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This B.C.-based alleged pyramid scheme targets Filipino migrant workers, promising a life in Canada

Former clients and employees allege that Vancouver-based company PLC Global operated a pyramid scheme to scam foreigners looking for jobs in Canada — putting migrant workers in a situation one lawyer likened to "modern-day slavery."

Investigation underway after on-duty lighthouse keeper dies alone, west of Prince Rupert, B.C.

The Canadian Coast Guard and a federal workers’ agency are investigating after an on-duty lighthouse keeper died in April at the Triple Island Lighthouse Station, 40 kilometres west of Prince Rupert.

Greater Victoria teacher charged with sexual exploitation and child luring

Saanich police say a 36-year-old teacher in the Greater Victoria School District has been charged with multiple offences following investigations into allegations of sexual interactions with students.

Second dead grey whale in less than a week washes ashore in B.C.

A second dead grey whale has washed ashore in British Columbia in less than a week. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has confirmed that the latest dead whale was reported on May 11 in Haida Gwaii and a marine mammal response team is working with local First Nations to co-ordinate a necropsy.

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