Crackdowns on short-term rentals in British Columbia have effectively reduced rents by 5.7 per cent, saving tenants more than $600 million last year, says a report led by the Canada Research Chair in ...

At one Canadian airport, removing laptops and liquids from your carry-on at security is a thing of the past, thanks to a fresh use of half-century-old technology. This month, Vancouver became the ...

Construction of Vancouver’s first indoor supervised site for people who inhale illicit drugs is complete in the city’s Downtown Eastside and its executive director says people could start using the ...

The Pivot Legal Society and the BC Civil Liberties Association say they’ve launched three complaints against the Vancouver Police Department alleging illegal surveillance and police brutality against ...

After three years of exploration, a paleontology team from the Royal BC Museum uncovered a trove of fossils in the rugged terrain of the Skeena Mountains in Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park ...

The head of the B.C. Nurses' Union says her profession faces many challenges, but newly established nurse-to-patient ratios and the broader plan around them have produced some improvements. "I'm not ...

The lawns and shrubbery of West Kelowna are now safe from hog terror. Two pigs on the lam were seen wandering Rose Valley on Tuesday afternoon. For almost 24 hours ...

A BC Wildfire Service official says wildfires the Prince George Fire Centre in 2023 and 2024 burned 10 per cent of the land base, which is more than what was burned in the previous 60 years combined.

Speed and alcohol have been deemed a determining factor in the deaths of three Kelowna Secondary School students back in May 2021. On May 26, 2021, just a month before graduating high school, Katelin ...

The National Toy Hall of Fame is floating the idea of inducting balloons. Praised for their versatility and universal appeal, balloons made the list Wednesday of 12 finalists being considered for the ...

Whooping cough is a serious bacterial infection that is currently on the rise in northern B.C. While British Columbia is not considered to have an outbreak at this time, the Northern Health Region has ...

British Columbia’s forests watchdog says a complaint about “excessive” logging has led to a call for the province to improve how it manages watersheds. The Forest Practices Board says it looked at ...