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Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday, Aug. 10, 2018.

Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the first annual Shipped Waterfront Festival and the Penticton Peach Festival.

Luke Strimbold was charged with 24 counts of sex-related offences, including offences related to people under the age of 16, earlier this year.

Most of the cards from the popular collectible card game are common and cheap, but certain rare cards can be incredibly valuable.

Here are your five things to do this weekend for Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018.

Health Canada says a brand of prepared chicken products is recalling a line of chicken strips due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

North Vancouver RCMP are searching for a suspect in a high-end camera theft from a camera rental store.

It was a smoky morning on the North Shore. A wildfire has broken out near Horseshoe Bay and crews are working to contain it. It’s burning off the Baden Powell trail near Whyte Lake, about 300 metres up the hill from Highway 99. And as Jennifer Palma reports, there’s evidence it may have been started...

Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the 2018 Abbotsford Air Show and the Vancouver Mural Festival Street Party.

At a press conference held on Thursday, Attorney General David Eby answers a reporter’s question about if there will be a decrease in rates for good drivers.

In a 7-1 vote, Victoria city council approved a motion Thursday to have the statute temporarily removed from the front steps of city hall on Saturday.

At a press conference held on Thursday, Global News asked Attorney General David Eby what impact the change to ICBC rates will have on young drivers.

Matt Melnyk said in all his years of flying, he had not seen anything like it, adding it was pure luck that he was able to see it because of the calm conditions in the sky.

The B.C. government has launched a major overhaul to how much British Columbians pay for basic car insurance.

A Calgary hairstylist remembers feeling like he was in a dream — or nightmare — when he slipped on moss-covered rocks near the top of a B.C. waterfall, then fell screaming 45 metres to a small pool below.

A Calgary hairstylist remembers feeling like he was in a dream — or nightmare — when he slipped on moss-covered rocks near the top of a B.C. waterfall, then fell screaming 45 metres to a small pool below.

RCMP say the incident happened at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when four people leaped from the bridge and the woman didn't resurface.

Wormy fish may not sound appetizing, but parasitic worms in fish are far more common than you might think.

The moving display of grief by a mother killer whale known as J-35 has reached "unprecedented" lengths, as carries the body of her newborn more than two weeks after it died.

Scientists are watching the whale known as J-35 closely as she carries the body of her dead newborn, for an "unprecedented" 16 days and counting, while they mount an emergency response for another ailing orca.

For 17 days the killer whale known to scientists as J-35 has been carrying the carcass of her dead calf. Now concerns are growing about what sort of impact that may have.

Attorney General David Eby says people need to take responsibility for their driving habits.

Attorney General David Eby will be joined by Joy MacPhail, ICBC board chair, to announce proposed changes to modernize how ICBC calculates insurance premiums.

More than 100 firefighters are on scene battling the huge blaze, along with helicopters and heavy equipment.

"People are well aware that the province is on fire, and yet they choose to disregard the ban and put people's lives at risk."

In the Interior, highs could hit 40 C or more, while in the Lower Mainland highs of 27-33 C are predicted to bake the region.

As the Alkali Lake and South Stikine River fires converged overnight, a provincewide cool-down forecast for Friday raised fears of even more fires.

As the Alkali Lake and South Stikine River fires converged overnight, a provincewide cool-down forecast for Friday raised fears of even more fires.

As two major fires merged in the northwest, B.C. firefighters had to contend with several new fires that have popped up in the southeast and the Okanagan.

A woman from New Zealand died after jumping off a bridge with friends into the Sicamous channel.

Seven in 10 British Columbians support the agreements, but just 26 per cent said they were familiar with them.

Restrictions and permits for morel pickers put in place by the Tsilhqot'in First Nation are being called a success, after harvesters and campers were more respectful than previous years, according to Chief Joe Alphonse.

An Osoyoos resident says a woman tried to kidnap her seven-week-old baby on Wednesday.

A man allegedly connected with a corn stand robbery in Vernon has turned himself in.

Earlier this year, the province promised changes that would see good drivers pay less and bad, or risky drivers, pay more for basic insurance.

The report, by an independent advisory committee, makes 13 recommendations for improving legislation to protect the Agricultural Land Reserve.

WorkSafeBC confirms the man was found dead in a vehicle south of Nanaimo on Monday night.

In 1995, Gillian Anderson told CBC the story of how a borrowed suit helped inform her take on the character of The X-Files' Agent Scully.

Victoria mayor Lisa Helps has announced the City of Victoria will be removing the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, from outside of Victoria city hall. Macdonald was said to be a key architect of the Indian Residential School System back in the late 1800’s. Helps joins Global News with more on the decision.

Wildfire burning in heavily forested area above Horseshoe Bay is filling area with smoke. Fire is not threatening any structures currently. Crews are being hampered by steep terrain and lack of water access. West Vancouver firefighters say the flames may have been sparked by campers.

A new Statistics Canada survey has found about 1.4 million Canadians reported they had been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who had consumed cannabis in the previous two hours.

"Early information indicates the worker was making a delivery to forest wildfire fighters," a WorkSafeBC spokesperson said.

Paul Haysom is live from Horseshoe Bay Thursday morning where crews are battling a fire that broke out Wednesday evening. The fire is not threatening any structures but it is growing.

Air support is expected to arrive to fight a small wildfire burning near the Sea to Sky Highway Thursday morning.

Air support has arrived to fight a small wildfire burning near the Sea to Sky Highway Thursday morning.

West Vancouver firefighters say they're making progress on a wildfire burning near the Sea to Sky Highway.

While many trees on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast have evolved with dry weather patterns, there are some species that are more susceptible to drought. Some are even dying, says B.C. Forest Health Officer Tim Ebata.

The diplomatic spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia is causing anxiety among Muslim Canadians planning to travel to the kingdom for the hajj — and has many wondering how they'll return home.

A fire burned above Horseshoe Bay on Wednesday night, forcing a stretch of the Sea to Sky Highway to be closed. Personnel on scene said it could have been campers.

One man has been charged and another is clinging to life in hospital after a dispute between the occupants of two vehicles on a Delta street this weekend.