Olympics brought big benefits: poll
Publish Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:09:35 EST
A new poll suggests that Canadians see substantial benefits from the 2010 Olympic Games for Canada, for B.C. and for the city of Vancouver.

Avalanche victimized by comeback Canucks
Publish Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:38:18 EST
Vancouver Canucks forward Jannik Hansen notched his fourth career game-winning goal and second in as many games to cap a come-from-behind 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

Teen brawl leaves 2 injured in Victoria
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:31:37 EST
An argument over a stolen cellphone appears to have triggered a brawl involving more than two dozen Victoria-area teenagers that resulted in two youths requiring hospital treatment early Saturday morning, police say.

Agents seized heroin at Vancouver airport during Olympics: police
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:06:27 EST
Canada Border Services agents discovered four kilograms of heroin hidden in two suitcases belonging to a man who arrived in Vancouver on a flight from India during the Olympics.

Loonie at par by summer: CIBC
Publish Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:58:43 EST
Interest rate increases will drive the Canadian dollar back up to parity with its U.S. counterpart by this summer, according to a report from CIBC World Markets.

B.C. funding cuts prompt legal threats
Publish Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:05:00 EST
Charities that depend on gaming grants are pondering legal action against the B.C. government following word this week of extensive funding cutbacks.

Lions cut ties with oft-injured Pierce
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:15:02 EST
The B.C. Lions began clearing up their logjam at quarterback by releasing Buck Pierce on Tuesday, one day after Casey Printers agreed to a contract extension.

B.C. to market health tourism
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:58:17 EST
B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he has a plan to market health-care services to rich, offshore patients similar to the way the province sells higher education to foreign students.

Recall of tainted food additive grows
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:33:54 EST
The list of processed foods being recalled because of salmonella fears continues to expand as authorities in Canada and the U.S. track down tainted products.

Late snow not enough to keep B.C. wet in summer
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:32:16 EST
It's finally snowing on Vancouver's Cypress Mountain ski hill but not enough to ease concerns that the El Nino weather pattern B.C. is experiencing could lead to water shortages and forest fires this summer.

Natural gas customers stuck with costly contracts
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:56:24 EST
Thousands of B.C. residents who switched to new natural gas providers after deregulation are now paying significantly more than market rates and discovering they can't get out of multi-year contracts.

Polygamist responsible for charges, B.C. argues
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:44:50 EST
The B.C. government says Winston Blackmore brought what turned out to be an unsuccessful prosecution on himself by openly practising polygamy.

Toyota denies Prius recall coming
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:15:11 EST
Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday denied reports by the Wall Street Journal that the automaker plans to recall the Prius model involved in Monday's high-profile case of unintended acceleration in San Diego.

Disease, weather kill Vancouver Island bees
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:30:55 EST
Vancouver Island beekeepers say 90 per cent of their hives have been wiped out by a lethal combination of disease and a long summer last year, threatening the future of dozens of producers.

B.C. teen pleads guilty in Windsor man's death
Publish Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:26 EST
A Penticton, B.C., teenager has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 25-year-old man from Windsor, Ont.