WITH ADAM SAWATSKY
Although she’s perpetually playing Presley’s music, and collecting all sorts of the The King’s things, Geraldine Bruckel didn’t become an Elvis fan until he started unexpectedly appearing in her dreams.
Rather than the fleeting feeling of butterflies in his stomach while riding on a swing, Andrei Marti had started feeling an enduring sickness every day.
Ari Kinarthy never imagined he'd become the focus of photographers on a red carpet, back when he was a boy fighting to have fun.
Lance Debree will never forget being a teenager and having his first drink of alcohol.
Although Mitch Guindon makes climbing up to ride a penny-farthing bicycle look easy now, there was once a time when he would have found it daunting.
When he happened upon an online video about his hometown in Italy, Cosimo Geracitano couldn’t have been more surprised.
A home has been transformed for the benefit of a B.C. neighbourhood, by a man who was transformed by the caring of his community.
To appreciate why Mimi Vandermolen is so pleased to notice one particular vehicle she’s walking past, you need to know that seeing this many cars in one place would have been unimaginable when she was growing-up in the post-war Netherlands.
Adam finds out how a Victoria health-care worker is being inspired by a group of otters.
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A retrial date has been set for a man accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member and an innocent teen passerby in Vancouver in 2018.
The Sooke School District has acquired a 7.2-acre plot of land in North Langford to build a middle school, as enrollment within the district continues to grow.
Over the summer, Victoria software engineer Vedran Budimcic watched his wife spend a week trying to get a coveted BC Ferries reservation, refreshing the website hundreds of times a day hoping for a cancellation on sold out sailings.
The leaders of B.C.'s three main political parties are facing off for their first and only televised debate ahead of the Oct. 19 election.
A man who showed up at a rental car company only to be told his online reservation would not be honoured is entitled to compensation, B.C.'s small claims tribunal has ruled.
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has laid out his solutions for the toxic drug crisis in the province, which include cutting wait times for voluntary treatment, a virtual program to connect people with addiction specialists and building "regional recovery communities" that would allow for 12-month live-in treatment.
A Vancouver Island man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a teenager near Duncan, B.C., earlier this year.
A British Columbia provincial court judge says a Boston Bar man who shot a teacup Chihuahua named Bear claiming it was menacing his chickens was not justified in killing the animal.
Vancouver police say they are conducting an investigation into a pro-Palestinian protest where they say speakers expressed "solidarity with terrorist groups."
Elections BC is reissuing new 'where to vote' cards to some residents after an administrative error mistakenly recommended voting places that were farther from homes than necessary.
Police are investigating after a 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday morning in Abbotsford, B.C.
Western Forest Products Inc. says it is temporarily curtailing lumber production due to market challenges.
Multiple families have lost their homes after a fire tore through three properties in an East Vancouver neighbourhood Monday night.
Major crime investigators have been called to the scene of a suspected homicide in the northern Vancouver Island community of Port Hardy.
Child care was front and centre Monday for the BC NDP, its leader David Eby promoting the party's campaign promises.
The day after a minivan was set ablaze outside Vancouver City Hall, a 78-year-old man has been criminally charged.
A Canadian soldier who was exposed to toxic chemicals from burn pits while serving in Afghanistan has been awarded full medical compensation for testicular cancer after Veterans Affairs initially denied his claim.
