B.C. News

It wasn’t easy for Donald Cameron to ask for help. Last year, the single father, now 22, was landscaping and worried how he’d provide for his son, Dallas, who is two. Cutting grass in Maple Ridge just wasn’t cutting it.

VANCOUVER — Nine out of 10 Stanley Cup rioters who were taken to court by ICBC have been found liable for damages they did to vehicles during the riot.

Sandy Crisp could think of no better way to celebrate his retirement party, after 35 years of teaching, than at the ballpark. Sports, and particularly baseball, will do that to you.

The number of vacancies for physicians in B.C. is believed to have reached a historical high, with nearly 700 positions listed by Health Match B.C., the provincial agency that recruits health professionals from around the world.

Vancouver firefighters, eager to deploy two new boats, were disappointed last week when one of the vessels was, ironically, damaged by fire during transport. “It’s an unfortunate delay, but totally accidental.

Paul Aradi began smoking half a century ago and had become accustomed to enjoying a cigarette in his Langley condo. That is, until his strata council banned the practice in 2009.

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia has named its new president, following a year that began with the abrupt resignation of former president Arvind Gupta last summer.

Ashley Cau found out that her landlords were planning to sell the Mission home where she lived with her nine-year-old daughter and grandmother less than 24 hours before it went on the market.

It snakes through Vancouver Island’s interior, a 700-kilometre wilderness hike stretching from Victoria up to windswept Cape Scott at the Island’s northern tip.

University of Cincinnati president Santa J. Ono is expected to be named the new president of the University of British Columbia on Monday. Ono checked into a downtown Vancouver hotel on Saturday.