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Police were called to Eagle Ridge Hospital around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, where a man had allegedly assaulted one of the medical staff.

Health officials said they were concerned about the potential for measles to spread in B.C. as families return from overseas vacations in virus hotspots during spring break.

More than 130 additional officers will be deployed throughout the weekend, including members of its specially-trained Public Safety Unit to maintain order.

Police were called to a residential building near Clark Drive and East 12th Avenue early on Monday for a report of someone causing a disturbance and threatening people.

“We also want to acknowledge the immense contributions of our donors and members. Your support has allowed us to provide high-quality, compassionate care to so many who needed it.”

B.C. Premier David Eby and Attorney General Niki Sharma will hold a press conference on Friday morning to provide an update on Bill 7.

The B.C. government is allowing the height of the Mount Polley tailings dam to be raised, a decade after a similar storage site burst.

The McBarge, then known as the 'Friendship 500,' served as a floating restaurant during Expo 86. It now sits half-submerged in the Fraser River. 

The Lake Cowichan council is raising concerns about an ingredient in some chemical sunscreens that could be harmful to the local river's ecosystem.

British Columbia's mining industry is having golden dreams as the price of the precious metal surges amid economic uncertainty.

Tian Yi Eddie Zhang, 32, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2017 in connection with a botched kidnapping that led to the death of an international student.

“Anywhere there’s a bar — clubs, parties, festivals — there’s a risk,” said Samin Yousefi, a UBC student in chemical and biological engineering and the device’s co-inventor.

Point To Point Parcel, located in Point Roberts, Wash., served customers on both sides of the border, but co-owner Beth Calder says they can no longer sustain the business.

Abbotsford police said that around 3:15 a.m., an SUV hydroplaned and lost control just east of Bradner Road, striking a semi-truck.

The chair of transgender studies at UVic is worried about attendance at this year's Moving Trans History Forward conference, with expectations of a 40 per cent drop in numbers.

A temporary reprieve for a Vancouver Island family after their terminally-ill daughter will continue to have access to life-changing medication for two more months.

The Vancouver Police Department is offering a closer look at its drone unit and the work the team does.

The charity, which feeds more than 27,000 people including more than 8,000 children a year, doesn't own a facility and has moves seven times in just five years.

Two council seats are up for grabs, after former OneCity councillor Christine Boyle was elected as an MLA and former Green councillor Adrianne Carr announced her retirement. 

It appears there are two crashes on Highway 1 eastbound between North Road and Brunette Avenue. Police cruisers are stopped in the highway's eastbound lanes just west of Burnette.

The young Bigg's, or transient, orca was first spotted in the eastern Juan de Fuca Strait in Washington state on March 20.

The young girl had reportedly overdosed on fentanyl found in the home after touching a jar containing the drug while she was having a bath.

Kaslo RCMP said two groups of skiers were waiting in a staging area below the tree line of the Clute Creek watershed when they were swept away by an avalanche.

More Loblaw employees across the country will be wearing body cameras as the company is expanding its pilot project to more provinces.