B.C. News

A popular customer review site is taking one North Vancouver user to court for making money on false claims.

Politician criticized for saying his allowance could be bigger

A 70-year-old man has died from injuries he sustained in a single-vehicle collision on Highway 4 near Marion Creek. The crash occurred Tuesday at about 9:20 a.m. Ucluelet RCMP Const.

OTTAWA — Four B.C. New Democrat MPs have confirmed they are seriously considering a move to provincial politics — even though success would mean a pay cut.

VANCOUVER — A man whose involvement in the Stanley Cup riot was the most serious case a judge said he’s heard so far, was sentenced to eight months in prison. Vasilios George Makris, 29, was found guilty Sept. 13 of taking part in a riot and assault.

An economist for Central 1 Credit Union has lowered his projection for economic growth in B.C. this year to 1.4 per cent, saying the province’s economy will remain sluggish for the remainder of 2013.

PORT ALBERNI — Peter Mieras has a passion for the marine environment.

A new coalition of environmental groups is urging the B.C. government to do more to protect threatened grizzly populations in southwestern B.C.

If the federal government wants to have a good relationship with First Nations in British Columbia, they have to accept the Northern Gateway pipeline project is dead, says Art Sterritt of the Coastal First Nations.

A plan for a 21-storey, 240-room hotel connected to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre will be reviewed by the city of Nanaimo design committee Thursday. Chinese investors SSS Manhao International Tourism Group Co. Ltd.