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William Schneider abruptly pleaded guilty to interfering with human remains near end of trial, as closing arguments were set to begin.

An 84-year-old pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle Saturday at Canada Way and Ulser Street in Burnaby has died from his injuries.

This year the Kelowna Rockets are off to their worst start in history...

BC Hydro says the Site C megaproject construction site in northeastern B.C. is safe from landslides, despite calls for an independent safety review from a retired dam engineer.

A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows teenage girls in B.C. are waiting longer to have sex and are more likely to use contraception than they were before the HPV vaccine was made available in public schools in 2008.

'No closure, no answer, I think, is what has been so difficult for everybody on why this happened.'

Lists of candidates and recommendations on who to vote for are floating around social media ahead of the municipal elections, but Coquitlam's mayor says his position is being misrepresented.

Lists of candidates with voting recommendations are floating around social media ahead of municipal elections, but Coquitlam's mayor says his position is being misrepresented.

Encorp President and CEO Allen Langdon explains why fewer beverage containers are being returned in B.C. and what Encorp is doing to reverse the trend. These new initiatives include the Return-It Express program aimed at making the return process faster.

The arrests follow last year's death of 50-year-old Will Bartz.

'Our community is feeling very unsafe,' the Safe Surrey Coalition candidate says.

On any given night there are between 500 and 1,000 young people living on the streets in Vancouver. Business Leaders use their influence to raise awareness and critical funds for vulnerable young people November 15th!

As part of our experiential journalism series In Your Shoes, we accepted a challenge from a producer to go two weeks without any single-use plastics. More than one crying emoji was shared over the course of the challenge.

There have been many questions around the issue of policing and cannabis in B.C., once it becomes legal.

There have been many questions around the issue of policing and cannabis in B.C., once it becomes legal.

It’s a busy CBC day in Kelowna ahead of the municipal elections.

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth is advising dispensary owners who hope to legally operate recreational marijuana shops to shut their doors before Wednesday. 

Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, addresses police readiness with cannabis becoming legal on Wednesday.

Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, says police forces across the country are prepared for Wednesday, when recreational cannabis becomes legal.

Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, says police forces across the country are prepared for Wednesday, when recreational cannabis becomes legal.

Peter Fassbender says once he decided to re-enter municipal politics, he went out and knocked on practically every door in the City of Langley.

Only one government-approved marijuana dispensary will be open in B.C. on Wednesday, when recreational cannabis becomes legal. Mike Farnworth, solicitor general and minister of public safety, says the public can expect more pot shops in the months ahead.

B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, talks about pot dispensaries that will be operating in B.C. illegally come Oct. 18.

B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, talks about online pot sales in B.C. starting Oct. 17 and the rumours the website is not going to be able to handle the traffic.

B.C.’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, talks about what pot legalization in the province will look like on Oct. 17.

Kennedy Stewart and the Vancouver & District Labour Council have been treating the election campaign like chess while everyone else has been playing checkers, Mike McDonald says.

Four people have been displaced, but are uninjured.

Twins Jaxon and Axel weighed less than three kilograms combined when born more than two months premature. The pair spent 147 days in a neonatal care unit. Now their parents are home with them and sharing their experiences with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.

Nationally, though, the housing market continues to appear set for recovery — with the notable exception of B.C.

Some residents in the landslide-threatened community of Old Fort have been granted permission from the Peace River Regional District to return home temporarily to collect belongings and prepare their homes for winter.

Raziel Reid's new novel, Kens, is a high school story inspired by the plastic Barbie world. In the teen novel, the stereotypical high school hierarchy is reimagined and parodied. Think Mean Girls, meets Heathers, meets The Stepford Wives ... with an LGBTQ twist.

There is no acceptable scientific evidence that chiropractors can treat Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes, infertility, infections, autism, ADHD or Down syndrome. And yet, some practitioners in this province claim they can.

A man who swam naked at Ripley's Aquarium of Canada in downtown Toronto late Friday is wanted in a violent assault earlier in the evening, Toronto police say.

Affordable housing is a hot topic among mayoral candidates in some Vancouver Island municipalities as election day approaches.

Victoria has shed its sleepy reputation as home to "newlyweds and nearly deads" and ushered in a more urban, modern vibe.

No one was hurt in either fire.

"It's just going crazy it's just stupid if you ask me."

ICBC made its road tests more challenging in 2016. Now, wait times to take one have soared to 58 days. But the corporation says the main factor driving the problem is people showing up unprepared to take the test, not a lack of driver examiners.

Lions Bay SAR reported the hikers were rescued safely shortly after 11 p.m..

Pot becomes legal on Wednesday, but the rules vary widely across the country, with some provinces allowing private retail sales and others putting recreational cannabis under the control of government-run monopolies. Here's a guide to the rules.

MasterChef Canada contestant Travis Petersen is one of several chefs and companies serving cannabis-infused meals at intimate gatherings in secret locations to test the appetite for fine, high dining.

The City of Vancouver is lowering natural gas use in some of its city-staff occupied buildings, recreation centres and public library branches following a pipeline rupture near Prince George B.C.

The City of Vancouver is lowering the temperature in some of its city-staff occupied buildings, recreation centres and public library following a pipeline rupture near Prince George, B.C.

Kamloops will open the province's first BC Cannabis Store — a 3,000-square-foot space inside Columbia Place Shopping Centre — on Wednesday, Oct. 17.

B.C. grows hundreds of varieties of apples, from the old favourite, McIntosh, to the lesser-known Ribston Pippin. And now is the time to take a bite.

BC’s controversial sexual orientation and gender identity is playing on the minds of civic voters despite being a policy that is entirely under provincial jurisdiction. Paul Johnson explains.

A Surrey father who was crushed by a car in a freak accident at a race track comes to in hospital and meets his newborn son for the first time. Neetu Garcha reports.

Students seeking a career in the cannabis industry can expand their horizons at a Lower Mainland university that is offering a first of its kind program in pot education. Tanya Beja reports.

The province’s first legal weed store set to open in Kamloops. Kristen Robinson reports.

Fans of the Vancouver Canucks are enraged after Elias Pettersson was slammed into the ice by Florida Panthers defenceman Michael Matheson. Barry Deley reports.