B.C. News

VANCOUVER - During the cold winter months when snow falls even in southwestern British Columbia, members of the province's tiny distilling industry are offering a wee taste of their spirits.

VANCOUVER - All Alexander Geraldizo wants for Christmas this year is to be at home, celebrating a magical day with the one-month-old baby daughter he has never met.

VANCOUVER — Authorities are warning hard-core hikers to stop climbing the popular Grouse Grind trail on Grouse Mountain after search and rescue crews responded to an unfounded distress call amid an avalanche scare.

VANCOUVER - Two unions challenging Canada's temporary foreign worker program want a judge to order a federal minister to personally appear in court to explain why the government hasn't handed over documents linked to a controversial northern British

VANCOUVER — For the first time in Canadian history, a lawyer has pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of a criminal organization. Vernon lawyer William Jacob Mastop entered the plea in B.C.

The Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — A planned run-of-river hydro project in the Upper Lillooet River Valley poses a significant risk to a recovering population of grizzly bears in southwestern B.C., a provincial biologist is warning.

COQUITLAM - British Columbia's transportation minister has slammed the international contractor that built the newly-opened Port Mann Bridge, saying the forced closure of the span, only weeks after it opened, is an intolerable situation and that the

VERNON — A man died Wednesday after his Jeep veered off Highway 97 and went into a lake between Kelowna and Vernon. RCMP said the driver died despite rescue efforts by witnesses and emergency personnel.

The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — A salmon-farming critic won a recent defamation case in B.C. Supreme Court, but he’s now facing a hefty bill after being rebuked financially for his conduct during the same trial.

The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — The new multi-billion dollar Port Mann Bridge appears to have failed its first storm test. The bridge — which just opened this month — has been closed while engineers assess its safety.