The report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says staffing levels at the centre that monitors the province's rivers and provides warnings for flood risk has remained unchanged for years, despite an internal warning.

Officials are urging British Columbians to prepare for heavy rainfall hitting southwestern B.C., this week, which could worsen an already precarious situation for that part of the province.

About 171 people signed up to speak at Vancouver city council about a controversial plan to redevelop False Creek South, including many who live in co-ops in the area.

Popular holiday events including VanDusen Festival of Lights, Stanley Park Christmas Train, and Lights at Lafarge have confirmed they will be open to the public this year after closures last year due to the pandemic.

More than 1,500 workers at LifeLabs will begin taking job action at 7 p.m. PT on Friday, after talks over the last three days collapsed. The strike will begin with a refusal to work overtime, effective Saturday.

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix has granted an extension to coverage of COVID-19 related medical costs for new residents who are not yet eligible for coverage under the province's Medical Services Plan.

The City of Vancouver and Vancouver Park Board are looking for the public's input on the design for the West End Waterfront, which includes the shorelines of English Bay, Sunset Beach and Beach Avenue.

The City of Vancouver said municipal employees are expected to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 6 or they will not be permitted in the workplace.

A group of Lytton residents told their town council they want a say in rebuilding their community.

Heavily reliant on seasonal workers from all over the world to stay afloat, staff shortages are one of the biggest concerns facing B.C. ski resorts right now — especially as the pandemic continues to prove a roadblock for many trying to enter the country. 

Vancouver police have arrested a suspect after a woman was attacked at a bus stop in Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon. 

Police identified the victim in Tuesday's fatal shooting as Sharnbeer Singh Somal, and said they suspect the violence is linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.

Vancouver city council failed to pass a new Climate Emergency Parking Program designed to raise revenue to fight climate change, with 6 votes against the plan and 5 in support of it.

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. has been called in after a police officer shot a man in Richmond Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the man being taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The province should release more detailed information about who among the fully vaccinated are contracting so-called breakthrough COVID-19 infections, says the expert.

Stationary cleaning machines called seabins, managed by the Fraser Riverkeepers, are collecting debris and garbage from Vancouver's False Creek.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service say the woman, who had been purchasing food in bulk on a weekly basis to feed black bears, has now been fined the highest penalty in the province under the Wildlife Act.

B.C.'s two largest school districts, Surrey and Vancouver, have mandated masks for students in kindergarten to Grade 12 although health officials have not issued that requirement across the province.

Two people have been arrested and a vehicle has been seized in connection with the alleged feeding of coyotes in Stanley Park on Tuesday, said the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

A trial to test major changes to BC Ferries' route from the Lower Mainland to the Sunshine Coast will go ahead, despite a petition gathering thousands of online signatures that criticizes the proposed changes.

The province announced earlier this week that 15,000 clinically extremely vulnerable people would be invited for a third jab.

A new University of British Columbia study based on Statistics Canada data finds that renters in Metro Vancouver are evicted at almost twice the rate of renters in the Greater Toronto area.