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While donating to charity on behalf of a loved one is great, it’s also nice give a gift to unwrap.

Giving ethical gifts can be difficult. Vancouver Sun arts and life editor Aleesha Harris has some gift ideas from ethical organizations.

Emergency physicians are asking patients to re-think their decision to seek treatment at hospital emergency departments this winter.

Teenage midfielder Alphonso Davies has become the youngest winner of the Canadian Men's Soccer Player for the Year Award.

We'll spare the suspense: even though the vote is a week away, Vancouver is going to pass a budget with the highest property tax increase in a decade, after an election fought on issues of affordability.

TransLink users will be able to sign onto free Wi-Fi while riding the bus, SkyTrain or SeaBus starting in 2020.

Eighty-page report says nearly 4,000 Canadians died last year from opioids.

As part of Global BC's year-end coverage, online reporter Richard Zussman is live one-on-one with B.C. Premier John Horgan.

Child welfare advocates are calling for funding reforms to a “dysfunctional” child welfare system in B.C. and argue fundamental changes are needed to improve access for children with special needs.

Alphonso Davies has been voted the Canadian men's soccer player of the year, after a standout season with the men's national team and the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Bhavkiran "Kiran" Dhesi, 19, was a college student and kidney transplant recipient. She was killed in August 2017 in what police believe was a targeted hit.

City estimates close to 1,000 unlicensed Airbnb-style rentals are operating in Victoria neighbourhoods.

Canada's chief public health officer says the need to increase access to a "safer supply" of opioids is being reviewed with provinces and territories — a move encouraged by a number of public health experts.

Parks Canada says consultation process will help shape what the national park reserve would look like.

The province's rental task force is calling on an immediate ban on renovations, creating a province wide rent bank for low income British Columbians and require stratas to allow owners to rent out their homes.

The blaze broke out at around 3 a.m.

That means the total number of opioid-related deaths in the country since January 2016 is now at least 9,000.

Excessive speeding ticket issued; police say his driving could result in 'catastrophic fatal collision.'

Canada’s smaller communities have hospitalization rates for opioid poisoning that are more than double larger cities.

Police say the girl was taken to a nearby location where she was assaulted before the man walked her back to school.

Police say the suspect took the girl to a nearby location, sexually assaulted her and then walked her back to school. Detectives are seeking tips from the public.

Police say the suspect took the girl to a nearby location, sexually assaulted her and then walked her back to school. Detectives are seeking tips from the public.

Malkit Sidhu and Surjit Badesha — Jassi's mother and uncle — had applied for a stay of extradition proceedings because they claimed there was an abuse of process in a plan to whisk them out of Canada last year.

"It was kind of a crunch situation. We probably had 30 or 40 in stock and they went out of there within 3 or 4 hours," says one Vancouver store owner.

“I broke my femur, fractured my shoulder scapula, I fractured three ribs.”

Three sexual assault victims of former ski coach Bertrand Charest are suing Alpine Canada, alleging the sports federation turned a blind eye to signs of wrongdoing.

Three sexual assault victims of former ski coach Bertrand Charest are suing Alpine Canada, alleging the sports federation turned a blind eye to signs of wrongdoing.

Now 66, Robinson is contemplating a run in Burnaby North—Seymour — essentially, his old stomping grounds.

IHIT will provide an update in the Kiran Dhesi murder case on Wednesday morning.

The weather will break briefly Wednesday before wind and rain return, according to Environment Canada.

The weather will break briefly Wednesday before wind and rain return, according to Environment Canada.

Around 20 firefighters are fighting the fire, which has destroyed nearly half of a bunk house on the barge.

Last week, plain beige doors at the Mt. Cartier Court intermediate and extended care facility were covered with made-to-measure vinyl decals to make them look like they're made of different materials, such as antique wood, wrought iron or stained glass.

EIA in British Columbia: Two Cases Confirmed  TheHorse.comPosted by Erica Larson, News Editor | Dec 12, 2018 | Diseases and Conditions, Equine Infectious Anemia (Swamp Fever, EIA), Neurologic Disease. Favorite.

Decorative poles featuring hockey-themed figures and logos for NHL teams including the Vancouver Canucks are generating criticism for their cultural appropriation of West Coast Indigenous culture.

Could the arrest of Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Canada have an impact on Vancouver real estate prices? Tyler Orton from Business in Vancouver has more.

A Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion in British Columbia Spikes Prices in Portland and Raises Questions About Oregon's Energy Future  Willamette WeekIn October, a natural gas pipeline ruptured outside a British Columbia town called Prince George, sending a fireball skyward. The aftershocks from that blast are ...

'Total rainfall amounts could easily reach 60 millimetres in Metro Vancouver, says Global News meteorologist Mark Madryga.

The province is proposing summer fishing closures for most streams on southern Vancouver Island in response to droughts in recent years that produced stressful conditions for fish.

Notre Dame Secondary School's proposed football stadium has locals concerned about traffic, parking and noise.

A Vancouver architectural designer is crowdsourcing images from around the world of cyclists who use their bikes to cart home their Christmas tree.

Canadian border officers have intercepted dozens of sex dolls with child-like size and features, an emerging pattern child welfare advocates fear could fuel more exploitation of real children.

British Columbia Unveils New Clean Energy Plan - Energy and Natural Resources - Canada  Mondaq News AlertsOn December 5, 2018, the B.C. government unveiled a new clean energy plan, CleanBC, which outlines the government's strategy to achieve 75% of the ...

Surrey council's voted 5-4 in favour of the draft capital plan; it goes to a final vote next week.

The WHL Kelowna Rockets improved their record to 14-15-2-0 following a 3-1 win against the Kootenay ICE on Tuesday night. 

A Vancouver judge presiding over what he called an "unusual case" has released Chinese executive Meng Wanzhou after guarantors put up millions for bail and she agreed to pay for 24/7 monitoring. But the telecom titan, whose case has drawn attention around the world, could have a long road ahead as the extradition fight begins.

"My Twitter and my Facebook and my email are regularly filled with people who very, very calmly and clearly give hateful commentary."

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was released from custody after she received bail in Vancouver on Tuesday.

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was released from custody Tuesday night following a bail hearing earlier in the day.

Jake Virtanen scored in the last two minutes of regulation and Jacob Markstrom stopped 34 shots as the Canucks beat the Blue Jackets 3-2.