B.C. News

Ottawa downgrades whales to ‘special concern;’ critics cite pipeline

VANCOUVER — A sea creature at risk of going extinct in Asia is proving to be a survivor, but after an arduous ocean journey it’s not welcome to find safe haven in British Columbia.

B.C. New Democrats will be travelling the Highway of Tears next week to highlight the need for safe public transportation between Prince Rupert and Prince George.

4/20 celebration mixes music, sales and political activism

A Dutch man at the centre of a multi-jurisdictional cyberbullying and extortion case tied to the 2012 suicide of B.C.

VANCOUVER — They look like fuzzy fingers, waving gently from the depths of the ocean floor but make no mistake — they're stone cold killers.

SURREY — Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts says RCMP have made significant progress in solving the murder of hockey mom Julie Paskall. Watts says she can’t provide further details because she doesn’t want to compromise the investigation.

VANCOUVER — Two unions are taking the latest battle over temporary foreign workers to Federal Court in Vancouver, but they hope two government ministers will step in to speed things up.

Angry and tearful, the wife of a worker killed two years ago in the fire and explosion at Lakeland Mills was not surprised but still disappointed with the Criminal Justice Branch's decision to not pursue charges against the sawmill's owners.

VANCOUVER — An openly gay Vancouver Park Board commissioner is trying to force the provincial government to revoke the accreditation for the “segregated” law school planned for Langley’s Trinity Western University. Trevor Loke filed a petition in B.