House prices start to sag BC Local News • Jul-04-2008 Real estate prices have begun to slip in some parts of the Lower Mainland. The cooling trend comes a… more

A fight in an East Vancouver café led outside, where a man was shot and killed. The brawl started in the Lang Nuong restaurant, located at at Nanaimo and East Broadway in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A fight in an East Vancouver restaurant led outside, where a man was shot and killed. The brawl started in the Lang Nuong restaurant, located at at Nanaimo and East Broadway in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Fred Berrington’s tidily-trimmed white beard, spectacled eyes and friendly demeanor give him the appearance of a storybook granddad.

He’s no bigger than an overfed housecat, but there’s no mistaking what Max is. Looking like a round furball, the tiny and inquisitive black bear cub climbs trees with amazing speed and likes to rise up on his hind legs for a sniff, showing off his enormous black paws, tipped with long claws.

Participants in the 2008 Pride Parade make their way through downtown streets on Saturday morning.

A tentative agreement has been reached averting a threatened strike at Save-On-Foods stores in the Lower Mainland.

Wanted: hard working, physically fit individuals not afraid to get their hands dirty and willing to put in long hours in potentially dangerous conditions.

For its 35th anniversary, Coquitlam’s Place des Arts formed a new student string quartet and commissioned violinist and composer Cameron Wilson to write a piece for it to play.

Abbotsford’s housing market “took a breather” in 2007, but the local economy will continue to grow thanks to an increase in manufacturing, according to the Conference Board of Canada.

The B.C. government has created a new website to explain its plans for dealing with climate change and to provide people with information on how to reduce their carbon footprints.

Family and friends say Chad Chretien was a caring brother and son, a loyal friend and a fun-loving guy. The 18-year-old Westbank teen’s life was cut short on Canada Day, when he lost control of his motorcycle at the Glenrosa interchange.

Nick MacDonald was left with a tooth mark and a bruise “the size of a tennis ball” on his leg and backside after a pit bull attacked him last weekend.

A Greater Vernon park could be sold to the highest bidder. N’Kwala Park on MacDonald Road is one of three properties declared surplus by its owner — the Vernon School District — meaning it will be put up for sale.

Popular soccer park up for grabs Vernon Morning Star • Jul-04-2008 A Greater Vernon park could be sold to the highest bidder. N’Kwala Par… more House prices start to sag BC Local News • Jul-04-2008 Real estate prices have begun to slip in some parts of the Lower Mainland.

A federal program is expected to help 4,000 Williams Lake and area residents re-enter the workforce. Local employers facing labour shortages will also have greater access to potential new employees.

B.C.'s Education Minister Shirley Bond. Education Minister Shirley Bond will not be accepting the Central Okanagan Board of Education’s request to change how the two school trustees from the west side of Okanagan Lake are elected.

AN EMPLOYEE with Blue Ridge Landscaping trims the grass around a soccer net at N’Kwala Park. The Vernon School District has launched a process to dispose of the MacDonald Road property.

Vote them in and they’ll boot the gas tax out. B.C. New Democrat leader Carole James was in town Thursday and Friday as part of her North Central tour, speaking with community members on carbon tax protests and community issues.

Maya Miller (left), 3, and her twin six-year-old sisters Emily and Jessie picked a bucket-load of fresh strawberries at W&A Farms in East Richmond. Local produce is about to arrive even closer to home.