Local News Headlines

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a hydro-electric development in northeastern B.C. should be allowed to proceed without an environmental assessment.

VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia lieutenant governor appointed five months ago to help implement recommendations from the Robert Pickton inquiry resigned Friday, saying he's been "served with documents" related to a series of lawsuits filed by the children of four murdered women.

VANCOUVER - Andy O'Brien has had a busy week, but he is definitely not complaining.

Roads leading to a popular Vancouver Island beach will be closed over the Victoria Day long weekend to prevent a 'rave' party from occurring, according to B.C. Parks.

Wildrose Official Opposition Leader Danielle Smith has requested the RCMP conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu.

Banff's Cave and Basin National Historic Site reopened Friday after undergoing a three-year renovation.

A company is suing the province, the town of Slave Lake and its fire department for $3 million for damages caused by a 2011 wildfire.

Two people are dead after a two-vehicle crash near Onoway, northwest of Edmonton this morning.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says allegations he was caught on tape smoking crack are "ridiculous," following reports that someone had been trying to sell a purported recording of such an event to U.S. and Canadian media outlets.

Allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been caught in a video smoking crack cocaine has prompted several online crowdsourcing campaigns aimed at raising $200,000 to buy the footage.

OTTAWA - Windows rattled, walls swayed and knick-knacks toppled from store shelves near the national capital Friday as Canadians across a wide swath of Ontario and Quebec felt the disconcerting tremors of a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.

Police say DNA found on a suspect's sweater can help solve the murder of Brampton resident Delano Coombs.

A woman accused of repeatedly beating and stabbing a 69-year-old man in his home has told a courtroom that she can't recall what happened on the night of the murder because she was too intoxicated.

Elijah Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key player in defeating the Meech Lake accord, has died at age 64.

Two Parti Québécois ministers have published an open letter outlining amendments to Bill 14, a controversial bill that aims to revamp the province's language laws.

Senator Mike Duffy's expenses may get a second review by independent auditors following media reports regarding expenses he claimed while campaigning for Conservative candidates during the last election.

Eligible New Brunswick community groups with "great projects" were denied money from the province's Environmental Trust Fund this year even as government took $4 million for its own use, Environment Minister Bruce Fitch acknowledged on Friday.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The suspect in the slaying of New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland is his son Dennis, say search warrant documents that were executed in the investigation.

A New Brunswick judge has ruled the labour board cannot conduct a hearing into whether the province's abortion policy is violating a doctor's ability to offer accessible health care.

Cape Breton police officers were not responsible for the death of a man who died in their custody last December, Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has concluded.