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As BC Housing moves residents out of the Luugat SRO on Granville Street, following complaints about crime and public disorder from businesses, one man says his father was evicted into homelessness. Kristen Robinson reports.

Vancouver has billed the FIFA World Cup as an inclusive event, but not everyone is feeling welcome. A homeless man who’s taken shelter under a city bridge says municipal workers and police told him he would have to clear out, citing FIFA’s two kilometre controlled area or “beautification zone” around BC Place. Kristen Robinson reports.

An event held in Nanaimo to attract health care workers to the province. There has been another suspected homicide at an Abbotsford homeless encampment, the second in less than a month. Metro Vancouver is facing growing criticism, over a pricey probe into whistleblower leaks.

A 69-year-old man was shot and killed at an Abbotsford homeless camp late Monday night. The B.C. government has denied funding for an eight-year-old boy to travel to Germany for a rare brain procedure and there are water quality concerns on board some BC Ferries.

The B.C. government has cleared out a homeless encampment that took over a rest area in Abbotsford. But as Taya Fast reports, there’s still another troublesome encampment along Highway One, that the province has yet to address.

The World Cup is less than 80 days away and as Vancouver prepares to welcome the world as a host city, there are still questions about what will happen to those living on city streets. Jerome Igbokwe, staff counsel with the BC Civil Liberties Association joins Global News Morning as part of a coaltion of...

As prices at the pump stay high, B.C.’s social services, including food banks and those that help the homeless, say they are seeing more demand and strain on resources. Travis Prasad looks at the impact.

The small northwestern B.C. community of Smithers has extended the security contract for its homeless encampment until the fall, when the town’s mayor says she hopes another solution will be in place. Kristen Robinson reports.

Newly trained nurse practitioners say they’re struggling to find work in their field. As we get closer to the FIFA World Cup, what is the plan for housing the homeless who live or take shelter in the area around the stadium?

Demands are growing for the B.C. government to do something about a homeless encampment that has taken over an Abbotsford Park and Ride, now that another fire has broken out three days after a man was killed. Taya Fast reports.

Cleanup volunteers say police and all levels of government are passing the jurisdictional buck when it comes to cleaning up an abandoned homeless camp in Chilliwack, B.C. As Paul Johnson reports, the site is full of trash and derelict vehicles while being located uphill of an important fish hatchery.

Emergency room closures. The BC healthcare crisis that critics worry is putting patients at risk. A scandal at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; a violinist who raised accusations of sexual abuse and why she’s breaking the terms of her settlement. And Nanaimo tenants are left homeless as a motel is destroyed in a boxing day fire.

The B.C. government is moving to dismantle a homeless camp of RVs at a Fraser Valley rest stop by closing the restrooms and shutting down services such as water and power. As Taya Fast reports, a homeless advocate disputes the province’s claim that the people living there are a danger to the public.

Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years – we take a look at what parts of B.C. contributed to this. The Luugat is being closed on Granville Street. The old Howard Johnson building was converted around 2020 into a place for the homeless to move into. Since that time, Granville...

Advocates are warning that the current funding agreement for the B.C. Rent Bank expires at the end of March, and if long-term, stable funding isn’t found, thousands of people could be at risk of becoming homeless. Kylie Stanton reports.

Richmond’s Camryn Rogers, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion in the hammer throw, is opening up about her and her mother’s experience with homelessness, until a housing foundation came to their rescue. As Grace Ke reports, she’s now giving back.

The BCGEU says it will recommend that its members vote to accept a tentative deal and bring an end to strike action. What does this mean for other public sector unions? Camryn Rogers will open up about her time spent homeless on her path to Olympic and world glory.

Crews have moved in to clean up the homeless encampment in Vernon that featured a treehouse. In addition, B.C. wineries are raising concerns about a policy called the “Olympic Average” created to maintain Treasury Board revenue neutrality when imported fruit replaces lost B.C. crops. We break down what this means for Okanagan wineries.

The latest data shows the City of Penticton’s unhoused population is growing significantly. BC Housing releasing its latest homeless count looking at 20 communities throughout the province. Klaudia Van Emmerik has more.

The first day of the annual Union of BC Municipalities convention has generated an urgent call for the provincial government to take action on supportive housing and homelessness. As Aaron McArthur reports, cities say they’re carrying most of the burden of the crisis, without the resources to deal with it.