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Antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV in British Columbia but a new study shows it is significantly lower for women than men.

Randeep Ghataura was convicted of killing, wounding or injuring an animal in October 2024. On Friday he was sentenced to four months in jail.

The Invictus Games, a multi-sport tournament for veterans wounded in service, opens in Vancouver and Whistler on Saturday. Ukraine's Illia Haiduk is among this year's athletes.

Surrey police are investigating a violent attack caught on camera Wednesday at a restaurant across from a local high school. The victim, an adult, suffered a black eye and bruises.

The B.C. RCMP is deploying a Black Hawk helicopter to bolster its border surveillance and response capabilities. The deployment matches similar moves in other provinces.

A Vancouver Island doctor involved in setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites outside hospitals claims she was placed on leave as punishment for her public advocacy work.

Police said that officers from the emergency response team and K9 unit were deployed around 7 p.m. to a building near Seymour and Nelson streets.

It's not just tariffs on sales to the U.S. that have B.C. farmers worried, they're also concerned about increased costs for importing vital equipment and supplies.

The B.C. General Employees Union says the Crown corporation Community Living BC is a bloated bureaucracy that wastes money that should be spent on the people who need it more.

Critics, including First Nations and conservationists, are calling for a moratorium on the herring harvest this year, arguing much of the catch could go to pet food or fertilizer.

Bahram Rashti, owner of UP Vertical Farms in Pitt Meadows, told Global News that it has been a challenge to get their products onto B.C. shelves.

A first-of-its-kind study in Canada has revealed that building new homes in flood and wildfire-prone areas could cost billions and threaten affordability.

Nell Smith was set to release her debut album when she was killed in a car crash last October.

The B.C. government intends to pass legislation this spring to bring permitting and regulation of new renewable energy projects under the BC Energy Regulator (BCER).

BC Highway Patrol said an unmarked patrol officer was in Lantzville when he heard an "excessively loud vehicle accelerate away from a stoplight on Highway 19, near Ware Road."

BC Ferries said a modified schedule with an extra vessel had been added on Wednesday to help ease any disruptions on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route.

The violence unfolded on the second floor of the Hudson's Bay near the furniture section, just before the department store closed at 6 p.m.

Canadian sports fans continue to voice their displeasure at American economic policies despite a pause in a trade war between Canada and the United States.

Jeremy Kim was stabbed outside his apartment building near Mainland and Hamilton streets just before 1 a.m. on Friday after a confrontation with two teenagers.

On Monday, Trump put a 30-day halt on threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, following a last-minute border agreement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The city activated a warming tent set up at the rail trail, as well as warming buses stationed throughout Kelowna.

A Vancouver musician is devising different ways to showcase the history of Chinatown. Shon Wong is drawing on his own family and other generations that came before.

Canadian sports fans continued to voice their displeasure at American economic policies on Tuesday despite a pause in a trade war between Canada and the United States.

A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment.