B.C. News

Consultants predict Quesnel Lake water to clear by summer

B.C. Ferries CEO and president Mike Corrigan says the public campaign against high ferry fares is keeping tourists away and could become “a self-fulfilling prophecy” that hurts coastal economies along with the ferry system they rely on.

A Catholic archbishop who served parishes in Vancouver and Victoria, and who made news when he retired early because of depression, has died at age 75.

NORTH VANCOUVER — A supposed pipe fight and stabbing between North Vancouver high school students turned out to be something far more innocuous — although still potentially deadly. Police received a complaint just before 11:30 p.m.

Vancouver — A longtime member of the Nanaimo Hells Angels has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the extortion of and theft from a former associate.

VICTORIA — The B.C. government has paid a top labour relations consultant more than $650,000 over the past two years to help negotiate new contracts with unions, including the landmark deal with the teacher’s federation.

Bargain hunter Henry Tenby is one of many B.C. residents giving up his cross-border milk run in the wake of the Canadian dollar’s plummet.

Significant discrepancies between marks for course work and provincial exams; mostly among international students

Scientists in Tumbler Ridge are hoping to save an important piece of palaeontology in an area that’s lost many important sites. Representatives of the Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre made a presentation to the City of Fort St.

Jason Clarke is helping to keep rural B.C. from becoming a vast ghost town. Clarke, who works in information technology, likely could have taken his skills anywhere in the province.