used and donated baking supplies, kitchen equipment and kitchen tools for home and professional kitchens; Hard to find collectibles, new, used, signed and limited-edition cookbooks and culinary magazines from...

​The Vancouver Whitecaps say no deal has been finalized to transfer teenage star Alphonso Davies to a European soccer club.

Locals are on the water off the west coast of Vancouver Island as they search for a man who went missing in a canoe late Sunday morning.

The man went missing off Ahousaht, a small community on Vancouver Island. He was last seen as he left to go fishing in a canoe around 11 a.m. Sunday.

A coroner's inquest will be held into the death of the Mountie who was the face for the RCMP following the tasering death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport in 2007.

The mother of a family of five travelling between B.C. and Alberta sustained severe lower body injuries and was airlifted to hospital in critical condition.

If you are planning a renovation on your fixer upper, consider applying to take part in HGTV’s Worst to First. The show is looking for homeowners in the Lower Mainland.

Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre, who handled RCMP media relations after the Polish immigrant's death, took his own life in 2013 after being transferred to a traffic unit.

Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre, who handled RCMP media relations after Robert Dziekanski's death, took his own life in 2013 after being transferred to a traffic unit.

Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre, who handled RCMP media relations after the Polish immigrant's death, took his own life in 2013 after being transferred to a traffic unit.

A coroner’s inquest will be held into the July 2013 suicide of RCMP officer Pierre Lemaitre. Lemaitre was in charge of media relations when Robert Dziekanski was fatally stunned with a taser at YVR.

RCMP are investigating the alleged murder of a woman at a hotel in West Kelowna.

Jui-Kai Weng was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder in relation to a 2006 IHIT investigation. Weng was caught in South Korea in March 2018 and extradited to Canada.

As many as 50,000 people took to Vancouver's streets for Operation Solidarity demonstrations in 1983, in response to massive cuts by B.C.'s Social Credit government.

This notice has been issued by the City of Port Coquitlam in conjunction with the Port Coquitlam Fire Department.

Mediation between Gateway Casinos and the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union broke down on Saturday.

Registered dietitian Jess Pirnak explains how fluids help us stay healthy and energized and shows us how to make a homemade electrolyte sports drink.

The burn operations to merge the raging Mount Eneas and Munro Lake wildfires was successful, according to the BC Wildfire Service.

A man accused of gunning down a 19-year-old in Burnaby more than a decade ago has been arrested in South Korea and is now back in B.C.

On Jan. 22, 2006, two men were shot in the parking lot of 3355 North Road in Burnaby.

The jazz bassist received Juno nominations in 2016 for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for his work in the Dan Brubeck Quartet, as well as for Children's Album of the Year for his work with Ginalina.

Wildfire crews performed successful controlled burns on some wildfires burning in the interior this weekend but as the weather heats up, Shelby Thom joins us to explain what fires are still a concern for crews.

Calls for more support facilities are being supported by the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, the Canadian Mental Health Association and the operator of an Ontario recovery high school — the only one in the country that is now facing closure due to lack of funding.

The trio, who were youths at the time of the attack, cannot be named due to a publication ban.

There are now three candidates running for mayor in Surrey - Bruce Hayne, Tom Gill, and Doug McCallum.

Hundreds of unionized workers will soon be back on the job at Coquitlam’s Hard Rock Casino after agreeing to a deal to end a 10-week strike.

Temperatures will be five to 10 degrees higher than normal for late July.

A train on Burlington Northern Santa Fe lines broke down Saturday blocking access points for hours.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge will hear arguments this week on an application to stop work on the Site C dam ahead of a trial to determine if the multi-billion dollar project violates First Nations treaty rights.

Ottawa researchers say their new online calculator can give an idea of a person's chance of having a stroke or a heart attack within the next five years.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is a global corporation and a Canadian business success story, but it started off as a used furniture shop with a big problem: the bank had called in a $2,000 loan.

The AFN has become disconnected from the people it was created to represent and it needs a fundamental restructuring, says Noel Starblanket.

Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw in British Columbia's Cariboo region has signed an agreement-in-principle with the provincial and federal governments, moving a step closer to establishing a formal treaty.

A woman, 18, and a girl, 10, are dead and 13 other people are injured after a shooting in Toronto's Greektown neighbourhood on Sunday evening, according to police.