B.C. News

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.

Shawnigan Lake School is again proving to be one of the central and spiritual homes of rugby in Canada. But it’s the same old, same old.

RICHMOND — Cellphones aren’t the only distraction for some drivers. A Richmond RCMP officer stopped a car Tuesday evening after noticing some unusual activity behind the wheel.

VANCOUVER — A former Metro Vancouver gangster was shot to death in Toronto Tuesday afternoon. Sukh Deo, 34, was inside a white Range Rover when two men started firing at him just before 3 p.m.