B.C. News

The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — The new multi-billion dollar Port Mann Bridge appears to have failed its first storm test. The bridge — which just opened this month — has been closed while engineers assess its safety.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is working with the B.C. Coroners Service to determine what caused a Campbell River-based helicopter to crash near Bute Inlet on Saturday.

VANCOUVER - The new, multi-billion-dollar Port Mann Bridge appears to have failed its first storm test. The B.C.

VANCOUVER - Kate Gibson needs a lot of advice.

The Port Mann Bridge has been shut down in both directions because of falling ice from the bridge, which injured a motorist.

COQUITLAM — A 16-year-old youth has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the severe beating of a security guard in Port Coquitlam.

GORD HOEKSTRA Vancouver Sun A woman tried to ensure her common-law husband had a little entertainment in jail by throwing him a bag of pot while he was in court.

VERNON — A man charged with dangerous driving causing death has been found guilty of the crime that ended the life of a 22-year-old woman as she walked along a highway near Vernon.

METRO VANCOUVER - The turnaround came at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, when a helicopter searching for a snowboarder lost in the North Shore mountains since Sunday morning spotted fresh tracks in the snow.

VANCOUVER - The final report into the failures that allowed Robert Pickton to remain at large for so long has revived a decades-old debate about whether there should be a regional police department in the Vancouver area, one of the only major cities