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Citing concern about student exploitation and pressure on rental housing markets, Ottawa has slashed international student visas by 45 per cent this year.

HMCS Max Bernays was in Vancouver on Thursday and took media on a day sail to show off the new vessel's capabilities.

More than half of ambulance calls that are placed in B.C. are assessed as non-urgent, according to the Ambulance Paramedics of BC.

The female officer learned a colleague inside the courtroom had sent derogatory text messages about her and her testimony. The texts were then shared in group chats.

Demand for the Central Okanagan Food Bank has gone up 30 per cent over last year, serving more than 12,000 people each month.

The caucus is notable both for its gender diversity and its fresh faces. Nearly a third of the MLAs (18), are newly elected, while two-thirds (31) are women. 

Canada's immigration minister also suggested Ottawa may be looking at boosting enforcement resources to crack down on irregular migrants who don't leave Canada.

During the warrant execution, investigators discovered the residence to be surrounded by compound fencing, steel gates and razor wires.

Burnaby RCMP said that in August its drug and organized crime section executed search warrants on two homes in Coquitlam and Surrey. Four people have been arrested.

At the height of the storm on Tuesday, about 30,000 BC Hydro customers were without power, mostly on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island.

Amber Jenelle Toews, 35, has been charged with assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and mischief under $5,000 in the Sept. 8 incident.

As the clock ticks down, the RCMP are raising concerns about readiness for the Nov. 29 switchover in command structure. The SPS maintains it is prepared.

Marcel Genaille pleaded guilty last year to leaving the scene of a June 2021 collision that left 59-year-old James ‘Mark’ Peters dead.

Neighbours said the garage at the house on Arbutus Street, valued just under $4 million, across from Kitsilano Beach, buckled on Friday. It has now been fenced off.

Dr. Anna Wolak, a family physician in Vancouver, said many parents are likely having flashbacks to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite this flu being a single case.

Dock workers in both British Columbia and Montreal have now been locked out as negotiations stall between unions and employers. Here's what that means for Canadian consumers.

Environment Canada warns that up to 70 mm of rain is expected to fall on Monday morning and into the early afternoon, especially on the North Shore mountains and in West Vancouver.

H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows, with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers.

On Monday, a Remembrance Day ceremony was held in downtown Vancouver, and thousands of people gathered to pay their respects. The ceremony was broadcast in full.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced voters in Cloverdale—Langley City will pick their next member of Parliament on Dec. 16.

Environment Canada says heavy rain and winds could cause power outages on Vancouver Island as an "intense" storm system is set to hit the B.C. coast today. 

ILWU Local 514 President Frank Morena says the employers are using "confrontational tactics" to avoid negotiating a new collective agreement.

A labour dispute continues to paralyze cargo shipping at British Columbia ports, and the union for locked-out workers is accusing employers of abruptly ending contract talks early.