Former highways minister slams Coquihalla snow removal - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:28:49 -0100
Another four-hour closure to the Coquihalla Highway Friday morning had drivers questioning the quality of maintenance provided by the current contractor. | Coroner confirms identities of 2 killed in mill blast - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:24 -0100
Coroners had to turn to dental records to confirm the identities of the two men who died in the Burns Lake sawmill explosion a week ago. | Fraction of VPD carries Tasers under new rules - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:38:09 -0100
The new standards for Taser use are set to come into effect next week, and they mean that just a fraction of Vancouver police officers are carrying the conducted-energy weapons. | B.C. real estate market set to stabilize in 2012 - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:47:30 -0100
The price of the average B.C. home is set to drop ever-so-slightly in the next year as the market stays stable, according to the latest forecast from the provincial real estate association. | Fraser Valley lit back up after substation fire put out - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:13:40 -0100
BC Hydro has restored power to all 50,000 customers after fire at a substation in Chilliwack caused outages across the Fraser Valley Friday. | B.C. ecstasy goes global in planes, submarines - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:38 -0100
Homegrown ecstasy is making its way out of B.C. in shipments of tens of thousands of tablets squirreled away in hidden compartments in cars, planes and even submarines, a former dealer says. | RCMP apologize for not catching Pickton sooner - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:59:02 -0100
RCMP in British Columbia have issued an apology while admitting the department could have done more to stop Robert Pickton's murderous spree in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. | Facebook IPO could value it among top companies - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:48:22 -0100
When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America. | Teen gets 3 years for killing man over stolen cell phone - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:23:13 -0100
A Surrey teenager has been sentenced to six months in a youth detention facility and 30 months of intensive rehabilitation for stabbing a 42-year-old man to death over a stolen cell phone. | Victim uncooperative after Vancouver shooting - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:17:32 -0100
Police say a man who was shot in the leg early Friday morning near Vancouver City Hall is not cooperating with authorities. |
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Sell beer and wine in B.C. supermarkets, groups say - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:27:21 EST
An increasing number of industries and interest groups are calling for liberalized regulations concerning alcohol sales in B.C., including making beer and wine available in grocery stores.
 | Alleged B.C. neo-Nazi heckled outside court - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:34:35 EST
Protesters heckled an alleged B.C. neo-Nazi charged with assault as he entered a Vancouver court building for a brief appearance before a judge Friday.
 | Substation fire cuts power in Chilliwack, B.C. - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:53:50 EST
Health concerns have been raised following a fire at a BC Hydro substation near Chilliwack, east of Vancouver, that left 38,000 customers in the region without power.
 | 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6½ years - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:03:03 EST
A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6½ years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.
 | Stole $460K, UBC staffer sentenced to house arrest - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:36:04 EST
A former University of B.C. financial manager has been sentenced to two years of house arrest for stealing $460,000 from a university medical department.
 | Northern lights drawing Lunar New Year tourists - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:19:56 EST
The Lunar New Year is coinciding with one of the most spectcular displays of the northern lights in many years, and that's drawing a lot of people to Canada's North, the CBC's Jane Sponagle reports.
 | 'Radical' group support rises since Oliver's attack - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:46:02 EST
Tough talk from the Harper government about radical environmentalists and foreign-funded adversaries seems to be generating support for the groups targeted by the attacks.
 | Province to find jobs for Burns Lake mill workers - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:29:51 EST
B.C.'s Minister of Jobs is in Burns Lake to meet with community leaders about the village's economic future. He says officials are tracking down short term jobs for locals at nearby mills and mines.
 | RCMP apologizes for not catching Pickton earlier - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:01:07 EST
The RCMP has issued an apology for not catching B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton earlier.
 | Coquihalla Highway snowplowing raises concerns - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:10:40 EST
B.C.' s Coquihalla Highway has been reopened after it was closed in both directions for avalanche control for several hours on Friday morning, but questions remain about snowplowing on the route.
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A pebble dropped in a pond: the widening legacy of Hannah Hatlen - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:07:03 Z
On Oct. 18, 2005, Kathie Hatlen, of Tsawwassen, took her four-year-old daughter, Hannah, to her morning skating lesson. | Parliament returns with massive shakeups to pension, federal budget expected - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:10:54 Z
Parliament resumes Monday for what could be one of the most acrimonious sessions in years with arguably the most important federal budget in a political generation. | Canada defeats Mexico, secures 2012 Olympic spot - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:20:28 Z
The Canadian women's soccer team booked its ticket to the 2012 Olympics Friday with an emotional 3-1 win over Mexico at BC Place. | Deadly Burns Lake tragedy leaves town picking up the pieces - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:06:01 Z
Following the deadly explosion and fire at Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, The Sun’s Gordon Hoekstra talked to dozens of people in the close-knit community. This is their story. | Photos: Top images from around the globe - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:02:42 Z
View the best photographs from hot spots around the world | Mexican man arrested as badly beaten Calgary tourist flies home - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:12:59 Z
Hours after a Calgary woman found bloody and beaten in her swank resort hotel last week arrived back home for treatment, Mexican authorities announced Friday they had nabbed a Mazatlan man in the high-profile case. | Puppy love: The precious stars of the 2012 Puppy Bowl - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:24:58 Z
Meet a few of the stars of this year’s Puppy Bowl VIII, which runs during the Super Bowl XLVI on February 5. The furry friends were highlighted on a recent countdown on fuse television. | Costa offers passengers $14,500 each - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:14:01 Z
Costa Cruises has offered $14,500 in compensation to each of the uninjured passengers aboard its liner that ran aground and capsized two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on Friday. | Hundreds stage rare anti-Nazarbayev protest in Kazakhstan - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:04:35 Z
Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday defied a heavy police presence to stage a rare protest in Kazakhstan against strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the conduct of legislative elections. | Liberal-NDP battle brewing over Layton's former riding - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:06:14 Z
The NDP nominee in the coming Toronto-Danforth byelection not only is attempting to take over the riding of a party icon, who died of cancer in August, the political neophyte also could find himself up against a star Liberal candidate. |
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