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The province is providing new guidance on interpreting the Mental Health Act, when it comes to involuntary care for youth. While the guidance will give more power to physicians and family members, some worry it could deter youth from seeking help. Taya Fast reports.

A freedom of information request has revealed a B.C. government bureaucrat spent nearly $20,000 to travel to Dubai for a 2023 climate change conference, staying in a $1000 a night hotel room. Catherine Urquhart reports.

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma is calling on the federal government to make more changes to laws concerning intimate partner violence. As Victoria Femia reports, Sharma wants intimate partner violence deaths treated as first-degree murder.

Now that the B.C. government has announced one of three single room occupancy buildings in the Granville Entertainment District will close next year, businesses are celebrating and residents are wondering where they’ll end up. Kristen Robinson reports.

The B.C. government has introduced new legislation that will give health-care workers better legal protection when they treat people admitted for involuntary mental health care. Rumina Daya reports.

The world’s oldest national public service broadcaster, the BBC, is dealing with one of the biggest crises in its history. Two top BBC executives abruptly stepped down after a storm of criticism over how the broadcaster edited footage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech before the Jan. 6 riot in Washington. The president welcomed the...

The B.C. government is quietly making changes to insurance legislation as a billion dollar class-action lawsuit makes its way through the courts. Catherine Urquhart reports.

B.C. wineries say an overreach by the Liquor Distribution Branch is preventing them from helping restaurants and stores keep up their critical supply of liquor during the BCGEU strike. Victoria Femia reports.

At a press conference on Monday, Minister of Justice Sean Fraser introduced Bill C-14, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, promising stricter bail and tougher sentences for violent and repeat offenders. Key changes add reverse-onus bail (e.g., choking/strangulation, violent extortion), restore driving bans for criminal negligence causing death or bodily harm, and end house arrest...

Jeremy Heighton, president of the Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia (BIABC), joins us to discuss the push to modernize B.C.’s liquor laws. This comes as the BCGEU strike has now entered week eight.

The B.C. government has introduced legislation to fast-track approval of the North Coast Transmission Line, doubling the high voltage capacity between Prince George and the north coast. Kylie Stanton reports.

The B.C. government tabled legislation on Thursday to allow the Vancouver council to vote on abolishing the Vancouver Park Board. Richard Zussman is live after the announcement with the details.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced her government is committing $14 million to spearhead a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. Global News Morning speaks with BC Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix about Smith’s attempts to jumpstart the pipeline project, and what it means for B.C.

The B.C. government is revising its EV mandate, scrapping the requirement that all new vehicles be zero-emission by 2035. Blair Qualey of the New Car Dealers Association of BC speaks with Global News Morning about the government’s shifting goals.

The B.C. government has given the green light to another controversial LNG megaproject on the North Coast. The $20 billion Ksi Lisisms LNG terminal will be located about 100 kilometres north of Prince Rupert.

One of the B.C. government’s lead treaty negotiators in the 1990’s speaks with Jordan Armstrong about his assessment of the BC Supreme Court’s ruling on the Cowichan Nations’ land title claim.

Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Terrace Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval. Two of those projects are in B.C. And BC Conservative leader John Rustad is speaking out about the Cowichan dump scandal, asking if anyone else would be allowed to ignore environmental...

Abbotsford Police confirm a home at Janzen and South Fraser Way was targeted in the latest extortion-related shooting. The provincial government has provided an update on its electric vehicle policy and a BC Conservative MLA is calling on the government to step up after a 17-year-old died recently in Kitimat Hospital.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the first five major “nation building” projects the government is working to fast-track, including two huge resource projects in B.C. Travis Prasad reports.

The Saskatchewan government is being taken to court by Coulson Aviation over a sole-sourced contract with Conair Group for four new firefighting planes.