B.C. News

In a development that will come as a shock to many, Dawson Creek city officials have received preliminary permission from the province to change its name as of July 1.

A man suspected of cooking methamphetamine on a barbecue on his apartment deck in Abbotsford has been arrested.

OTTAWA — A timeline of some significant events in the history of marijuana in Canada: 1922: Pioneering feminist Emily Murphy publishes an inflammatory book, The Black Candle. She claims marijuana turns its users into homicidal maniacs.

OTTAWA, Ont. — Facts and figures on medical marijuana in Canada, which is subject to new rules on Tuesday that require patients to acquire their pot from government-approved producers rather than home-grown supplies.

Vancouver Island is at the centre of a niche industry, going through one of its worst seasons in a decade

NANAIMO — Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say a missing 12-year-old girl has been found and reunited with her family. Elissa Elizabeth Fawdry was last seen on Wednesday night near her grandmother’s home in Nanaimo.

KELOWNA — Taylor Van Diest suffered defensive wounds when she tried to fight off Matthew Foerster, but was killed by repeated blows to the head, court heard Wednesday.

KELOWNA — A fingernail clipping and a taped confession will form the core of the Crown's case against the man charged with murdering an 18-year-old from Armstrong, B.C., says the prosecutor.

KELOWNA — A 27-year-old man has now admitted causing the injuries that killed a teenager from Armstrong on Halloween night in 2011, jurors have heard.

The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — A homicide team is investigating a suspicious death at an apartment building in Burnaby. Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Sgt.