B.C. News

Firefighters have now contained 20 per cent of a wildfire burning south of Lytton, but there are concerns that hot and dry weather could cause it to flare up again. The Cisco Road fire was last mapped at 1,270 hectares on Saturday.

Actress and activist Jane Fonda is in Vancouver over the weekend to speak at Greenpeace’s Toast the Coast event at Jericho Beach. The Province’s Nick Eagland met with Fonda beforehand to talk about the purpose behind her trip.

It promises to be one of the biggest and most closely watched defamation trials in recent memory in B.C.

MAPLE RIDGE — One dog is injured and another dead after two cougar attacks in Maple Ridge this week. The first happened at a popular Maple Ridge hiking area Sunday evening.

VANCOUVER - First Nations groups are planning to crash the provincial government’s yoga party on the bridge next weekend in Vancouver.

A Delta woman has come forward to claim a $12.5-million winning Lotto Max ticket.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver will use its own land to leverage about $300 million in development to create more than 800 units of affordable housing on seven sites, the city said Wednesday.

Petronas-led consortium must provide more data on salmon habitat effects

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver school board should close 19 schools to improve its financial situation, says a special adviser’s report by Ernst & Young. The report makes 52 findings and 59 recommendations.

Pet killer Kayla Bourque, who was arrested after allegedly breaching her conditions of probation, was denied bail Monday.