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The New Year's Polar Bear Plunge in White Rock, B.C., drew a crowd estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 people. This year marked the 55th anniversary of the event.

B.C.'s first baby of 2025 was born at Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Baby Emerson is the first child born to his parents and came into the world at 12:02 a.m.

Vancouver police have laid multiple charges against a man they allege brought a gun, explosives and other weapons to a downtown Holt Renfrew store in an attempt to rob it.

The cost of living is slated to go up in a number of ways in 2025 in B.C., though there are a few silver linings for your pocketbook.

According to the case summary, the patient was a 13-year-old girl with a history of mild asthma who first reported to a hospital on Nov. 4.

BC Ferries said it cannot share details regarding specific customer incidents due to privacy reasons but it said staff work hard to follow and uphold safety and security protocols.

BC Assessment is slated to release its annual breakdown of B.C. property values and trends on Jan. 2.

A freedom of information request has revealed new details about how thousands of Metro Vancouver taxpayer dollars were spent on catering and alcohol at the PNE.

A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the mammals.

Police say a woman in northeastern B.C. who told an officer she couldn't remember her name during a traffic stop has been arrested after a "ghost gun" was found in her vehicle.

E-Comm says it handles about 2 million calls a year but not all of them qualify as emergencies.

A man has been charged with allegedly assaulting a nurse at a Metro Vancouver hospital in an incident police say left her seriously injured last month.

Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police caseloads, according to officials.

Multiple business owners could only look on as fire crews responded to a possible explosion that rocked a strip mall in Coquitlam, B.C., Sunday morning.

B.C. is known for its varied and teeming wildlife and the animals and pets that call our province home continue to make the news throughout the year.

An Abbotsford, B.C., family is calling for the age for colon cancer screening to be lowered as incidence of the disease rise among younger people.

The authority says in a written statement that a coal stacker caught fire at a facility operated by Westshore Terminals.

From a home with walls packed with stuffed animals to thousands of pounds of diapers dumped in the woods, here are a few offbeat B.C. stories that caught our eye in 2024.

Joe Average, a Vancouver-based artist and activist whose works have been featured on murals, coins, banners and stamps, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 67.

In the middle of the night, Florence's parent received a terrifying call from a doctor at Kelowna General Hospital, where he was transported for brain surgery.

Holborn Properties, which owns the structure at 500 Dunsmuir Street, said it has worked with local authorities to ensure the vacant building was up to fire and life safety code.

Mother Chintan Shah says she and her husband are full-time caregivers to their five-year-old son, but with bills mounting she hopes the province can expedite their respite request.