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President Obama praises Kamloops hoops star

The man considered the most powerful in the world has praised a rising basketball star from Kamloops.While President Barack Obama was naming his picks to win this year's NCAA championships, he made...

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Clark tells feds to "sharpen its pencils" on pipeline proposals

Premier Christy Clark says Ottawa must re-open the Kitsilano Coast Guard station if it wants to see pipelines built across BC.Clark denies she's issued an "ultimatum" but at the same time says the...

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One person inside submerged vehicle at ferry terminal

RCMP say there was one person in a car that went flying off the dock and plunged into the water early this morning at the Gabriola Island ferry terminal.It happened around four in the morning.The...

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Attorney-General reacts to girls accused of Skytrain assault spree

Attorney-General Shirley Bond says she's concerned after hearing that two teenage girls accused of stabbing several people along the Skytrain line Tuesday night had 142 encounters with police in the...

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Inmate missing from Ferndale Institution

Corrections Services Canada say they are looking for a inmate discovered missing  from  the Ferndale prison Wednesday last night. There is a warrant for the arrest of 31 year old James John Jackson. He...

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Wind sends construction debris flying in Vancouver

Police say no one was hurt after debris blew off of a downtown highrise project and onto the street below at about 6:00 Wednesday night.  Vancouver Police had to close Davie Street between Bidwell and...

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Woman who killed child will hear results of another appeal Thursday

A day after canada's highest court rejected her latest bid to have her conviction overturned, Carol Berner will get the results of another appeal.  The Delta woman who killed four year old Alexa...

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Friend of the fish may run for elected office

A fierce fish farm critic and noted biologist is taking a serious look at a run in Provincial politics this May.   Alexandra Morton says she is fed up with the silence from the NDP on the fish farm...

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Building hospitals is like kissing babies, says critic

The NDP's Health critic says the Premier's announcement to begin the rebuilding process for Penticton's aging hospital lacks a few important details.   Mike Farnworth says Premier Clark neglected to...

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Angus Reid, the bearer of bad news...for the Liberals

The latest Angus Reid Poll on the BC political scene contains more bad news for the Liberals.   The NDP are well out in front at 48-percent support, a jump of one point.The Liberals polled below...

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Save On Meats owner accuses anti-gentrification activists of stealing sign

It appears opponents of gentrification in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have targeted another business.Mark Brand, the owner of Save On Meats on Hastings Street has posted a photo online showing a man...

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Charges laid in old murder case

Burnaby RCMP say there's been a break in a murder case dating back nearly 20 years.They say Jaswant Singh Gill, a 40-year old man from Vancouver, has been charged with first degree murder in the...

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BC Court of Appeal dismisses Berner bid

BC's highest court has quickly dismissed a bid by Carol Berner to avoid jail time.Within minutes of closing today's hearing in the BC Court of Appeal the three judges came back and said it was...

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Divers find body in vehicle off Gabriola Island

The search for a body in the water off the Gabriola Island is now over.RCMP Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong says they found a woman in the vehicle  that smashed through a steel barrier at the ferry terminal and...

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Doyle critical of air ambulance monitoring

BC's Auditor General has released another report critical of the provincial government.This time, John Doyle says the BC Ambulance Service needs to do a better job monitoring its air...

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UPDATE: Memorial for murdered Mission teen mom

People are gathering in Mission's Heritage Park to remember an 18 year old murder victim  and mom of a one year old boy. Over 300 people are gathered in a park overlooking the Fraser Valley to remember...

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BC Court of Appeal ruling pleases Mom of daughter killed by drunk driver

The mother of a young woman killed by a drunk driver two years ago is pleased BC's highest court has upheld the sentence handed to an impaired driver... who took the life of someone else's child."She...

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BC man recovering from potentially deadly snake bite

The BC man who was bitten by a poisonous snake in western Costa Rica says he first thought he had been bitten by ants.61-year-old Michael Lovatt  was  speaking to reporters on the phone from his...

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Province to adopt Cohen commission recommendations

The provincial government has announced it will adopt all of the recommendations aimed at BC in the Cohen commission report on the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River.Last October the...

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