B.C. News

VANCOUVER - It's not the "did you inhale" question many politicians have been asked, but a lobby group will be questioning want-to-be politicians on their position over a regulated marijuana market in British Columbia.

VANCOUVER - The northern B.C. community of Fort Nelson — population 3,900 — could be left without a lawyer after the only one in town was suspended by the Law Society of B.C. for four months for dishonesty.

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VANCOUVER - After enduring a challenging Major League Soccer sophomore year in 2012, hard-working Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teibert is just relieved to have finally cracked the starting line-up. The 20-year-old Niagara Falls, Ont.

VANCOUVER - There will be no black armbands or other dark keepsakes handed out at this year's Vancouver Sun Run as participants in Canada's largest road race pay homage to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

VANCOUVER - The leaders of British Columbia's two main political parties stayed in their comfort zones Thursday, with Liberal Christy Clark touring oil-and-gas country, while New Democrat Adrian Dix went to Vancouver Island to announce a $372-million

VICTORIA - Matt Toner is outfitting condo-dwelling dogs with campaign signs, touting his candidacy for the NDP in the trendy, ultra-urban Vancouver-False Creek riding.

VICTORIA - British Columbia's election campaign officially starts today with Premier Christy Clark visiting Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon for formal permission to launch a race that in practice, has been going on for months.

VANCOUVER - The BC Liberal Party unveiled an election platform Monday that was touted for as much of what it didn't contain as for what it did, a reflection of the party's efforts to paint itself as the penny-wise alternative to a high-rolling NDP.

VANCOUVER - A beat-up 1970s Toyota Corona sits among bundles of household goods, waiting for the tarried family who will pile their life atop its roof racks and drive to new beginnings.