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Three of the four men accused of killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar appeared in B.C. provincial court in person Tuesday. As Emily Lazatin reports, emotions were high as Nijjar’s supporters laid eyes on the suspects for the first time.

By the end of the year, Surrey will have one police force, and it will be the Surrey Police Service. The B.C. Supreme Court is backing the province in a decision handed down Thursday, effectively ending Mayor Brenda Locke’s attempts to stop the transition and keep the RCMP. Richard Zussman reports.

The much anticipated legal battle over Surrey’s police transition is underway at the B.C. Supreme Court. The City of Surrey is petitioning the court for a judicial review of the province’s decision to order a move to a municipal police force. Aaron McArthur has more on day one of the week-long hearing.

The British Columbia government is banning all illicit drug use in public spaces, reversing course on its decriminalization policy that was intended to tackle the province’s overdose crisis. Neetu Garcha explains why B.C. is backtracking, and why advocates are worried recriminalizing drugs won’t solve the worsening emergency.

Both Israel and Hamas are being urged to agree on a new ceasefire proposal which would pause the fighting for 40 days in exchange for the return of up to 33 hostages. The growing pressure on all sides to bring an end to the suffering and hostility, and the mounting pro-Palestinian protests on Canadian campuses....

A day after his business partner testified before a House of Commons committee, it was now Darren Anthony’s turn on the hot seat. The federal government paid his company, GC Strategies, millions to create the controversial ArriveCAN app. How Anthony bewildered MPs with his answers, including whether he read the auditor general’s blistering assessment of...

The province is restricting the sale of a popular nicotine product in an effort to keep it out of the hands of children. A trucking company with a history of hitting B.C. overpasses is taking the province to court. And new details in the suit against disgraced VPD detective.

B.C. Premier David Eby didn’t mince words while criticizing a trucking company that has had several overpass strikes in the past two years and is now suing the province to get its fleet back on the road. In a Wed. Feb. 7, 2024 press conference, Eby said he hopes that on the way to court,...

The provincial government is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court injunction that has put legislation outlawing drug use in certain public places on hold. It is being strongly backed by Okanagan mayors who maintain drugs have no place in certain spots, most notably playgrounds and bus stops. Klaudia Van Emmerik reports.

The province is appealing the B.C. Supreme Court’s decision to block the introduction of a ban on most public drug use.

An alleged foiled plan to kill a Sikh separatist in New York has connections to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in B.C. A woman who attacked a rival inside a B.C. Supreme Court building will soon learn her fate. And as Metro Vancouver marks one year since ‘Snowmageddon,’ what lessons has the province learned?

The City of Surrey says it’s going to the B.C. Supreme Court to stop the transition to the Surrey Police Service. Panelists Puneet Sandhar and Nikki Hill talk about the impact on the city’s residents and the potential next steps for the provincial government.

The City of Surrey says it is filing a petition with the Supreme Court of BC for a judicial review of the province’s order to continue with the transition to the surrey police service. Keith Baldrey has the details.

Salary growth in B.C. is set to top all other provinces this year, but not necessarily for the right reasons. Tyler Orton from Business in Vancouver has more. Also, the BC Supreme Court has ordered the province change how it grants mining rights.

A class-action lawsuit over a woman who faked being a nurse at B.C. Women’s Hospital for over a year is moving ahead. The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled the part of the claim against the Provincial Health Services Authority regarding its hiring of the woman can proceed.

Nova Scotians are surveying the devastation after torrential rain prompted flash flooding. The grim discoveries made as crews search for multiple missing people. And one homeowner shows Global News what’s left of her home, as she waits to hear how much her insurance will cover. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing widespread criticism after...

The Canadian military is mobilizing to help B.C. fight against fires that have already burned thousands of square kilometres of forest in the province, already making this the worst fire season the province has ever seen. In Winnipeg, a determined group of protestors remain defiant in the face of a court order to stop a...

An attempt by the Hells Angels to block the potential sale of three of its clubhouses by the province has been rejected by B.C.’s highest court. The properties in Vancouver, Kelowna and Nanaimo were seized back in April under orders of B.C.’s director of civil forfeiture.

With 4.7 million hectares of forestry burned so far this spring, 2023 is officially Canada’s worst spring wildfire season, and the fires are growing in western provinces. The people in British Columbia and Alberta spending another night away from their homes, and the mission to keep some communities on Vancouver Island from getting cut off....

A growing wildfire count is fueling fears about what will unfold in the weeks ahead in our province. Summer hasn’t even officially begun and yet we’ve already seen several hot, dry stretches elevating the risk and we’re heading into another one. Christa Dao is tracking the wildfire situation in B.C.