B.C. News

VANCOUVER — There’s a rat in Vancouver’s Provincial Courthouse. And a lot of bedbugs and mice too. The association that represents B.C.

KAMLOOPS — The Kamloops Daily News, citing declining revenue, said Monday that it will stop publishing within 60 days.

COLDSTREAM — Just days after a three-year-old female cougar was destroyed while prowling near a North Okanagan community, another hunt for a big cat is underway in the same area. Conservation Officer Sgt.

Organizer Thor Froslev was “elated” with the results of Sunday’s 28th annual bald eagle count in Brackendale.

The man believed to be responsible for a series of violent carjackings Sunday evening in Richmond and Vancouver been arrested in Surrey.

The numbers are in for the Peace Region’s 2014 Assessment Roll and things are looking up. The average for a single-family residential property in the Peace River Assessment Area is $297,000 for 2014, up 6.8 per cent from last year.

The swine flu is back. Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Sue Pollock said Friday the H1N1 influenza strain has been confirmed throughout IHA and in other parts of B.C. This is flu season, so numbers of the disease in general are on the rise.

VANCOUVER — A task force report has been handed in to the British Columbia and Alberta governments that examines the idea of transporting oilsands' crude via rail if proposed pipelines don't get the green light, government documents show.

The Fraser Health Authority is urging people to get flu shots after a spike in severe H1N1 cases that may have resulted in one death and put at least a dozen people on respirators.

Fresh powder and an escape from the crowds is what likely prompted seven skiers to venture out of bounds at Sun Peaks Resort in nine days, an avid skier said Wednesday.