B.C. News

When Anne Belanger received her son’s grade two class photo last month, she immediately stuffed the image back into its envelope in disgust. In the photo, the students and teacher line up neatly in three rows.

SURREY — Neighbours in Surrey kept an eye to the woods Sunday for a hungry black bear that was shot and wounded during a killing spree on Friday night.

VANCOUVER — A man is in police custody and another is being hailed as a hero after a violent attack by a knife-wielding man in an East Vancouver park during a bocce ball game. The attack happened at Victoria Park about 7:30 p.m.

VANCOUVER — Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau called on progressive cities to help form the party’s next agenda during remarks at the annual convention of Canadian municipalities.

VANCOUVER — The federal government is a step closer to completing a $2.6-billion deal to build two naval supply ships in B.C.

CAMPBELL RIVER — Campbell River’s Adopt-a-Block volunteers have been told by the city to stop picking up litter in city parks because of union and liability issues.

B.C. once again claims the bottom spot in an annual national cancer incidence and mortality report.

B.C.’s acting auditor general says an audit into government payments of legal fees in the B.C. Rail saga should be released in July.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Teachers’ Federation has won another round in a legal fight over freedom of expression for its members in public schools. The B.C.

Family have confirmed to media that former Powell River - Sunshine Coast MLA Harold Long was killed in a float-plane crash Tuesday just off Stuart Island, north of Quadra island in the Strait of Georgia.