B.C. News

Rising above the waving bunch grass that grows thick on Naramata Bench, 100 young grapevines spread their roots in ancient, previously uncultivated soil.

Danny Delgiglio has come to terms with the fact he may never own a house in Vancouver, where he was born and raised. The 36-year-old computer technician and his partner have been content to rent a one-bedroom in an older West End apartment tower.

Save-on-Foods in Parksville is staging the grand opening of its in-store wine section today. It is the first grocery store on Vancouver Island to sell B.C.

New to 2121 Douglas St. is Shoreline Surf and SUP Ltd., a partnership between Mike Redpath and Gerald Hartwig, the building landlord. Redpath, of 25-year-old Coastline Surf and Sport at 1417 Broad St.

Victoria, Nanaimo among hardest-hit communities

VANCOUVER — Vancouver city council has voted unanimously to ban a group of pesticides believed to contribute to bee mortality.

VANCOUVER — A man convicted of using an imitation firearm to rob or attempt to rob 11 Lower Mainland pharmacies of a painkilling drug has been sentenced to seven years in prison. In imposing sentence on Aosama Salim Hmod Al-Isawi on Monday, B.C.

Rats and mice of all shapes and sizes are running rampant inside Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth, Orpheum and Playhouse theatres.

METRO VANCOUVER — Seven people, including five children, were injured in a Port Moody house fire that is now under police investigation. The fire broke out Sunday afternoon at a two-storey residence in the 3300-block of Dewdney Trunk Road.

Canadian beekeepers are warning consumers to read honey labels carefully after a sudden increase in imports from some unusual locales.