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ICBC says most months see an average of 55 people injured or killed. For July and August, though, that average rises to 87 people injured or killed.

Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation flew over the Chilcotin River landslide and said it's only a matter of time before the debris starts to move.

The B.C. government has warned of increasing fire risk this long weekend as Environment Canada issues heat advisories for several areas in the southern part of the province.

The chief of Williams Lake First Nation says a landslide of debris that has dammed the Chilcotin River in B.C.'s central Interior has nearly doubled in size since Wednesday.

Kane Carter has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Wong and Kevin Whiteside, along with the aggravated assault of another injured bystander.

An expert in salmon migration says the landslide that occurred on B.C.'s Chilcotin River in the Central Interior is catastrophic for residents, property and fish.

Penticton Mounties are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the people responsible for the attack on Jim DeMarce. The incident was reported Monday, July 29.

James Miller, 59, was a volunteer youth basketball coach in 1989 when the alleged offences against a young person occurred, police said in a press release.

'Water has been backing up behind the landslide,' said Bowinn Ma, B.C.'s minister of emergency management and climate readiness. 'At this time it is only growing.'

The chair of the British Columbia Securities Commission is calling on the federal government to change legislation to protect investors.

After a brief reprieve, parts of B.C. are again going to see some intensely hot days, prompting a warning from Environment Canada.

Residents of West Vancouver say the 'pending' sale refers to a condition by the prospective buyer that the municipality close a trail that gives the public access to the beach.

Kenyon Thomas Lavallee was handed 305 days in jail for what a B.C. Provincial Court Judge said appeared to be a 'random act of violence.' And when he gets out, he has to leave B.C.

British Columbia's Opposition BC United is looking to put its previous Liberal name on the upcoming fall provincial election ballot after internal polling shows 30 per cent of people didn't know the party was renamed, says a party director.

Researchers at Simon Fraser University say they may have discovered a gene that appears to reverse Parkinson’s disease symptoms in fruit flies. And humans have a similar gene.

The man appears to have drowned, with no foul play suspected, nor concerns of criminality or negligence on the part of the rental company.

B.C.'s Coroners Service says the number of people who have died this year from toxic drug poisoning is down from 2023, but an around six people are still dying every day.

The woman's body was found in a large grey plastic cart with wheels in the parking lot near the tennis courts in Polson Park, 2600-block of Highway 6 in Vernon.

Sources tell Global News that a law firm did an extensive investigation under the direction of the OPCC and the allegations were found to be unsubstantiated.

Teresa Wat was elected under the BC Liberal banner three times beginning in 2013, prior to the party changing its name to BC United.

While investigators have spoken to some witnesses, they believe there are people with information – including CCTV and dash cam footage – who have yet to come forward.

Two B.C. First Nations are taking the federal government and fish farm companies to court over fish farm licences.

British Columbia's minister of emergency management is scheduled to give an update on the wildfire situation Tuesday as some areas in the province cool off while others flare.

A resident shared video showing surveillance video of a man walking in the Wisteria area. The video shows him stopping in the alley and then seconds later smoke can be seen.