B.C. News

Tsawwassen locals were out in force in downtown Vancouver this weekend, hoping to secure one of 1,000 jobs on offer at the Tsawwassen Mills mega-mall set to open on October.

VICTORIA — A major stretch of highway in northeastern B.C. from Mackenzie Junction to Chetwynd is set to reopen, one week after it was closed by severe flooding.

The federal government is giving a seven-kilometre stretch of the Alaska Highway between Muncho Lake and Liard Hot Springs provincial parks a facelift.

An Alberta couple have filed a lawsuit after buying a Langley home for $3 million and discovering there was a marijuana grow-op on the property.

A child-abduction case has ended with a mom being allowed to keep her kids in B.C. after wrongfully bringing them to Canada from Spain, where they lived with their dad. The father, identified only by the initials S.M.B.

Coquitlam resident Ian Hirsch, who won $12.8 million on the June 18 6/49 draw, doesn’t plan on spending a fortune on a new house, although it’s possible.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t say when his government will fulfil a campaign promise to “formalize” an oil tanker ban for the northern B.C. coast.

Vancouver’s west side schools have mostly been spared the axe, while 11 east side schools, including two secondary schools, will be considered for closure in an effort to save money and increase capacity.

VANCOUVER — Police in West Vancouver have released photos of a car that they believe was torn apart by a black bear this weekend. The photos show the rear passenger door of the car ripped back, its frame bent, side airbags trashed and seats shredded.

Twelve months after Vancouver city council adopted rules on pot dispensaries, a majority of city residents believe medical marijuana is as safe or safer than alcohol, but most are also concerned about pot use in public, a new poll reports.