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Stephen Chong was found dead in his second-floor office at a strip mall in the 8200 block of Granville Avenue on the evening of Oct. 18, 2019.

The group, which included kids between the ages of three and eight years old, had been trying to hike the Hole in the Wall trail.

Police say five men were handed multi-year sentences for drug dealing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside linked to the Wolfpack gang.

Melanie Mark is accusing the B.C. government of "turning their backs" on First Nations, local governments and environmentalists by passing controversial fast-track bills.

The woman was able to escape after she sprayed the bear with a hose. She was treated for injuries but is expected to survive.

The Kettle Society is one of the few daytime drop-in facilities in the city, offering services such as showers, laundry, meals and referral to other supports. 

At a meeting on May 27, council voted to direct staff to investigate what the city can do in a state of emergency, including putting people into involuntary care if needed.

The chorus of voices against contentious British Columbia legislation to speed up infrastructure projects continues to swell, with the province's civil liberties association calling it a betrayal of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Oz is the administrator for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and is the second health official in the Trump administration to try to prevent the cull.

Billy Ledoux was still alive when Abbotsford police officers arrived but despite the immediate efforts of bystanders and first responders, he died of his injuries.

Vancouver Fire Rescue Services was called to a fire in a unit on Granville Street near Helmken Street around 7 a.m.

Grizzly bears are know to be excellent swimmers. Last summer, a grizzly sow was spotted with cubs on Vancouver Island after presumably swimming from the mainland. 

Dennys Acuna Aros of Surrey is charged with theft while Jonathan Noe Madera Almazan of Richmond, 18, is accused of theft and assaulting the Good Samaritan and the security guard.

The Kitsilano Coalition also says it has been in discussions with the city and the mayor's office who have shown interest in creating a different type of project.

The city has confirmed that $295,000 worth of gift cards it bought in 2022, 2023 and 2024 are unaccounted for.

Harcourt served as B.C. premier from 1991 to 1996 and as mayor of Vancouver from 1980 to 1986, experience he believes gives him insight into the regional government's current woes.

Vancouver realtor and investor, Steve Saretsky, says the market is becoming so saturated, that realtors are turning down listings.

Police say a naked man was taken into custody in Port Moody, B.C., Saturday night after a stranger was assaulted at Rocky Point Park and people at a restaurant were threatened.

A travel alert issued by Israel's National Security Council came on the same day as demonstrators gathered in Toronto for the United Jewish Appeal's annual Walk with Israel event.

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is urging Canada to halt a planned ostrich cull in B.C., calling for a joint study of the birds’ immune response to avian flu.

Randall Hopley was granted statutory release from the Mission Institution on Thursday morning, and was supposed to live at a Vancouver halfway house.

The board says it will eliminate meeting fees while travelling on Metro Vancouver business and eliminate double stipends for meetings exceeding four hours.

Lisa Rauch was shot with a plastic bullet on Christmas Day 2019, and died four days later in hospital. The officer that fired the round committed misconduct, a hearing has ruled.

Michelle Cubin survived a vicious beating that went on for close to six minutes last fall. Her attacker is due to be sentenced later this month.