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'Huge flash of light. Big bang and I felt a really big shock in my leg,' Cooper Preston, who was in the upstairs bedroom of his Courtenay home, told Global News.

Wildfires burning across British Columbia have forced residents from communities including Clinton and Boston Bar, with many unsure if they'll have homes to return to.

Toronto Police have identified the victim of a 1936 homicide, and a woman whose burned body was found in a vehicle fire on Highway 401 more than 20 years ago.

The dredging work near the Second Narrows Bridge would allow oil tankers travelling to Trans Mountain's Burnaby terminal to carry more oil.

Disparity in wait time has been the case for decades, experts say, and it’s only getting worse as demand outpaces funding across the spectrum of mental health care.

When it came to FIFA-specific events, police said officers dealt with three Criminal Code arrests at Fan Fest, 36 on Granville and one at another watch party.

B.C.'s director of civil forfeiture is going after five properties connected to an international crackdown on crime groups linked to India.

West Shore RCMP said on June 28, they were notified that an inmate was unaccounted for during the midday count at William Head Institution in Metchosin.

A group of First Nations has filed a lawsuit over a massive hydroelectric dam proposed in northeastern British Columbia, arguing the project would have a devastating impact on their traditional land.

RCMP said these groups have been engaged in extortions, drug trafficking, kidnapping and widespread violence, namely in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023.

Several pipeline proposals, long considered dead and buried, are coming back from the grave, with plans to send oilsands crude from Alberta to the west, east and south.

Abjeet Kingra is the latest to face deportation amid a nation-wide crackdown on extortion gangs preying on Canada’s South Asian communities.

In March, Kristi Noem was reassigned from Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after serving in the role for 13 months.

Abjeet Kingra is one of the first convicted Bishnoi extortion gang members to face a public deportation hearing.

Canada currently has about 337 megawatts of AI data centre capacity, and there are more than 20 gigawatts, or 20,000 megawatts in projects that are "under planning or development."

The Toronto Maple Leafs continued to reshape their front office Monday, hiring Judd Brackett as assistant general manager and Freddie Hamilton as chief of staff.

Victoria residents Dallas Nicholls and Nahoa Kahakauwila attended the game at BC Place and said the atmosphere inside and outside BC Place was electric.

Irving Shipyard in Halifax officially began construction of the first of Canada's 15 new River-class destroyers.

In his first interview since his acquittal, William Majcher said Canada needs better national security investigations.

The discount retailer, which currently has one location in Edmonton, will open a store on Orfus Road in Toronto on June 18 and another at Windsor's Tecumseh Mall in July.