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Leonardo Machado, four, was struck at a bus stop in Horseshoe Bay when he, his mother and a family friend were returning from a day trip to Bowen Island.

The Peace River Regional District has issued new evacuation orders and alerts for the Kiskatinaw River area as the wildfire threatens to grow in the coming days.

The report also found teachers facing burnout, with one in seven saying they don't plan to stick with the job over the next two years.

B.C.'s power utility wants to boost the province's baseload electricity generation capacity in a bid to meet the province's growing demand from residents and industries.

It proposes gradually working towards a year-round pedestrian zone and also calls for more rental housing and hotel spaces, along with replacing aging SRO buildings.

The Conservation Officer Service tells Global News that due to recent conflict history, the bear poses a serious threat to public safety, so it has been ordered to be destroyed.

The B.C. Lions will host the Edmonton Elks at B.C. Place in the season opener for both teams.

The board says de Villiers, a top public health official in northern Alberta before his move to B.C. in 2020, has a supportive network of family, friends and "faith community."

A report concluded that Williams Lake council does have the authority to declare a state of emergency over public safety but emergency service agencies did not see a benefit.

Within a 36-hour period between Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19, Alan Goodall said his bar was subject to four separate floods from the former Howard Johnson hotel.

Firefighters were called to 66A Avenue near 180th Street just before 9 p.m. The home was engulfed in flames when crews arrived and the fast-moving fire sent neighbours scurrying.

The body of a man missing from the Merritt area since 2023 has been found, according to his family. Miguel Mack was last seen on Feb. 27, 2023, by his family.

The Alouette Homes in Maple Ridge is equipped with 18 beds and will take patients with 'severe and persistent mental-health disorders, often combined with other challenges.'

Travis Decker remains at large, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest on multiple charges, including three counts of first-degree murder.

Kalwinder Thind, 23, was stabbed and killed outside Cabana Lounge on the morning of Jan. 27, 2018, after an altercation that started between two groups inside the club.

Two men were arrested in B.C. and charged with first-degree murder after a fatal shooting in a Mississauga parking lot on May 14, police say.

Over the weekend, ice from the hometown rinks of six Oilers players was scraped into Thermoses, shipped to Edmonton and added to the Rogers Place ice sheet mix for Game 1.

The Pride flag was due to be raised at Powell River City Hall, an event that's been rescheduled after someone cut the ropes and rigging from the city flagpole over the weekend. 

Since Canada does not have a formal ‘lemon law’, Nicole Pajak turned to CAMVAP, which tries to resolve disputes between consumers and manufacturers.

Eva Hartman who works at the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society told Global News that the female porcupine crawled into the wreckage of a plane.

The program has expanded its voluntary ship slowdown at Swiftsure Bank, off Vancouver Island, to more effectively overlap with a “hot spot” of whale activity.

The group says the meetings are critical, as many of the city's key issues require the support of senior levels of government to address.

Kilam, 46, joined Edmonton after 20 seasons as an assistant with the Calgary, including three Grey Cup-winning teams.

Parts of B.C. saw a glimpse of aurora borealis resulting from a geomagnetic storm on Saturday night, and they are expected to make another appearance on Sunday night.