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
BC News‹ Mar 11 to 17, 2018 ›
Protesters not done
UPDATE: 6:35 p.m. Authorities arrested anti-pipeline protesters Saturday on Burnaby Mountain — a first in a string of actions demonstrators said they have...
Ill equipped for emergencies
Most B.C. residents are likely to try and help when they are bystanders to a medical emergency, but most aren't skilled to step in themselves. Those were...
Fined for killing grizzly
A B.C. man has been issued an $8,000 fine this week after mistakenly killing a grizzly bear while hunting for black bears. Powell River Conservation Officer...
Stolen search boat found
UPDATE: 10:15 a.m The stolen search and rescue vessel taken from the Kent Harrison SAR Friday has been found by police in a Chilliwack berry field. The boat is...
No clucking way!
Residents have their feathers ruffled by a neighbour's plan to raise 100 chickens in Victoria. Rockland-area neighbours are beaking off about one...
Arrest one day after ban
Burnaby RCMP say they arrested a woman who chained herself to a work truck Friday, one day after the B.C. Supreme Court granted Trans Mountain an injunction...
Random attacks warning
Police are warning the public after several seemingly random attacks in the Lower Mainland. The series of assaults on Vancouver's West Side appear to have...
Gas breaks 150 mark
Once again, Lower Mainland residents are getting hosed at the pump. The price of petrol broke the 150 mark, with some stations charging 151.9 for a litre of the...
Trans-Canada reopens
UPDATE: 4 p.m. The Trans-Canada Highway has now reopened east of Revelstoke. Avalanche control work has been completed. UPDATE: 2:45 p.m. DriveBC now says the...
$7B metro transit expansion
The British Columbia government has come to an agreement with Metro Vancouver mayors to move ahead on expanding transit in the region. The agreement will make...
BC backs high-speed rail
UPDATE: 1:40 p.m. B.C. is backing a bid to develop high-speed rail service between Vancouver and Seattle. The province will help fund a study into a potential...
Pipeline: Wash. supports BC
The governor of Washington says his state is "allied" with British Columbia in questioning whether the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded. The...
US in sync with BC
The governor of Washington says his state is "allied" with British Columbia in questioning whether the Trans Mountain pipeline should be expanded. The...
$1M donor guilty of fraud
A man who promised millions of dollars to a junior hockey team in southeastern British Columbia has been placed on six months of probation after pleading guilty...
BC business tied to drug biz
A Vancouver man has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to provide drug traffickers with modified BlackBerry smartphones to evade law enforcement. The United...
Sex assault sentence
A 44-year-old man arrested in Regina has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two University of Victoria students in their Saanich home back in 2016. David...
Man sets self on fire
A distraught man has lit himself on fire at a McDonalds restaurant near Commercial Drive and East Broadway Avenue in Vancouver. Witnesses say the man in his...
Great Blue Herons back
Bird watchers can get an eyeful right from their own homes this spring. The Pacific Great Blue Herons have returned for the 18th consecutive year to the colony...
Island manhunt ends
Comox Valley RCMP have arrested a 27-year-old Saanich man after a 24-hour man-hunt. Police arrested the suspect accused of shooting a man at his North Courtenay...
'Determined' on pipeline
Canada's natural resources minister says Ottawa is determined to see the Trans Mountain pipeline expanded, despite an interprovincial dispute on whether the...
Road rager gets ticket
A woman in British Columbia has been fined nearly $500 for traffic violations after she reported another motorist's driving to police. Staff Sgt. Paul Hayes...
Protest injunction granted
Protesters must be restrained from obstructing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, says a British Columbia Supreme Court judge who has granted the...
Are these your medals?
RCMP in Surrey are hoping to find out who is missing some military medals. The medals were originally found at the bus stop at 72nd Avenue and 148th Street, in...
Fracking under review
A three-member scientific panel will review the safety and environmental standards of fracking for natural gas in British Columbia and give the provincial...
Daredevil video warning
Police in Vancouver have issued a warning to thrill seekers after a daredevil crane climbing video. The YouTube video shows a man scaling a crane at the...
School closed after boy dies
RCMP in Port Alberni continue to investigate following the death of a six-year-old boy. Police were called to a home 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for a report of a...
Passing on beautiful game
Not everyone is happy with the decision to pull out of a joint World Cup bid for 2026. Specifically, Vancouver says it's "extremely disappointed, we...
BC climber an inspiration
A British Columbia climber who died during a recent mountain trek in Alaska is being remembered as a talented athlete who was eager to share his expertise and...
New festival comes to BC
In spite of several B.C. music festivals going under in the last year or so, there's a new kid on the block. Skookum is coming to Stanley Park in Vancouver...
Alleged dog abuser found
The BC SPCA has identified the owner of a dog that was abandoned on a forest service road with a chain collar deeply embedded in its neck. The dog, named Rusty,...
Crash leaves senior critical
RCMP in Surrey are currently investigating a motor vehicle collision in which a 70-year-old woman was rushed to hospital. The incident happened at 1:20 p.m....
Wants to ban protesters
Social media posts suggest anti-pipeline activists are determined to continue blockades at two terminals in Burnaby as they cause more irreparable harm to the...
Busted twice in 7 minutes
New Westminster Police busted the same driver twice in just seven minutes for distracted driving. The driver of a Dodge Journey was ticketed for using an...
Hello there Mr. Moose
It's definitely not the worst way to wake up. On Wednesday morning a Peace Region Conservation Officer woke up to discover he had a visitor. A moose was...
New focus for missing man
A B.C. mother has been given a glimmer of hope for her missing son. Willy Lynskey, from Whistler, has been missing since April 11, 2017. From the moment he...
Cop car hits pedestrian
A man has been seriously injured after being hit by an unmarked police vehicle in Squamish. The Independent Investigations Office, which probes all...
Are you ready for floods?
The government of B.C. has issued a flood advisory warning and a call to action for residents to develop a flood plan. Last year spring flooding forced more...
Early morning fire
Fire has struck a Surrey strip mall Wednesday morning. CTV Vancouver is reporting that there is a flooring business and a couple of restaurants in the building....
Dad says climbers dead
The family of missing B.C. rock climber Marc-Andre Leclerc is reporting on social media that Leclerc and his climbing companion have died while attempting a new...
Orcas on the hunt
It's another sure sign of spring on Vancouver Island. Herring have returned and that means mid-island residents are getting a front row seat to watch...
Teacher asks if 'hornier'
A former Boston Bar teacher was disciplined for making several inappropriate comments to students, including asking a pregnant Grade 11 student if her pregnancy...
Boost for $4.5M theatre plan
The show will go on for efforts in Merritt to build a new community theatre, thanks to provincial funding provided under "special circumstances." The...
Dead geese shock hikers
Conservation officers are looking into the discovery of at least 50 dead Canada geese on Vancouver Island. The birds' carcasses were found dumped along a...
Court best place for fight
Premier John Horgan says the best route for the ongoing Trans Mountain expansion pipeline dispute with Alberta is through the courts. He says B.C. will stick to...
Fish farm fight in court
A First Nation is asking the Federal Court to prevent the restocking of an open-net salmon farm in its traditional territories off northern Vancouver Island....
Coverage for hep C
Anyone who has chronic hepatitis C in British Columbia will be able to get treatment covered by British Columbia's PharmaCare program under changes...
Won't buy murder mansion
The former owner of a mansion in Vancouver's exclusive Shaughnessy neighbourhood must repay a $300,000 deposit after the sale of the property fell through...
Lower voter age to 16?
The BC Green Party hopes the third time's a charm. Leader Andrew Weaver is taking a third stab at lowering the voting age in B.C. to 16. He introduced a...
Abused dog rescued
It's another case of animal cruelty. BC SPCA is investigating after a dog was found alone on a forest service road with its collar deeply embedded in its...
Tent camp at City Hall
Officials in Nanaimo are keeping a close eye on a tent encampment that popped up at City Hall on Monday. Karen Fry, the city's fire chief and acting...
Calls ticket in on herself
A driver frustrated with the slow progress of a driving school student ended up getting ticketed herself. Dashcam video shows the following driver tailgating on...
Hwy open at fire scene
UPDATE: Tuesday 8:40 a.m. DriveBC reports the scene of a grass fire north of Lytton has been cleared and that Highway 12 is now fully reopened. UPDATE: Monday...
Petition "speaking" for Teddy
One of the worst cases of animal abuse the province has seen has now sparked a petition calling for the book to be thrown at the owners of a dog that died two...
Derelict boats get the boot
Transport Canada has announced funding to help coastal communities clear out abandoned boats and vessels that pose both as an eyesore and safety concern. The...
Flees with pot, crashes car
Police in Victoria say a driver fleeing police collided with another vehicle, then was found trying to hide two large boxes of marijuana. Officers say the...
Party causes $20K damage
What police are describing as an "uncontrolled" house party in West Vancouver has caused about $20,000 in damage after a teenage girl rented the home...
Rein in capital carriages?
Victoria councillors are considering tightening city regulations governing horse-drawn carriage tours as part of proposed wholesale changes to its animal...
Poor weather delays search
UPDATE: 1:08 p.m. Bad weather in southwestern Alaska has delayed the air search for a British Columbia man and his climbing companion near Juneau....
Hemsworth loves BC
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth is raving about Vancouver. The Marvel movie hero is in B.C. for a new film, and has shared video on Facebook extolling...
Boy and grandmother struck
A B.C. grandmother and her grandsons are in hospital today after being struck by a car while walking to school in Abbotsford Monday morning. Witnesses said the...
Boy may be disguised
UPDATE: 11:20 a.m. Vancouver police say a woman who allegedly abducted her nine-year-old son contrary to a custody order may have changed his appearance and...
Elevated flood risk
Spring-like temperatures and conditions across the Okanagan are causing some residents to worry about flood levels in the region. Brent Hunt leases property on...
Re-think Robson Square
At least one Vancouver city councillor wants to take back Robson square. The area has been dominated by an open-air cannabis market which has caused security...
No adverse effects on coast
Seven years after the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan released radioactive elements into the environment, researchers say those elements pose minimal risk...
Hwy 1 reopened
UPDATE: 7 p.m. Highway 1 has reopened in both directions in the previously closed area. ORIGINAL: 3:30 p.m. Highway 1 is closed in both directions 3...
ICBC shells out for Ferrari
British Columbia's public insurer says it has spent $789,375 in damage claims for a Ferrari that crashed into a pole. The Insurance Corp. of B.C. is...
Body found in water
A man has died in Richmond and the RCMP have deemed the death suspicious. On Saturday, around 8 a.m., Richmond RCMP responded to a report of a man in the water...
Sex offender arrested
Vancouver Police have arrested Stanley Porter, 47, a sex offender and parolee, who failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house. A Canada-wide warrant was...
