B.C. News

PORT ALBERNI — The Port Alberni Port Authority’s dream of creating a container transshipment hub along the Alberni Inlet has taken a step forward.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver ran for Boston Sunday. So did plenty of non-Vancouverites among the 48,196 participants, including Victoria’s Clifford Childs, the top Canadian finisher among the men. Childs came in sixth and won $2,500.

SURREY — The B.C. Liberals demanded the NDP fire its provincial secretary over letters the Liberals say amount to a “shakedown” of Liberal party supporters.

VANCOUVER - While many 12-year-olds may be watching YouTube, texting friends or reading celebrity gossip magazines, British Columbia pre-teen Jennifer Johnson spends her spare time running a political campaign.

VANCOUVER - It was like a bad movie the Detroit Red Wings had seen before. The Red Wings, battling for their NHL playoff lives, saw a valuable point slip through their fingers in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night.

VANCOUVER - Cory Schneider did not let a sub-par effort get him down for long.

SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. Liberals demanded the NDP fire its provincial secretary over letters the Liberals say amount to a "shakedown" of Liberal party supporters.

VANCOUVER - The urgency will be the same but the reasons will be different when the Detroit Red Wings clash with the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night at Rogers Arena.

VANCOUVER - New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix surrounded himself with parents and children Friday at a community centre to announce increases in welfare rates and a family bonus program as part of plan to fight poverty in British Columbia.

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia NDP has released a poverty-fighting plan it says will improve the lives of hundreds of thousands families in the province.