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Coun. Pam Alexis will become the next mayor of Mission. She handily defeated incumbent Randy Hawes to win the job.

Harvie, the city's former chief administrative officer, bested Coun. Sylvia Bishop and former police chief Jim Cessford.

Many communities that have been thought of as rural or semi-rural are grappling with traditionally "big city" issues during the 2018 election campaign.

Top gardening tips from the folks at Gardenworks.

Public health officials in five provinces are investigating a salmonella outbreak that has affected 45 individuals, some of whom ate cucumbers, although other sources are being investigated.

If you didn't take a voting selfie, did you even vote?

A fight between two groups of men and women in their 20s and 30s in downtown Vancouver Saturday night landed four people in hospital and several more in handcuffs.

Vancouver voters are encouraged to allow plenty of time to cast their ballots today

Vancouver voters are encouraged to allow plenty of time to cast their ballots today. Polls are open until 8 p.m. PT.

Some voters said Saturday they waited nearly an hour to cast their ballots — or, more specifically, for machines to read them.

An early morning stabbing on Granville Street near Helmcken Street has sent three people to hospital, all with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Emergency crews spent almost three hours attempting to bring an injured hiker down from a trail on Pinchushion Mountain near Peachland Saturday morning.

It’s one of the most popular cooking questions – how do you cook the perfect steak? Sebastian Cortez from artisan butcher shop ‘Sebastian & Co’ demonstrates his technique and shares some expert tips.

Designer Tiffany Pratt shares her expert tips to help you make some simple, but effective transformations to your kitchen.

Halloween can be a lot of fun, but Jessica Chilton from BC Paramedics, has some important advice to ensure revelers of all ages have a fun – and safe time.

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation is now planning a permanent fix for flood damage on Chute Lake Road.

Translink says service has resumed on the Expo line following a track issue in New Westminster Saturday morning that caused major delays

Lengthy delays earlier Saturday, as crews worked to fix track issues near 22nd Street Station.

Lengthy delays earlier Saturday, as crews worked to fix track issues near 22nd Street Station.

Playing games on an iPad or console is sometimes painted as a waste of time, but according to research out of Simon Fraser University, digital games can bring big health benefits to seniors.

Alice Lines left her home on Second Street near Wright Street around 8 p.m., according to Staff Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky. 

It’s not known where Lines spent the cold night.

Ontario's emPOWERme website was launched as an original way to educate consumers about the value of energy conservation. But the program's signature slogan turned out to belong to someone else.

Ontario's emPOWERme website was launched as an original way to educate consumers about the value of energy conservation. But the program's signature slogan turned out to belong to someone else.

This is the first vote since new campaign finance rules were implemented that limit corporate and union donations. It's also an election that will see big change in some Metro Vancouver cities, where more than a dozen mayors are not seeking reelection.

Global News has complete coverage of the 2018 municipal elections on TV, radio and online starting at 8 p.m. PT on Oct. 20.

I began to rely on weed as an herbal remedy for my mental health struggle, its warm glowing caress never failed to make me feel held, and less alone in the world.

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." - L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Hilary Black started out distributing cannabis in Vancouver with a mountain bike and a backpack stuffed with joints. Since then, she's helped set the blueprint for medical cannabis distribution and advocated for legislation in front of a Senate committee.

Some call him the ultimate stoner. Comedian and marijuana activist Tommy Chong was the guest star at a party Friday night in Kelowna organized to celebrate pot legalization in Canada. Fans lined up to meet Chong and get his autograph. Doris Maria Bregolisse reports.

The B.C. Lions beat the Edmonton Eskimos 42-32 on Friday night, securing a playoff spot and further diminishing the chances of the Eskimos making it.

The RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit and Lillooet RCMP are investigating the death of a 71-year-old man near Seton Portage last weekend, which they've determined was a homicide.

The offering has been listed at a whopping $60 million.

Cannabis may be legal across Canada now, but that doesn't mean you can hotbox your car.

Sinkholes and erosion have turned the dream of home ownership into an expensive nightmare for residents of a Sechelt neighbourhood.

It looks like the perfect neighborhood: large homes perched on a crest overlooking the Sechelt Inlet. But unstable ground has created a nightmare for residents. Aaron McArthur has more on who’s being blamed.

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Police investigations, municipal elections and voter fraud all together seem like the perfect script of a Hollywood political thriller — but the people of Surrey are living this script in real life, with the mayoral race wrapping up on Saturday.

Parents say their kids aren't getting the supports they need, including time with special education assistants.

Can the BC NDP government’s plan to hike the province’s carbon tax to $50 a tonne by 2021 hold up in the face of a growing number of premiers opposed to the very idea of such a tax?

'What we heard on the door was a desire for a new mayor and disappointment in the current mayor,' says Haynes about his win over incumbent Richard Atwell in Saanich.

NDP MLA Leonard Krog has promised to give up his seat if elected mayor of Nanaimo, which would set up an interesting byelection.

NDP MLA Leonard Krog has promised to give up his seat if elected mayor of Nanaimo, which would set up an interesting byelection.

A West Vancouver family says the BC SPCA overreacted by euthanizing a dog they were trying to adopt.

B.C.’s education minister reacts to how hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for kids with special needs is being spent, or not spent, by B.C. school districts. Catherine Urquhart reports.

Gregor Robertson made a lofty promise when he first took office as Vancouver Mayor back in 2008: to end homelessness. Some would say the problem is even worse today, but Global BC political expert Richard Zussman looks at what Robertson will be remembered for.

A jury finds William Schneider guilty of Natsumi Kogawa’s murder. As Rumina Daya reports, it was an emotional response from the victim’s Mother when the verdict was read.

A man who stashed hundreds of bottles of stolen liquor at his home has pleaded guilty and been given a conditional discharge that bans him from going to government liquor stores for two years.

Change is also a theme in 2018: five sitting mayors on the North Shore and in the Tri-Cities did not seek re-election.

In the City of North Vancouver, Linda Buchanan has been elected mayor. She may become one of the few, possibly the only, female mayor in Metro Vancouver.