British Columbia news

A major fire burning on the yard of Pacific Propane has shut down Highway 17 in Surrey. Witnesses report hearing and seeing explosions from the numerous propane tanks on the site.

Surrey RCMP say the highway is closed in both directions between 128 and 117 avenues.

The highway has reopened between 128th and 117th Avenue in Surrey.

Highway 17 is closed in both directions between 128 and 117 Avenue.

With the candidate fields now set for the municipal elections across British Columbia, a group is trying to raise the awareness of younger candidates seeking office.

The federal government is shopping around for a retired federal judge to help guide a renewed consultation with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The Liberals intend to announce the next steps in their pipeline plan before the end of September.

Vancouver’s Chinatown is the largest and one of the oldest in Canada. The Province and City of Vancouver are banding together to call on UNESCO to honour the neighbourhood on the edge of downtown.

Construction is to begin in October 2019.

The fire department in Trail, B.C., is down two vehicles, including its newest and largest fire engine, and it's affecting how fires are being fought in the West Kootenay town.

Video captured and posted to social media shows some B.C. wildfire fighters dealing with a huge blaze near Vanderhoof, including a fire whirl or fire tornado.

Vancouver chefs Adrian Harris and Jeremy Inglett, the duo behind “The Food Gays” blog, give Sonia Sunger a preview of their new cookbook ‘Cooking in Color’.

The city and province are pushing for Vancouver's Chinatown to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, saying it should serve as a reminder of the crucial contributions of Chinese-Canadians.

The Federal Court of Appeal last month quashed the approval given to the project, saying the consultation with Indigenous communities wasn't good enough.

The desired outcome is to build support, consensus, and social licence for LRT.

An Okanagan man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of a Belgian tourist. Amelie Sakkalis was found murdered last month near Boston Bar. Sarah MacDonald has the latest on the investigation.

The video shows a fire tornado near Vanderhoof, B.C., sucking up and melting the hoses of the crew trying to fight it.

The video shows a fire tornado near Vanderhoof, B.C., sucking up and melting the hoses of the crew trying to fight it.

Rachel Cliff executed her debut marathon to perfection on Sunday in Berlin, says head coach Richard Lee, who believes training for the 42.2-kilometre run should only help the Vancouver runner remain competitive on the world stage in the 10,000 metres.

Application to be made to have Vancouver's Chinatown designated a world UNESCO heritage site.

More military aircraft have joined the search over central and eastern British Columbia for a missing plane with two people aboard. 

It will regulate mortgage brokers, insurance and trust companies, pensions, and credit unions.

The survey of 800 British Columbians was conducted by Research Co. Sept. 2-5

Incredible video shared on social media shows B.C. firefighters in the Mackenzie Unit Crew battling a wildfire AND a tornado near Vanderhoof, B.C. The rotating column of air first swallows the crew’s fire hose and then captures flames burning on the ground.

Amelie Christelle Sakkalis, 28, was found dead north of Boston Bar near Highway 1, on Aug. 22.

At a press conference held Monday, IHIT spokesperson Cpl. Frank Jang answers questions about Sean McKenzie of Oliver, B.C., and his relationship with Belgian tourist Amelie Sakkalis.

Canada's housing market rebound appears to be slowing amid diminishing increases in national home sales, says the Canadian Real Estate Association.

At a press conference held Monday, Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation team announces first-degree murder charges against Sean Ryan William McKenzie in the death of Amelie Christelle Sakkalis.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team provides an update on its investigation into the death of a Belgian tourist killed while hitchhiking in southern B.C. last month.

A Belgian tourist who was found dead in southern B.C. last month met the man charged with her slaying the day she died, according to homicide investigators.

A scuba diver is dead following an incident in Okanagan Lake.

The human remains found near Smithers, B.C. belong to 18-year-old Jessica Patrick, her family confirmed.

RCMP say further information won't be provided until the remains are identified.

Actor and dancer Alyssa Trask talks about her starring role in Family Channel show “Backstage” and how she is lending her name to the BeYou campaign with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada.

Members of the small First Nation have been scattered around B.C. with no reserve to call home since the 1960s.

Friday's severe rain and hail storm caused contaminated water to enter the building, which also houses the Ridge Meadows Child Development Centre.

Cloverdale's BIA Executive Director said he has "never seen anything that's become so emotional in a community."

Sean Tagert needs $263.50 a day for 24-hour care at home. He has ALS and can no longer talk, walk, breathe on his own or feed himself. VCH will only fund 15.5 hours and he has exhausted his savings paying for caregivers to stay in the community with his family and young son.

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The Pattullo Bridge will be closed to southbound drivers Sunday night and Monday night, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., and closed to northbound drivers during the same hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Hundreds of parents in Maple Ridge are scrambling to make emergency child- care plans for Monday after a storm did serious damage to a daycare facility. Julia Foy reports.

Tomorrow marks the one-month countdown to marijuana legalization in this country and B.C’s top cop is warning illegal dispensaries that the current retail landscape is about to change. Kristen Robinson reports.

A home-built plane with two people onboard has gone missing while en route from Edmonton to Chilliwack Friday. Grace Ke reports.

A woman was seriously injured today when she became trapped in a garbage truck. Tanya Beja has more.

A B.C. woman is lucky to be alive after getting trapped in the back of a garbage truck on Sunday. It’s believed the truck carried her for more than 40 kilometres.

Firefighters believe the woman had climbed into a dumpster looking for somewhere to sleep that was protected from the elements.

Researchers at the University of B.C. and the Stanley Park Ecology Society are on the prowl for urban coyotes and have launched a program that aims to capture more of the animals on camera.

Union Gospel Mission spokesperson Jeremy Hunka said it's very common for homeless people to sleep in garbage and recycling bins when the weather gets wet and cold.

B.C.'s new enforcement unit will be able to seize unlicensed pot without a warrant and levy hefty fines.

The "invention marathon" gives students 24 hours to come up with an idea and a plan to make it happen.

When Julia Grassmick was 17 months old, she suffered a spinal cord injury caused by a blood clot and has been unable to walk unassisted since.