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They’re staying to protect their homes, despite evacuation orders, hoping Mother Nature will give them a break.

"We're all from little Ontario, we don't usually get tropical storms, so it was definitely a big difference there, a little scary."

Police are looking for any information about a white 1994 Chevrolet Astro van found near the crime scene.

Every week on Foodie Friday cookbook author and Gourmet Warehouse founder Caren McSherry joins CKNW’s Simi Sara with another recipe to wow your guests and up your game in the kitchen. It’s peach season in B.C.! These fuzzy delicacies are grown in the Okanagan Valley and are one of our province’s most flavourful fruits. Peaches...

An accident has closed the Trans-Canada Highway east of Sicamous, B.C.

A goaltender who played two seasons with the University of Michigan will be backstopping the Penticton Vees this season.

App that shows the equivalent number of cigarettes you “smoke” a day by simply breathing in polluted air in your local area may not be applicable to wildfire smoke.

With another round of flights cancelled Friday, Canadians in Hawaii are waiting to hear if their flights home will go ahead over the weekend as Hurricane Lane pummels the island state.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is looking for help from the public to identify a van involved in the murder of woman found near Boston Bar. Police were called to the area just north of the Fraser Canyon town, near Highway 1, where they found the woman’s body.

After weeks of hot, dry conditions, the Okanagan is now at drought level two.

Police said the driver lost control and smashed into a retaining wall. Speed is being investigated as a factor in the crash. 

August 24 update: Global News has the latest on the wildfire fight around the province, including an evacuation order north of Tezzeron Creek and how the smoke is impacting the wine industry in B.C.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says nearly 600 wildfires are burning across the province.

At a press conference held Friday, Cpl. Frank Jang clarifies details surrounding the murder of a woman found near Boston Bar.

At a press conference held Friday, IHIT mentions markings found on white Astro van found off of Highway 1 near Boston Bar.

Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam, 25, is now charged with first-degree murder in the slayings of Dianna Mah-Jones, 65, and her husband Richard Jones, 68.

Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including Deep Cove Daze and Vancouver Bird Fest.

Police say the 30-year-old driver is dead and his 32-year-old passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Revelstoke RCMP are recommending charges of drug trafficking against a 45-year-old Abbotsford man after he was pulled over for speeding on Wednesday.

Police are asking anyone with information to call RCMP or Crime Stoppers

As Canadians prepare for legal recreational cannabis, farmers are facing a difficult choice: whether they should use their land to grow cannabis or food.

Steven Hodge from Temper Pastry joins Sonia Sunger with tips on making dessert on the grill.

Sonia Sunger meets young burn survivor Sammy Badger and learns how she has benefited from funds raised from the annual event. We also hear an exclusive performance of Sammy’s song about her ordeal.

The Kamloops library hosted its first drag queen story time during the city's Pride Week.

Organizers are monitoring the wildfire smoke on an almost hourly basis.

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland speaks with Global News about trade, the diplomatic strain with Saudia Arabia, and how her background as a journalist informs her work.

A Coquitlam neighbourhood was rattled Friday morning, after gunfire struck a suburban house while people were home. As Nadia Stewart reports, there were children in the house at the time.

Statistics Canada says Canadians are on track to spend almost $6 billion on pot this year, as consumption of both legal and illegal varieties is growing steadily.

The Rupert to Nanaimo section fully reopens on Sunday morning, while the remaining section — Clark to Nanaimo — will open Aug. 31.

The organizers behind the campaign to save the Rio Theatre have launched a campaign for the venue to get a provincial tax exemption, but some social media users say it's a step too far.

'Allow us to get back into Lower Post and fight that fire,' said Emil Dendys, one of more than 100 people forced out of Lower Post, B.C., earlier this week by an evacuation order.

This week, the air in the Fraser Valley was so poor that a baby had to be transported by ground rather than air.

The hours of practice and competition demanded of pro esports players puts them at risk of career-ending physical injuries as well as of mental burnout.

Police say no one was hurt.

It’s not just tourists who are feeling the heat. Residents of B.C. towns hit hard by smoke from ongoing wildfires are changing the way they play as poor air quality remains a concern.

It’s not just tourists who are feeling the heat. Residents of B.C. towns hit hard by smoke from ongoing wildfires are changing the way they play as poor air quality remains a concern.

A Vancouver man who allegedly refused to comply with the orders of the region's medical health officer has been charged under the province's Public Health Act.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said its officers were on the scene near Kahmoose Road trying to identify the body.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said its officers were on the scene near Kahmoose Road trying to identify the body.

The dinner and art auction has raised over $120,000, to date.

The volunteers at Vernon’s historic Caetani Cultural Centre held their seventh annual ‘Splash of Red’ event Thursday night. The fundraiser has raised over $120,000 to date in support of Caetani Centre’s operation costs and the effort to become a heritage site in the Okanagan.

There are five bicycles stolen in Kelowna every day, according to the City’s crime prevention supervisor. To help return bikes to their owners, the City held a bike registration event at the Parkinson Rec Centre Thursday.

In the latest step to end the province's fentanyl crisis, Fraser Health is offering free, online courses to teach the public how to use nalaxone kits.

The refresher course is aimed at people who were taught what to do, but might have forgotten some critical information. Linda Aylesworth reports.

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Griffin Simpson has some legitimate bragging rights after becoming the youngest to compete in his category at one of the most prestigious stand-up competitions in the world. As Kylie Stanton reports, he nearly crossed the finish line first.

Visitors are being told to avoid swimming at Prior Lake and keep animals on a leash to prevent them from drinking or swimming in the lake.

A financial deal between the Huu-ay-aht First Nations and a natural gas exporter is allowing a decades old salmon renewal plan to go ahead, according to Huu-ay-aht Chief Coun. Robert J. Dennis Sr.

The Thursday, August 23, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.

People continue to take risks with illegal campfires and carelessly discarded cigarette butts, despite tinder dry conditions across Metro Vancouver, say local fire officials.