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A 72-year-old Richmond man has pleaded guilty to smuggling 10 tonnes chewing tobacco into the country and selling it, according to a Canada Border Services Agency statement Thursday.

A Dutch tourist in her 60s died Thursday after falling into the water at Elk Falls Provincial Park near Campbell River, police say.

Photo Shutterstock The British Columbia government says it will introduce amendments to the Human Rights Code when the legislature resumes sitting this fall.

The B.C. Day long weekend is here and if you don't already have plans here are a few ideas about how to enjoy the next couple of days in Vancouver. Photo Melissa Shaw Watch the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks display on Saturday.

A total of 11 people died last week in Vancouver of a suspected drug overdose, which was the worst week on record this year.

The wildfire on the Department of National Defense (DND) lands in central Richmond has been contained but could burn underground for weeks, months or even years, according to experts in the field.

The New Westminster Citizens Against Overdevelopment group has attracted more than 600 followers since in was created in May.

July may have been scorching in terms of the weather, but the real estate market was decidedly cool, according to the latest report from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).

Photograph By FILE The VPD has identified the victim of the city’s 13 homicide as 31-year-old Chelsea Lynn De Forge of Vancouver.

A man is dead after he was pulled Wednesday from the trash-compacting box of a garbage truck in downtown Victoria.