Brian McConaghy began his work in Cambodia decades ago, helping the RCMP on investigations to jail to sex predators from B.C. abusing children overseas. Later, his organization, supported by Canadians, built a secure centre in Phnom Penh, where they protect and support those who have been trafficked internationally.
The constant smell of smoke is a reminder all over Los Angeles, even in neighbourhoods far from the flames, that the fight against wildfires isn’t over.
As fires continue raging in California, there are calls here in B.C. to improve building codes to make structures more resistant to wildfire.
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Roughly a third of emergency room visits involving children relate to respiratory symptoms, based on BC Centre for Disease Control data as of last week.
A B.C. tenant who alleges his landlord evicted him in bad faith will get a new chance to argue his case before the Residential Tenancy Branch, after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled in his favour in a recent decision.
Is tapping the screen of a cellphone once enough to warrant a ticket for using an electronic device while driving in B.C.? That's the question a judge had to answer in a recent case.
When Shawn Anderson isn’t inviting his dog Kai to fetch a stick, he enjoys spinning a staff, or lunging with light sabre. “I’m a big fan of sticks,” he says.
Canada's emergency preparedness minister says Canadian military personnel, their equipment and another 250 firefighters stand "ready to support our American neighbours" as wildfires devastate parts of Southern California.
BC Children’s Hospital says a 13-year-old girl with avian flu was discharged Tuesday after weeks in hospital.
The second weekend of 2025 is here, and it brings with it a variety of new beginnings, including the buildup to Lunar New Year. Here are some events you may want to check out.
Oleg Atamnyuk has travelled to Vancouver Island to visit with his wife and two children who are living at the Ukrainian Haven in East Sooke. In a few weeks he will make the return trip home to Ukraine, a country that has been at war for nearly three years.
A firearms report that triggered a large police presence at a high school on Vancouver Island Thursday turned out to be a prop students were using for a project, according to authorities.
Mounties on Vancouver Island say a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 39-year-old man who is accused of a violent purse-snatching incident late last year.
Canadian crews and aircraft have arrived in California to assist in fighting the massive wildfires ripping through the Los Angeles area.
British Columbia's election agency is reviewing a complaint of irregularities in a riding where a narrow NDP victory in last October's election gave the party a one-seat majority, with Conservative Leader John Rustad highlighting allegations related to improper mail-in voting at an addiction recovery facility.
Police in Delta are appealing for information as they investigate a deadly crash that happened last month.
A driver has died after crashing through a fence at a construction site in East Vancouver Wednesday, according to authorities.
Temporary residents of Canada will no longer be able to utilize the flagpoling process to initiate work or study permits, following a ban from the Canada Border Services Agency.
An American citizen convicted of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill and dodging jail time in Whistler may just be the start of an asylum-seeking rush, according to a prominent legal expert.
Any skiers looking to avoid circling the parking lots at the world-famous Whistler Blackcomb resort can now solve that problem—but it comes with a six-figure price tag.
Hayley and Bill Atkinson’s love story begins that night he abruptly left in the middle of playing a card game with friends, and didn’t return for a long time.
Although Alisha Pauling is looking through old pictures, she doesn’t need them to remember her Christmases past. She has a photographic memory.
Although his classroom is filled with students now, Jeff Bordal will never forget how empty it once was.
A single lot in Delta, B.C., that used to be home to a single rancher built in the 80s is the site of four separate homes, housing four generations of the same family.
Building a parking stall in a Metro Vancouver real estate development can cost as much as $230,000, and many spots are sitting empty in buildings across the region, according to a new report.
Greater Vancouver home sales rose 31.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis in December, capping a "pivot year" for the market where the number of homes that changed hands in the region ticked higher.
Memories of the 2010 Olympics came rushing back for Marie-Philip Poulin as she stepped onto the ice at Rogers Arena on Wednesday.
The first-ever pro women’s hockey game in Rogers Arena is expected to be loud, with a sold-out Vancouver crowd for the inaugural game.
A group of collegiate basketball players in B.C. say they will not play a pair of games against another team in their division this weekend due to alleged verbal and physical mistreatment of a transgender teammate that they say has not been addressed.
This W5 investigation focuses on mother and daughter homeowners who found themselves in a fight with a general contractor over money they say they're owed, and over work that was never completed on their dream home.
Pull into the driveway at John and Julie Ridley's house and you'll notice large patches of red siding are missing from their house and garage. What was supposed to be a dream retirement home for the couple is now a daily reminder of what went wrong.
A W5 investigation showed how convicted criminals ordered to pay restitution struggled to do so, and how just $7 million of more than $250 million had been claimed. While many provinces struggle to keep track, Saskatchewan is leading the way in making sure victims get their money.
Convicts, including fraudsters, are skipping out on their court-ordered payments to their victims to the tune of tens of millions of dollars across the country, according to figures obtained by CTV W5.
In part two of a W5 investigation into landlord scams, correspondent Jon Woodward looks at how hosts on Airbnb may be kept in the dark about their guests' true identities – a situation that a prolific Canadian con artist appears to have taken advantage of.
In part one of a three-part investigation, W5 correspondent Jon Woodward reveals how a convicted con artist bilked dozens of people in a landlord scam.
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime means the ticking time bomb of prisons holding thousands of suspected ISIS members in northeast Syria has become even more unstable, a Canadian terrorism expert warns.
An admitted Canadian ISIS sniper held in one of northeast Syria’s highest-security prisons has issued a stark warning about the potential resurgence of the terror group.
A series of wildfires tore through densely populated parts of the Los Angeles, Calif. area. Five people have been reported dead. U.S. Gov. Gavin Newsom said thousands of resources have been deployed to contain the fires.
As fires scorch Los Angeles, fake images and videos of a burning Hollywood sign have circulated on social media.
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected president-elect Donald Trump's final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for felony crimes days before he returns to the presidency.
In the face of a potential tariff war, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton says 'Canada is in a difficult position' in part due to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation and a looming general election.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he thinks U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is drumming up drama on Canadian statehood to detract from tariff talks.
Starting Jan. 8, Canadians visiting the U.K. for short trips will need to secure an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) before boarding their flight, according to regulations set out by the U.K. government.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper doesn’t find U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s jibes about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state very amusing.
Pierre Poilievre returned to Ottawa on Thursday after the holidays with a familiar demand for Justin Trudeau: call a carbon-tax election.
More than 150 cases of gastroenteritis have been reported at the University of Guelph.
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