B.C. News

VANCOUVER — Private investigators hired by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.

Metro Vancouver school districts have started hiring about 500 new teachers who should be in classrooms early next month. About half of a $50-million interim deal reached earlier this month between the government and the B.C.

A plan to build a housing development on agricultural land in West Kelowna has local and provincial implications, says a councillor who opposes the proposal. West Kelowna Coun. Duane Ophus called the proposal a “slippery slope” on Monday.

RICHMOND — The grief-stricken family of a man who died in a diving accident near Victoria say tougher regulation of the sport is needed to help prevent further fatalities.

The backcountry is the trendiest place to be and the increasing interest in winter activities is leading to traffic jams and overflow parking at popular parks in the Lower Mainland and along the Sea to Sky corridor.

Vancouver, Victoria events to coincide with Women’s March on Washington Gordon McIntyre Vancouver Sun It’s not billed as an anti-Trump protest, but the Women’s March on Washington wouldn’t exist had it not been for the U.S. president-elect.

The new owners of the Railway Club say the historic Dunsmuir Street watering hole will reopen with a different name — and it won’t be a live music venue.

VICTORIA — A bitter and bizarre race among New Democrats vying for the party’s candidacy in the Cowichan Valley could leave the B.C. NDP at risk of losing its grip on what has been an Island stronghold.

Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm's arraignment hearing on an assault charge has been delayed for the seventh time. On Tuesday morning, the court granted Pimm another delay to allow him time to seek new counsel, as his current lawyer has fallen ill.

B.C. has the second-highest poverty rate in the country and is the only province without a poverty reduction plan, a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says. The report, Long Overdue: Why B.C.