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Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected to make little immediate difference because of a toxic drug supply.

VANCOUVER — Members of the Vancouver School Board have voted unanimously to support the renaming of Lord Roberts Elementary in the city's West End neighbourhood.

Fisheries and Oceans sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says charges may follow.

ABBOTSFORD, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — The union representing transit bus drivers in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Fraser Valley has given a 72-hour strike notice and could stop collecting fares from Thursday.

Not so long ago, calls like these would have had large teams of volunteers spending long nights in the wilderness with badly injured subjects

The registry, the first of its kind in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, was set up in an effort to tackle criminal money-laundering

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver Transit Police say they are investigating after a five-foot metal fence post was allegedly thrown at the windshield of a city bus on Friday night. They say the impact shattered the glass near the driver’s side of the bus.

VERNON, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Mounties in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Interior say a Vernon man has been charged for drug trafficking after his vehicle was allegedly found with a stolen Saskatchewan licence plate.

VANCOUVER — The mother of a 12-year-old Indigenous boy who was handcuffed by police at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Children's Hospital in Vancouver says it should have been a safe place for her son, who has autism, but he was pinned to the floor and treated like an adult.

Homeless count co-ordinator: "It's been a hard couple of years since we did our last count in 2020."