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The budget won’t be debated or voted on before the May 14 election. What happens to it will depend on the outcome of that election — whether the B.C. Liberals are re-elected or if the NDP takes over.

On the eve of a provincial election, the B.C. Liberals are aiming to balance government books by a razor-thin margin with new tax hikes, increased fees and a sell-off of assets.

One man was hospitalized and he and eight others were displaced by an early-morning blaze firefighters believe was caused by smoking.

The Nanaimo Shipyard is financially restructuring itself in an effort to stave off bankruptcy.

The B.C. government will outline its spending plans for the new fiscal year starting April 1 with a new budget that is to be unveiled by Finance Minister Mike de Jong at the legislature today around 2 p.m.

MONTREAL - Civil rights icon Angela Davis says Canadians could set an example for Americans in the way they run their country if they show progressive leadership.

MONTREAL - Civil rights icon Angela Davis says Canadians could set an example for Americans in the way they run their country if they show progressive leadership.

Georgia Paige Klap was a musician, dancer and idealistic young woman who wanted to make the world a better place. On Monday, Klap was identified by the B.C.

Madrona Fuentes turned two on Monday — too young, mercifully, to understand the doctors’ prognosis. “They say she’s not curable,” says her mother, Michelle Purvis-Fuentes.

A departing B.C. Ferries vessel had to be turned around Sunday morning, after a woman left her five-month-old infant with a stranger on board so she could retrieve something onshore, and the ship sailed without her.