B.C. News

PARKSVILLE, B.C. - It's a cold, foggy and soggy Sunday morning, the kind of gun-metal grey that descends on Vancouver Island each winter and makes the explosion of colour from these most unlikely residents that much more startling.

BURNABY, B.C. - It was the first day of training for a new season, but first the Vancouver Whitecaps had to take care of some old business.

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Human Rights Commission has rejected a complaint filed by a Chinese miner against the United Steelworkers, over the union's vocal campaign against temporary foreign workers at a coal mine in northeastern British Columbia.

VANCOUVER - The passenger ferry that sank off the coast of British Columbia seven years ago, leaving two passengers missing, had recently returned to service after five months of upgrades and was probably in the best condition of its life, a crew mem

VANCOUVER - A B.C. First Nation has asked the Federal Court to stop Canada from ratifying an investment treaty with China until it and other bands have been consulted.

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's transit police have been forced to explain how an inert explosive device used in a dog-training exercise was left on an Air Canada airplane that then flew to Toronto.

VANCOUVER - The Crown will appeal a B.C. Supreme Court decision that struck down a section of the federal government's human smuggling law. Prosecutor Peter LaPrairie told B.C.

Sommeliers across Canada raised their glasses to a regional politician last weekend for winning the fight to freely transport wine for personal use across provincial borders.

Published in Business in Vancouver Premier Christy Clark announced January 18 that she has created a new $5 million fund to provide financial protection for forestry contractors.

VANCOUVER - For the past year, chef Alex Chen has spent up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, preparing to step into a cubicle akin to a boxing ring outfitted as a high-end kitchen as he aims to be crowned the top chef in the world.