Student's killer on parole
Charges after investigation
Hostage was on captor 
Regulating power prices
Gen X is raking it in
LeBlanc laying groundwork
US vetoes UN resolution
$100M Nassar settlement
12 Trump jurors picked
Rates slow green economy
Vicinity hires president,
Record housing starts
Warriors ready for Round 2
Kalamalka Bowl cancelled
Rockets live to fight on
Rihanna's parenting ‘hack’
Tarantino scraps film
Munn talks cancer battle
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Saskatchewan Premier not afraid to talk about restricting flow of B.C. natural gas
Big beach mess after 4/20
The sun has risen and the haze has cleared, but Vancouver's Sunset Beach will take months to get back to normal after thousands attended Friday's 4/20...
Prescription led to OD
The parents of a Victoria teen who died from an accidental overdose yesterday say they felt trapped by a medical system that didn't give them a say in their...
Sledder killed in accident
One person is dead following a snowmobile accident near Revelstoke Friday. RCMP Cpl. Thomas Blakney said emergency crews were called to Boulder Mountain...
Pipeline support growing
Support is growing in B.C. for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. A recent poll has found more than half of B.C. residents now support the controversial...
Massive marijuana shipment arrives at YVR
Under heavy security a huge marijuana shipment from Ontario arrived at YVR today on its way to an East Ladner greenhouse. Canopy Growth shipped 100,000 tiny...
Thousands spark up for 4/20
The 24th annual 4/20 rally on Vancouver's Sunset Beach drew a crowd long before pot smokers were expected to light up at 4:20 p.m. Vendors started setting...
Machete used in fight
A 50-year-old Chase area man was airlifted to hospital in Kamloops after suffering a severe cut to his hand in a fight. Police were called to an area near Adams...
Police wrangle runaway pig
Police turned pig wranglers in Saanich Friday morning. They chased an escaped sow across the grounds of Elk Lake School after it fled its pen. It took two...
Mentally unfit for trial
A man accused of murdering a student at an Abbotsford high school has been found unfit to stand trial because of his mental state. B.C. Supreme Court Justice...
'Justin Beaver' gone missing
A toothy teaching tool has vanished from a park in British Columbia, and educators working there hope the fluffy stuffie will be returned. Justin Beaver, a...
Naturopath under fire
A bizarre case of a naturopath treating a young B.C. boy with the saliva of a rabid dog because of werewolf like behaviour, has caught the attention of...
Weekend travel advisory
In case you were planning on travelling this weekend, you might want to avoid the Kootenay Pass. DriveBc is reporting the pass has been closed due to an...
Tasered for jaywalking?
An investigation has been ordered into the tackling and Tasering of a Vancouver athlete by police. Former UBC football player Jamiel Moore-Williams was...
100,000 pot plants at YVR
A shipment of 100,000 marijuana seedlings arrived at Vancouver International Airport, Thursday, destined for the world's largest cannabis greenhouse in...
Ruling corks wine hopes
The Supreme Court of Canada ruling upholding interprovincial trade laws may have other implications for trade, including for the Trans Mountain pipeline...
Supreme Court beer ruling could apply to Alberta-B.C. pipeline war, experts say
Investigating ex-police chief
British Columbia's Court of Appeal has ruled an external investigation into the conduct of Victoria's former police chief can go ahead, but it notes the...
Man accused of killing B.C. student is psychotic, delusional, doctor tells court
Mudslide fully cleared
UPDATE: 7:20 p.m. The mudslide between Castlegar and Nelson has now been completely cleared, and Highway 3A is fully reopened in both directions. The highway...
Kinder Morgan CEO says recent events confirm Trans Mountain may be 'untenable'
Commercial fishery granted
A group of West Coast First Nations has won the right to harvest and sell fish commercially after a 12-year court battle. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mary...
Waiting years for spill cash
Despite "polluter pay" laws in Canada, local governments and agencies are still waiting to recover costs incurred during two significant fuel spills...
Hundreds line funeral route
Hundreds of people lined a procession route of uniformed officers as some wiped away tears outside a church Thursday before the funeral of a Victoria constable...
Family still seeking answers
The family of a British Columbia man missing for a decade is pleading for any help in solving what the police are treating as a homicide. Kellen McElwee was 25...
Accused killer unfit: Lawyer
A defence lawyer says his client's ongoing psychosis makes him unfit to stand trial for the murder of a high school girl in Abbotsford, B.C. Martin Peters...
No more server wage
Minister of Labour Harry Bains announced today he will phase out B.C.’s lower minimum wage for liquor servers and several types of live-in positions. As...
Stranger in her bedroom
A public warning has been issued after an Abbotsford woman woke up to find a stranger in her bedroom. A police press release described the intruder as a...
Cop runs faster than bad guy
A Fraser Valley bad guy learned you can't outrun the long arm – or the fleet foot – of the law. Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Mike Rail said just after 2...
Wine ruling reaction
The British Columbia Wine Institute and its members expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling on Her Majesty the Queen v. Gerard...
Road rage behind rollover?
Road rage may have led to a rollover crash in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood on Wednesday. Police say a black BMW collided with a grey Toyota Corolla...
Capital city traffic woes
The dismantling of Victoria's old Johnson Street Bridge is causing some commuter chaos. Drives typically taking five minutes dragged into half-hour...
Slides span the Interior
Crews have been working through the night to fix a section of Highway 33 that collapsed during a washout on Tuesday. The repair is expected to take the next...
Bring on the sexbots?
A UBC professor has sparked a debate that crosses all kinds of lines when it comes to marriage and love in the modern world. Marina Adshade has been teaching an...
Multiple designers appear to capitalize on tragedy as bootlegged Humboldt T-shirts are being sold online
Opinion: Cancelling licences to collect child support is misguided and foolish
B.C. environment ministry reviews reported sediment spill from Trans Mountain into Burnaby creek
Highway 3A getting closer
UPDATE 6:50 p.m. DriveBC now indicates that Highway 3A between Castlegar and Nelson won't open to single lane traffic until 10 p.m. at the earliest. The...
Ferry workers overboard
BC Ferries says two of its workers have been taken to hospital after they fell into the water during a rescue boat drill at Swartz Bay. It says in a tweet that...
Shania to visit BC troops
Country music superstar Shania Twain will visit Canadian troops Thursday at CFB Esquimalt. Twain will meet troops at the Victoria-area Canadian Forces base. A...
Nation's oldest blood donor
Beatrice Janyk credits vitamins, 12 hours of sleep a day, and a busy mind, for allowing her to donate blood regularly for most of the last seven decades. At 95...
Masked man robs trailer
Police are on the hunt for an armed man who broke into a Vancouver Island home in the early morning hours of Monday and stole cash. The break and enter occurred...
Accused killer is 'psychotic'
A psychiatrist treating a man accused of stabbing two girls at an Abbotsford high school says he believes his patient has schizophrenia, is psychotic and...
Mama moose helps calf
A moose was caught on camera trying to convince her little one to follow her under a highway wildlife underpass in Southern B.C. The video, posted by DriveBC,...
Iconic rollercoaster turns 60
The smell of mini donuts is almost in the air in Vancouver, with the opening day of the Playland Amusement Park just around the corner. On Saturday, May 5, the...
Real estate practices probed
The B.C. government is taking a look at how real estate regulators in the province are operating. A review will be done on the Real Estate Council of B.C. and...
City cuts watering to 2 days
Despite an unusually wet April, the City of Vancouver is looking ahead to the parched days of summer as it announces new watering restrictions, beginning May 1....
$1.9B for affordable rentals
British Columbia's government is investing $1.9 billion over the next 10 years to help build 14,000 affordable homes for renters. Premier John Horgan says...
Quantifying success of kits
The effectiveness of harm reduction strategies like take-home naloxone kits can now be quantified thanks to a new mathematical model. Developed by the BC...
Can BC restrict pipeline?
Environment Minister George Heyman says B.C. will take its Trans Mountain pipeline reference case to court by April 30. Heyman says the government will file its...
Courts only solution?
The latest study by Angus Reid on pipeline politics points to the courts as the only body opponents will respect in the ongoing battle. A slim majority of...
Disaster relief available
Disaster Financial Assistance is now available for British Columbians in the central Interior who were impacted by overland flooding or landslides from heavy...
4/20 a go despite no permit
Thousands are expected to attend the 4/20 marijuana smoke-in at Vancouver's Sunset Beach Friday, and while the legalization goal of the annual Weed Day will...
7 things you should do on your next road trip to Portland (after paying 95 cents/litre for gas)
'Our turn to help'
He was dedicated to coaching and mentoring young football players, but now those players are rising up to help him. British Columbia's high school football...
Testing for deadly drugs
A Vancouver harm-reduction group is setting its sights on protecting casual drug users in the ongoing battle to slow the death toll from opioid overdoses. The...
Werewolf rabies remedy?
A Victoria naturopath is claiming to have treated a four-year-old boy's fear of werewolves by prescribing a remedy made from rabid dog saliva. Dr. Anke...
45 neglected dogs rescued
The BC SPCA is looking into animal cruelty charges after 45 neglected dogs living in "unacceptable" conditions were surrendered by a former breeder...
Possibly armed, dangerous
The New Hazelton RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a man wanted for a number of offences. Lane Steven Peepchuk is wanted for forcible...
Still no leads in 1973 death
Police on Vancouver Island are again looking for clues in the death of a young man nearly 45 years ago. Saanich Police say in a news release that 20-year-old...
Vancouver has worst housing affordability ever recorded in Canada: RBC
A Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) study released this month ranks Vancouver’s housing market as the least affordable for any regional market ever recorded in...
Special prosecutor to probe Elizabeth May's, Burnaby MP's Kinder Morgan contempt case
Cops' charges stayed
A judge has stayed assault charges against three Mounties accused of pepper spraying a man in custody, saying lengthy delays in getting the cases to trial have...
Alberta is bluffing: Eby
British Columbia's attorney general is calling Alberta's proposed fuel restriction law a "bluff" that will result in an immediate lawsuit from...
Sex assault suspect sought
Surrey RCMP needs the public's help to identify a sexual assault suspect, after a woman was allegedly groped while shopping in the City Centre area in March...
Heavy snow on Connector
Rain in the valley turns to snow in the mountain peaks – which is making driving a challenge on many roadways Tuesday morning. Rene Doiron sent us this...
Coquihalla NB closed
The Coquihalla northbound is closed at the Box Canyon chain-up area because of a motor vehicle incident. No detours or alternate routes available. and no...
$33M in unpaid bridge tolls
The tolls have been gone for months, but the bills still remain. Tolls came off the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges in B.C.'s Lower Mainland more than...
A bus, a breakdown and -30°: former NHLer remembers his time with Humboldt Broncos
Son's memorial looted
A Victoria mother is pleading for the return of statuettes stolen from a roadside memorial to her son. AJ Wakeling died in October 2012 after being hit by a...
Digging in for pipeline fight
B.C.'s attorney general is threatening to sue if a new law introduced in Alberta causes gasoline prices to skyrocket. David Eby says it's...
Rabbit vaccine arrives
The first batch of vaccine to protect domestic and feral rabbits from a disease that has devastated some communities in B.C. is now available for owners and...
Man who helped recover bodies after Titanic disaster remembered 106 years later
Brace for big dump of snow
UPDATE: 3:40 p.m. Heavy snowfall is expected on B.C.'s mountain highways overnight. Environment Canada has issued warnings and special weather statements...
He's no 'couch jihadist'
An officer in the RCMP's national security division says the man acquitted of terror charges in a B.C. court was no "couch jihadist" and was...
Charges for protesters?
B.C.'s Prosecution Service is considering criminal charges against dozens of people arrested for protesting Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline...
Standoff ends in arrest
UPDATE: 10:55 a.m. RCMP say a five-hour standoff that concluded about midnight began at 7 p.m. Sunday. The man barricaded himself in a home on the 1500 block of...
Bomb threat at school
A North Vancouver high school has been evacuated this morning. RCMP say a bomb threat was directed at Bodwell High School on Harbourside Drive. Students are on...
A window on native history
Surrounded by old-growth rainforest against the rocky shoreline on the southwest edge of Vancouver Island lies a centuries-old Indigenous village where...
Burnaby investigates reported sediment spill into creek south of Trans Mountain terminal
B.C. women recount different paths to sobriety during Alcohol Awareness month
Opinion: Spill-response bases put on hold, a consequence of pipeline-project halt
Slide cleared on hwy
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m. Drive BC reports that the Highway 33 mudslide has been cleared. All lanes are open. UPDATE: 5 p.m. A young girl says she lives right beside...
Ambulance in 3-way crash
An ambulance carrying a patient to hospital crashed in Maple Ridge Sunday afternoon. The multi-vehicle crash happened at Lougheed Highway and Laity Street, near...
Plane ditches in field
A small aircraft made an emergency landing in a field near Pitt Meadows Airport, Sunday. The single-engine plane had a mechanical issue and lost power while...
B.C. government strikes ‘affordable housing’ deal with United Church of Canada
Trustee in more hot water
A Chilliwack school trustee is facing a human rights complaint for controversial comments he has made about gender identity and sexual orientation. The B.C....
Wait list after wait list
British Columbia parents who have lost the chance to get their children into French immersion through a lottery system are hoping the education minister's...
