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Doctors and nurses want British Columbians to think about whether a green lawn and bug-free plants are worth the risk of cancer, birth defects or neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s diseases.

B.C. has wasted a quarter-million dollars preparing for an election to the Senate that the government now admits won’t actually happen, says the Opposition NDP.

The Swiftsure International Yacht Race sails into its 70th edition this year, celebrating the canvas-and-compass of its past and the high-tech navigation and materials of today.

The case against the 24-year-old Duncan man accused of murdering Tyeshia Jones and Karrie Ann Stone will go directly to trial in B.C. Supreme Court.

B.C.’s child watchdog fears police agencies could be caught off-guard by an increase in domestic violence cases once the new Family Law Act gets proclaimed this month. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.

The provincial government’s $324-million deal to contract out administration of its Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare to a U.S.-based company has failed to bring the expected benefits, according to B.C.’s auditor general.

More than one Liberal is running to replace outgoing MLA Murray Coell as representative for Saanich North and the Islands. Stephen P.

Premier Christy Clark ordered an internal investigation Thursday into whether taxpayer resources were inappropriately used to woo ethnic voters to the B.C. Liberal party.

Len Barrie was acquitted Thursday of charges he failed to file tax returns for one of his companies.

VICTORIA - Exuberant British Columbians celebrated the power of direct democracy in August 2011 when they voted to kill the harmonized sales tax, but in the windowless, bunker-like rooms in the Ministry of Finance building across the street from the