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A heavy police persence greeted about 75 mourners Friday in Surrey, B.C., at the funeral of an alleged organized crime figure who was gunned down in Mexico two weeks ago.

When a Vancouver Island homeowner looked into her backyard this week, she saw some wildlife she had never seen there before – a cougar eating a freshly killed deer.

A 70-year-old North Vancouver woman has been charged with interfering with an airplane crew after a flight attendant was grabbed by the neck during a flight.

A B.C. provincial court judge sentenced a Richmond insurance agent to one year in jail Thursday for stealing cash from dozens of customers’ insurance payments to pay for his trips to a casino.

People living in 11 homes in the Regal Ridge subdivision on Anarchist Mountain, just east of Osoyoos, B.C., have been told to be ready to leave on a moment’s notice, after two dams on an unlicensed water reservoir breeched their … Continue reading →

A B.C. man who went missing when a fire engulfed a hangar at the Prince George airport three years ago has been charged with sexual assault in Alberta, CBC News has learned.

A mushroom farm where three workers died after a toxic gas leak was mismanaged into a state of disrepair, according to the facility’s former composting manager.

Second-half substitute Sebastien Le Toux’s pair of late goals Wednesday gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a 3-1 comeback victory over FC Edmonton and a ticket to the Amway Canadian Championship soccer final.

Mike Zigomanis scored at 9:02 of overtime as the Toronto Marlies advanced to the AHL Western Conference final with a 3-2 win over the hometown Abbotsford Heat on Wednesday.

CBC News has learned the high-profile Mountie who first spoke out against sexual harassment in the national police force is suing her employer, alleging years of ‘persistent and ongoing’ sexual harassment and bullying.

Veteran B.C. Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger has fired back at former colleague John van Dongen, calling the former Liberal cabinet minister a little man with a nasty streak and delusions of grandeur.

A group of environmentalists is pressuring the Vancity credit union to sell assets in its mutual funds linked to the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline.

The owner of a mushroom farm where three workers died has told weeping family victims at a coroner’s inquest that he has lost almost everything and is also a ‘victim, too.’

As B.C.’s senior population grows, family members are often left navigating the seniors’ care system — a system they say is confusing and time-consuming.

Two police officers who were assigned to the Vancouver missing women case in the late 1990s deny they suffered from ‘tunnel vision’ in their pursuit of a possible serial killer, but admit Robert Pickton was not on their radar.

The provincial government is giving BC Ferries an extra $80 million over five years to help hold the line on fares. but some routes still might be cut.

The two sides in the B.C. teachers contract dispute are crossing swords again, with the teachers’ union going to court to have the mediator dismissed while the employers are asking that teachers be ordered to resume their extracurricular activities.

New Democrats have gained some strength as two recently elected members have been sworn in to the legislature.

Marian Penner Bancroft, winner of the $30,000 Audain Prize, takes landscape photographs with a deep awareness of the history of place. She is being honoured Wednesday alongside Viva Award-winners Ron Tran and Beau Dick.

An increase in plastic debris floating in a zone between Hawaii and California is changing the environment of at least one marine insect, scientists report.

Tough new fine and regulations designed to crack down on the illegal theft and sale of scrap metal across B.C. will come into force in July, Justice Minister Shirley Bond has confirmed.

Part of Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island has been closed to the public after an unexploded Second World War mortar was found on a beach.

The Harper government is throwing its weight behind a private member’s bill that would give police the power to arrest anyone hiding their identity during a riot or unlawful assembly. The bill would create two classes of offence that could … Continue reading →

The B.C. government plans to establish a commissioner’s office to oversee sports like boxing and mixed martial arts in the province.

Conservative MLA John van Dongen has applied to B.C. Supreme Court for intervener status in the court action by the province’s auditor general for access to legal records in the BC Rail case.

Three men who died at a Fraser Valley mushroom farm after being overcome in a shed by a mix of toxic gases didn’t have to die, a coroner’s inquest has been told.

TransLink fare evaders who have been caught in the act anytime over the last 10 years could find it harder to avoid paying their fines in the future, under legislation introduced by the B.C. government.

A rusted salt-encrusted Harley Davidson motorcycle that survived the Japanese tsunami has arrived in Victoria, thanks to the efforts of come dedicated volunteers.

Gasoline prices have defied prediction that they’d be at record highs by now, and in fact have dropped marginally in recent weeks, as the CBC’s Belle Puri reports.

The body of a second woman has been retrieved from Willow River near Prince George, B.C., after a jetboat capsized Sunday afternoon.

British Columbia formally apologized today to the Japanese-Canadian community for the internment of thousands of people during the Second World War.

A B.C. hang-glider pilot who allegedly swallowed a camera’s memory card after a woman plunged to her death from his aircraft during a flight has been released on bail.

Mike Gillis will continue to call the shots for the Vancouver Canucks. The club has agreed to a contract extension with Gillis, who has served as the team’s president and general manager for the past four seasons.

Ottawa needs to consider a flexible exit strategy for British Columbia First Nations frustrated and debt-challenged by slow-moving treaty negotiations, says a special report prepared for federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan.

A mentally disabled B.C. teen was hit by an $8,000 cell phone bill from Koodo, after a month of texting someone he thought was a girlfriend, through a text dating site.

The federal government identified 142 contaminated sites as of last September where pollutants need to be contained or eliminated because of a long-term or immediate threat to human health or the environment.