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Man pleads guilty in fatal Surrey B.C. school stabbingA man charged in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in the parking lot of a Metro Vancouver high school two years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.CrimeOct 25, 2024
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Education minister backs AED deployment in B.C. schoolsThe comments come as a group of students from Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary fights to have one of the devices installed across their school district.EducationJan 3
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B.C. group calls for school funding transparency for children with special needsAdvocates are questioning why a family should have had to raise funds when the government sends hundreds of millions of dollars per year to school districts for special education.EducationJan 7
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Teen fatally stabbed outside B.C. school had sought to confront killer, court hearsMehakpreet Sehti, 18, was fatally stabbed shortly after noon in a parking lot outside Tamanawis Secondary in Newton on Nov. 22, 2022.CrimeJan 9
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Driver suffered medical event in B.C. school bus crash that injured 30, killed 1 pedestrianOn June 21, 36 people were injured when a school bus carrying students from 100 Mile House went down an embankment off Highway 97 near Lac Le Hache.TrafficNov 22, 2024
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London, Ont. boy dies after being hit by car after getting off school busThere's been an outpouring of support for a local family in the wake of a tragic collision that claimed the life of a seven-year-old London boy.CrimeDec 19, 2024
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Quebec to investigate three schools over toxic climate allegationsQuebec has ordered audits of 17 schools amid concerns that the secular nature of public schools was not being respected, with a report expected in January.EducationDec 11, 2024
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SOGI 123 in B.C.’s schools reduces discrimination even for heterosexual students: reportThe UBC Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) report shows that SOGI 123 decreased bullying and sexual orientation discrimination for all students.EducationOct 9, 2024
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B.C. student who saw friend die says its ‘ridiculous’ school won’t accept AEDTobias Zhang's friend died at school of a cardiac arrest. He says the district won't allow him to donate a piece of equipment that could have saved the teen.EducationNov 29, 2024
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Mother pulls daughters from Surrey school over student’s alleged violent outburstsParents of children at a Surrey elementary school are concerned about escalating violence they claim is being displayed by a Grade 1 student with special needs.EducationNov 29, 2024
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Classes cancelled after fire damages Campbell River high schoolHundreds of students in Campbell River, B.C., couldn't attend class on Friday because of a fire in their high school.FireNov 22, 2024
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B.C. mom says EA shortage means her son can only go to school 2 days a weekAshley Gardner's son is a vulnerable learner and is required to have an educational assistant with him at school. However, due to a shortage of EAs, Daniel can't go full time.EducationSep 27, 2024
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Global BC’s top YouTube videos and shorts of 2024As 2024 comes to a close, we look back at the top 10 most viewed Global BC YouTube videos and YouTube Shorts.CanadaDec 26, 2024
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Historic lawsuit filed with B.C. Supreme Court alleging abuse at Vernon, B.C. schoolAfter 60 years, Syilx Okanagan woman Laurie Wilson is taking her story of alleged abuse to B.C.'s highest court.CanadaOct 31, 2024
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Quebec to audit 17 schools after complaints over secularism non-complianceQuebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says his department will investigate complaints at 17 schools where it is alleged that state secularism is not being respected.CanadaNov 14, 2024
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B.C. family faces 3-year respite funding wait to care for son with rare brain cancerMother Chintan Shah says she and her husband are full-time caregivers to their five-year-old son, but with bills mounting she hopes the province can expedite their respite request.HealthDec 27, 2024
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B.C. actor holds boot camp to learn Hallmark movie tricks of the tradeMany of the films are shot in B.C. and local actors feature prominently in the popular productions. Twenty-one Hallmark movies were shot in Vancouver last year.EntertainmentDec 24, 2024
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Man faces 6 charges for crash that killed Good Samaritan near Qualicum BeachMounties have approved six impaired driving charges against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Qualicum Beach earlier this year.CanadaDec 27, 2024
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Two cougar sightings in a month reported in urban Vancouver neighbourhoodThe BC Conservation Officer Service says in a statement that the big cat was reported on Dec. 26 around Blenheim Street between 26th and 36th Avenues.EnvironmentDec 31, 2024
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Former Chilliwack, B.C. MLA Dan Coulter has diedDan Coulter, a former member of British Columbia's legislature and a New Democrat cabinet minister, has died at age 49.PoliticsDec 13, 2024