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Police identify another victim of U.S. bus crash as girl who was visiting B.C.

Police identify another victim of U.S. bus crash as girl who was visiting B.C.

VANCOUVER - The company that owns the tour bus involved in Sunday's fatal bus crash in Oregon has posted a letter on the door of its Vancouver office, saying employees are grieving with the victims' families and assisting the survivors.
B.C. woman sues husband's former mistress over harassing phone calls, messages

B.C. woman sues husband's former mistress over harassing phone calls, messages

VANCOUVER - A wife who claims she received dozens of harassing phone calls and messages from her husband's former lover is fighting back by launching legal action against the mistress in B.C. Supreme Court.
Smartphone app aims to track debris from deadly Japanese tsunami

Smartphone app aims to track debris from deadly Japanese tsunami

VANCOUVER - With more than a million tonnes of debris from the Japanese tsunami floating toward North American shores and beaches, a new app is encouraging members of the public to become "citizen scientists" and help track the wreckage as it arrives
Poll: Confidence in RCMP brass takes a big hit

Poll: Confidence in RCMP brass takes a big hit

VANCOUVER — Public confidence in the RCMP’s leadership dropped “significantly” across the country during the past five years, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll. And British Columbians have the most negative view of the force in Canada.
Carbon monoxide kills one man, critically injures another at Sunshine Coast boathouse

Carbon monoxide kills one man, critically injures another at Sunshine Coast boathouse

VANCOUVER — A West Vancouver man is dead and another in critical condition after carbon monoxide built up in a marina boathouse on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
Unlike Vancouver, no extreme weather alert for homeless in Victoria

Unlike Vancouver, no extreme weather alert for homeless in Victoria

VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver has issued an extreme weather alert, freeing shelter beds for the homeless in the event temperatures drop below zero this week.
Vancouver Island craftsman rides wave of popularity with surfboard design

Vancouver Island craftsman rides wave of popularity with surfboard design

NANAIMO, B.C. - Randy Weflen runs his palm over the curves of a wooden surfboard, feeling the rough edges that still need polishing.
Woman jailed 37 months in fatal drunk-driving crash

Woman jailed 37 months in fatal drunk-driving crash

SURREY — A sentence of just over three years in prison has been handed to a woman who pleaded guilty for the drunk-driving crash that killed a promising 22-year-old softball player in Surrey.
Husband's heart surgery has B.C. justice minister spending Christmas in hospital

Husband's heart surgery has B.C. justice minister spending Christmas in hospital

PRINCE GEORGE — In the lead-up to the holiday season, B.C. Justice Minister Shirley Bond asked her husband, Bill, what he wanted for Christmas. The answer she received wasn’t something she could buy, make or provide — but he got it anyway.
Work fighting child porn rewarding, horrifying

Work fighting child porn rewarding, horrifying

SURREY, B.C.