B.C. News

After sitting empty for nine months, the space that used to house the Railway Club has been leased. But whether it will reopen as a live music venue or retain its historic character is anyone’s guess.

VANCOUVER — Customers who got Botox injections or plastic surgery from a Delta woman are being urged by the College of Physicians and Surgeons to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.

Ratepayers who are struggling to pay steep electric bills due to B.C.’s unusually cold winter can spread their payments over six months under a new instalment plan offered by B.C. Hydro.

VANCOUVER — Relief is on the way for homeowners in British Columbia facing a jump in property taxes thanks to soaring home values. B.C.

One of four men accused of helping smuggle 492 Tamils into Canada aboard a rickety cargo ship in 2010 portrayed himself Monday as assuming the role of captain of the vessel only after being persuaded to do so by the migrants.

VICTORIA — Senior B.C. government staff have taken a hands-on approach in the communications of B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam, in keeping with the premier’s promise to push the controversial mega-project to “the point of no return.

Could a large ship hit and damage one of Burrard Inlet’s vital bridges? The possibility is being studied by the province because 40,000 oil tanker trips are scheduled through Vancouver Harbour in the next 50 years.

Vancouver is assuring residents that staff have salted away enough supplies to make it through a weekend of snow, after a second day of mobbed road salt giveaways.

Snow and ice aren’t the only hazards Lower Mainland drivers face this winter — potholes are also causing issues across the region.

An Air Canada employee has filed a lawsuit against the airline and the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal over a scary incident aboard a May 2012 flight from Tokyo to Vancouver.