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Campers were evicted from Regina Park in Saanich earlier this month.

Answers to all your questions about the changes allowing duplexes to be built on almost all of the city's single-family lots.

Answers to all your questions about the changes allowing duplexes to be built on almost all of the city's single-family lots.

Urban planners from San Francisco, Portland and Seattle are in town to discuss the future of West Coast cities, with affordable housing a key focus.

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The sister of a missing pilot whose plane wreck was recently found is putting together a support network for the families of missing people.

A year after Interior Health launched its mobile supervised consumption service in Kelowna, the numbers are in, showing over 26,000 people utilized the vehicle.

Jessica Patrick's remains were discovered over the weekend, nearly two weeks after she was reported missing.

Homeless campers who had hoped to settle for two weeks at a provincial park near Victoria have been told to pack up and leave, less than a day after setting up their tents.

The CKNW Original Series Where We Live features our reporters as they explore neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver. From September 10th-30th presented by BC Care Providers Association

Wildlife officials have launched an investigation – after a bizarre incident near the B.C. Ferries terminal in Tsawwassen

'Our officers care deeply about the community they police,' Surrey RCMP says.

The elasmosaurus isn't technically a dinosaur, but it sure looks close.

The Penticton branch of the B.C. SPCA was inundated with 65 cats and kittens that were rescued from a hoarder this week.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has confirmed details around a major police presence in Langley on Wednesday afternoon.

'These are very powerful drugs,' B.C.'s Seniors Advocate says.

A new study says the tech sector has created more than 12,000 jobs in the Okanagan.

Environment Canada migratory bird biologist Laurie Wilson said an investigating is underway, she calls it a  rare "mortality event."

Officials say an increase in crime and homelessness in Prince George, B.C., can be partially attributed to a "small percentage" of wildfire evacuees from neighbouring communities choosing to stay in the city.

Shares of Tilray Inc. have jumped by as much as 1,600 per cent since the Canadian marijuana company began trading on the NASDAQ exchange in July.

The most recent count of the northern resident group of orcas reported 309 whales, more than four times the number of southern residents.

Chef Karan Suri from ARC Restaurant joins Sonia Sunger to give her a taste of what people can expect at the upcoming “Passions” gala in support of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation.

The Vancouver Giants new general manager Barclay Parneta joins Sonia Sunger to talk about changes on and off the ice that the team has made in hopes of returning to glory.

"Through that walk I understood what the implications would be for that community."

The fire spread from one end of the farm to the other in just under an hour, according to fire officials.

Environment Canada posted the notices for Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound, the North Shore and the Sunshine Coast on Thursday morning.

People were shocked to witness the birds, believed to be starlings, plunge to the ground near the BC Ferries terminal on Sept. 14.

Every week until the vote on Oct. 20, The Early Edition host Stephen Quinn saddles up for a bike ride with a different mayoral candidate to get to know them, and their policies, a little better.

The cows were rounded up and sent to neighbouring dairy farms.

The cows were rounded up and sent to neighbouring dairy farms.

"I think we're right in the midst of deciding 'what does an urban centre need for it's policing,'" said Mayor Linda Hepner.

A Metro Vancouver man who tried to extort oral sex from an on-again, off-again fling by sending nude photos to her boyfriend should spend two months behind bars, Crown and defence lawyers have told a judge.

A Metro Vancouver man who tried to extort oral sex from an on-again, off-again fling by sending nude photos to her boyfriend should spend two months behind bars, Crown and defence lawyers have told a judge.

Family and friends of Jessica Patrick, an 18-year-old whose body was found near Smithers two days ago, are asking community members to gather along the highway as her body is brought home from Prince George.

The prestigious British award worth £50,000 ($87,000 Cdn) is given annually to the best work of fiction written in English.

RCMP said it happened around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 5600 block of Goring Street.

Many families in the Central Okanagan are homeless and working hard to hide it, according to a child advocate worker.

While some thought a structure was on fire, it was only a car engulfed in flames.

The sound of train whistles in Maple Ridge could be a thing of the past after city council passed a motion banning their use at rail crossings.

After two days of heated debate, Vancouver city council has passed a policy allowing duplexes in most parts of the city.

An increase in break and enters in the City of Richmond has Mounties warning residents.

After a recent jump in assaults, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam will receive upgrades to better protect the people who work there.

Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

A quick spin around the block went sideways for an Okanagan man when the car he was driving caught fire on Wednesday evening. The blaze attracted a crowd in the Ellison neighbourhood as the flames engulfed the car.

The homeless problem in the Central Okanagan continues to impact more people, including families. Social agencies in the Kelowna area say one in five children are now living in poverty. An upcoming forum is set to get support for new strategies to help struggling families. Doris Maria Bregolisse reports.

Posters printed by Pivot Legal Society asks if people have been harassed by two patrolling officers.

Fifteen City of Vancouver-owned properties have brand new names.

Dozens of speakers have addressed Vancouver city council on a proposal to allow duplexes in every part of the city. Ted Chernecki has the story.

After two days of public hearings, Vancouver city council has voted to enable duplex use in the city's single family home neighbourhoods.

After two days of public hearings, Vancouver city council has voted to enable duplex use in the city's single family home neighbourhoods.