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Premier accepts BC Liberal nomination in Vancouver-Point Grey
The Premier has accepted her party's nomination in the riding she currently holds in Vancouver.Christy Clark spoke in front of about 100 people at the Vancouver-Point Grey Liberal riding office this...
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Lotto 6/49 jackpot highest in Canadian history
Lotto 6/49 is set to be the highest jackpot ever in Canadian history. The 55 million dollar prize has people on the streets of downtown Vancouver seeing visions of what they could have."If I win the...
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Group: "CLBC Stop the Cuts" rallying for more funds
A rally is set to take place tomorrow in Vancouver. It's being held with the hope that more funding will be put into Community Living BC. Kimberley Yanko is with the group "CLBC Stop the Cuts". She...
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Vancouver Vaisakhi parade attracts thousands
The annual Vaisakhi parade was held on Main Street today to mark an important day in the Sikh religion. An East Vancouver neighbourhood was turned into a huge block party this afternoon, with...
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Chilliwack mill workers hoping to get back to work after being locked out for...
It's been a little over 1 year since workers at a Chilliwack mill were locked out. An anniversary barbeque was held at Gillwood Remanufacturing yesterday. Brian Harder with the United Steelworkers...
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Are you a winner?
3 of the 4 winning tickets for last night's $63.4-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot were sold locally.Two of the tickets were purchased in Surrey and one was from Vancouver.Each winner takes home $15.8...
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Bencze wants a lighter sentence
A former TV reporter is set to make his case before the BC Court of Appeal Monday.Ron Bencze pleaded guilty last summer and was later sentenced to four years in prison for sexually assaulting a young...
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Mayors want control of Translink's gas tax revenue
Metro Vancouver wants to get the region's share of the Federal Gas Tax back under its control.The board voted years ago to give its portion to Translink, which has totalled about $800-million dollars...
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Dix promises to ban corporate and union donations
The leader of the BC NDP is promising to ban corporate and union donations for the next provincial election. Adrian Dix announced Sunday in Yaletown the two things that are concerning him about the...
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BC Liberal platform relies on natural gas to pay down debt
The BC Liberal platform debuts a new slogan as its central theme, "Debt-free BC". It's relying on natural gas to pay down the provincial debt.The platform proposes tying all liquid natural gas...
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BC Liberals pledge to hold referendum on transit funding
The BC Liberal platform is pledging to put the final decision on Translink funding in the hands of Metro Vancouver taxpayers. Premier Christy Clark says once mayors and the province decide on how to...
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Sun Run will go ahead as planned
The Vancouver Sun Run will still go ahead this Sunday. Jamie Pitblado is organizing chairperson of the run.He says 45-thousand runners are expected. Pitblado says there will be a second look at...
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Surrey parents push for new school
Concerned parents held a day of action today because of overcrowding at their kids school.Bob Holmes says kids at Earl Marriott Secondary School in Surrey are used to crowded hallways and gyms. His...
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Preserve the Prosperity Fund - at all costs?
The Liberal platform is promising legislation to protect the proposed Prosperity Fund from becoming a cash cow for desperate government spending.The proposed fund would be stocked with billions of...
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Awards show benefits questioned
The Jobs and Tourism Ministry is hailing the potential economic spin off from the Times of India Film Awards.Minister Pat Bell says almost seven million dollars of advertising space, promoting BC, was...
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Surrey Mayor unhappy with Liberal referendum idea
The BC Liberals' idea of holding a referendum on transit funding is not sitting well with Surrey's mayor.The referendum would not happen until November 2014's municipal election.This delay in a...
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Conservatives pan Liberal's reliance on LNG profits
The leader of the BC Conservative Party says the Liberals are missing the mark by banking on natural gas revenues to pay off BC’s debt.John Cummins says it is bizarre to rely on phantom future LNG...
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Crown wants jail time in daycare death
Crown lawyers are arguing for a daycare operator to spend two to three years behind bars for causing the of a one-year-old boy in 2011.Maria McFerran pleaded guilty last fall in the toddler's death at...
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BC election campaign officially underway
The BC election campaign is officially underway.Voters go to the polls to elect a new provincial government May 14th.Premier Christy Clark calls it the most important such vote in modern BC...
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Suspected Burnaby cell phone thief arrested
Burnaby Mounties say they may have nabbed a thief who was very busy stealing peoples cell phones, right out of their hands.RCMP say on Saturday they arrested 21 year old Burnaby resident Joshua...
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