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Anyone operating a short-term rental in B.C. and listing on platforms, such as Airbnb, Vrbo and others, will be required to register with the province.

Ian Tait of Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. said B.C. Emergency Health Services has long relied on overtime to ensure shifts are filled and that a policy change has left units empty.

Both incidents occurred Saturday night during a melee at the end of the Canucks’ 3-2 victory over Edmonton in Vancouver.

The CFIA said illnesses linked to Sweet Cream mini pastries have been reported in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, including 17 hospitalizations.

Frustrations boiled over between the Canucks and Oilers on Saturday. Now Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid could miss games as a result.

Help celebrate the Lunar New Year with this delicious sablefish recipe that you can make at home! It is sure to impress everyone you treat!

The recall affects specific batches of Golden Valley, Compliments, Foremost, IGA, No Name and Western Family eggs of varying sizes and in varying package sizes. 

Canadian colleges and universities are responding to a cash crunch brought on by Ottawa's cut to international student permits.

Vancouver city council ordered the demolition of the building at 500 Dunsmuir St. in December 2024, after an inspection found it was at risk of collapse.

In 2018, Tahlequah captured worldwide attention when she carried the body of a calf for 17 days.

A vital piece of equipment for the Kelowna Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Club is on its last legs and on the verge of completely breaking down

They will be offering the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that helps protect against types of the virus that can cause cancers of the cervix, anus, mouth, penis and more.

Natural resources, including energy, forestry, metals, agriculture, and fishing products make up 69 per cent of B.C.’s exports to the U.S., the report states.

Road closures will be in effect starting Friday afternoon on Dunsmuir Street between Homer and Seymour and on Richards between Georgia and Pender.

Port Moody police said they were called just after 8:30 p.m. to Eagle Ridge Hospital, where a man was waving a machete in a threatening manner and causing a disturbance.

Financial documents from the Municipal Finance Authority of BC show in 2023, the mayor brought in more than $362,000, which is more than $30,000 higher than previously reported.

The North Park Community Group says the structure breaches several city regulations, including straddling two properties and violating the setback requirements.

The society behind the home-share arrangement for Florence Girard, took the stand and one of the people tasked with monitoring her admitted that mistakes were made.

The study by UBC researchers says urgent change is needed in order for British Columbians to co-exist with wildfires.

'Nobody is surprised when they fail a roadside screening device and their vehicle is towed. Enforcement is a necessary follow-up to education.'

“It was important for everyone as a family, as an extended family,” friend Quentin Nicholas said. “We’re not all family but it feels like we are with the tragedy.”

The father of the man seen on fire outside a Vancouver SkyTrain station this weekend said the incident was not an accident and the fire was deliberately set.

Daved Benefield grew up in Altadena, which is one of the many communities reduced to ashes by wildfires that have now been burning for more than a week.

It was this week last year when overnight temperatures plunged to catastrophic lows of minus 30, wiping out entire grape crops in the Okanagan.