B.C. News

Low oil prices should be helping to make Stephen Pearce the happiest guy in the Lower Mainland. In 2014, the Tourism Vancouver vice-president watched Greater Vancouver attract the largest number of overnight visitors in its history.

Many factors, including lack of funding, prevents young people from getting assessed

British Columbians can expect to see almost one million job openings in the next seven years as baby boomers retire, according to a provincial government report.

With less than three months to go before time runs out for collecting the biggest prize in B.C. lottery history, British Columbians are still no closer to learning who holds the winning $50-million Lotto Max ticket.

Sixty-five years after she saved his life, here’s what Ken Bowen has to say to Tasma Hinch: “Thank you.” Not that he knew her name until now. In fact, he’s pretty fuzzy on the story of how she came to pull him from the Campbell River in 1949.

A series of five strong earthquakes rattled coastal B.C. this weekend, starting just a few hours before five more — including a magnitude 6.6 quake — hit Indonesia. The B.C. quakes measured from 4.0 to 5.

B.C.’s advanced education minister lost his job Thursday after a revised government report showed he knew about a plan to break government pay rules while serving on the board of Kwantlen Polytechnic University three years ago.

KELOWNA, B.C. - A 28-year-old B.C. man serving a life sentence for killing an Armstrong teen has pleaded guilty to two earlier attacks on women. Matthew Foerster pleaded guilty to a 2004 home invasion in Cherryville where he also attacked a woman.

A martial arts facility in Fort St. John is facing stiff penalties after it was found to have violated several sections of B.C.’s consumer protection laws involving cancellation fees and refunds.

Poultry processors and retailers in B.C. are scrambling to find tens of thousands of turkeys in time for Christmas now that avian influenza has wiped out 10 per cent of the birds destined for holiday feasts.