B.C. News

PRINCE GEORGE — An accused serial killer’s attempt to plead guilty to four counts of second-degree murder in a northern British Columbia courtroom has been thwarted by the Crown prosecutor.

Crown to continue seeking first-degree murder convictions

Are we in for some rough sledding? Forecasters are divided

Imperial Metals’ mine tailings dam subjected to ‘dam safety review’ only once every 10 years

Clark is doing better than she did before the election, according to Angus Reid survey

A cyclist clipping along at 30 kilometres per hour through Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside collided with a pedestrian who stepped off the curb. The cyclist suffered soft-tissue damage and the pedestrian much worse: Broken bones and a head injury.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the B.C. NDP both say taxpayers should not be made to foot the legal bill for the defamation lawsuit deputy minister Athana Mentzelopoulos has launched against education critic Rob Fleming.

VANCOUVER — Police are investigating the disabling of 80 gas and diesel pumps at four Chevron stations in Vancouver and Burnaby last month by a group protesting the company’s operations in Ecuador and planned pipeline in northern B.C.

SURREY — A man who punched a bus driver in the face as he drove down a busy Surrey street has been sentenced to two years in jail.

Victoria-Swan Lake MLA Rob Fleming is disputing allegations of defamation arising from an email that he sent to party members detailing an alleged pay raise awarded to a B.C. deputy minister. According to a statement of defence filed this week in B.