B.C. News

Older doctors have a duty to retire before declining mental or physical health harms patients, says the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. after receiving about 100 complaints last year from concerned colleagues and patients.

NANAIMO — Charlene and Orest Gulka of Nanaimo already know what it’s like to win a Lotto 6/49 jackpot. In 1996, the couple matched all six numbers to win a $2.7-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot.

No matter what results from a marathon meeting Sunday in Richmond between the opposing sides in the B.C. teachers’ strike, Kevin Dhir isn’t going to forget his education has been sidetracked.

VANCOUVER — In a promising show of shared determination to end the teachers’ strike, negotiators on both sides of the dispute met at a Richmond hotel this weekend to continue talks that began Thursday. The discussions — which included B.C.

Anglo American Coal will idle operations at its Tumbler Ridge mine by the end of the year, the company says. The Trend Mine, which produces hard coking coal for use in steel production, is the last operating mine in the community of around 2,700.

There are a number of reasons why you haven’t claimed your $50-million Lotto Max jackpot — the biggest jackpot in B.C. history and sixth-largest ever in Canada — six months after the ticket was drawn. Prudent. Foolish. Cautious. Forgetful.

The richest 10 per cent of B.C. families have more than half of the province’s wealth, according to a new report from the left-leaning Broadbent Institute. In contrast, the bottom half of the province has just three per cent of the wealth.

PRINCE GEORGE — Jury members can find an accused serial killer guilty of first-degree murder even if they believe his testimony that others were responsible for the deaths of three women, says a B.C. Supreme Court judge.

Police in Dawson Creek Creek and Prince George believe they've nipped a startup drug operation in the bud after a raid on a compound outside Dawson Creek led to the arrest of an associate of the infamous UN Gang.

Kinder Morgan study estimates where oil would go