B.C. News

A Langley university student who overcame personal tragedy is raising money to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant.

The provincial New Democratic Party says it is starting a “positive” ad campaign Monday in four Liberal strongholds as a signal it will contend with the ruling Liberal party in all 85 ridings in the May 14 election.

VANCOUVER — A search by friends and family for 20-year-old Kevin Fry, who had been missing since New Year’s Day, ended in sorrow on Saturday when his body was discovered in a wooded area close to his Guildford home. Cpl.

VANCOUVER — A three-alarm fire in a vacant warehouse in east Vancouver Sunday involved more than 40 firefighters and took hours to bring under control. An emergency call came in just after 6 a.m.

VANCOUVER - The head of the B.C. teachers' union says an agreement on how contract talks will be structured with the government's bargaining agent may cut through the toxic relationship that has hobbled previous negotiations.

VANCOUVER - A B.C. judge dismissed human smuggling charges Friday against four men accused of bringing dozens of Tamil migrants into Canada illegally aboard the MV Ocean Lady.

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government has more than $187,000 found on a Hells Angels trainee almost eight years ago and it's asking the court to allow it to keep the money.

VANCOUVER - Construction has begun on a new radio telescope in British Columbia's south Okanagan that will act like a type of time machine and help astrophysicists travel back to better understand the composition of our expanding universe.

Both the governing Liberals and opposition NDP vow to improve the quality of the forest inventory after the next provincial election.

VANCOUVER - The B.C.