Commercial aircraft were targeted by laser beams from the ground on three occasions in the last month near Vancouver International Airport.

The post-election session of the legislature was only a few days old when Opposition house leader Mike Farnworth got off what would prove to be one of the most telling laugh lines of the season.

Sophon Sek grinned and gave the thumbs-up signal Sunday night after winning the top prize of $364,364 in the B.C. Poker Championship.

A 74-year-old man is facing murder charges after a woman was found dead from knife wounds by Surrey RCMP officers called to a disturbance early Tuesday at a townhouse in the 8500-block of 164th Street.

A large fire at an old Canadian Forces base, which destroyed a former residential building Tuesday morning, may have been started by squatters, a fire official said.

Kamloops RCMP on Tuesday defended a decision to wait three days before making public the death of a man who had just been released from police custody.

What happened in the 12 hours between when John Paul Gibbons was released from RCMP cells and the time he was found dead near Stuart Wood elementary in Kamloops is the focus of a police investigation.

An artistic director whose theatre is involved in an Olympic event had his wrist gently slapped for using the Olympiad logo next to negative comments about the Games in a theatre newsletter.

Seniors taking certain medications, including sedatives and antidepressants, are at a higher risk for falls, according to a University of British Columbia study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Defence lawyers in the Basi-Virk political corruption trial are seeking hundreds of documents related to a secret informant who was the focus of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last week, a judge was told Tuesday.

Provincial health officials will meet today to decide whether to change the way government pays for the treatment of a serious eye disease in seniors.

Ten thousand doses of a recalled batch of H1N1 vaccine linked to an unusually high number of severe allergic reactions went to southern Vancouver Island.

A B.C.-based startup company claims it has developed an ozone gas-based technology that can rid public spaces of the H1N1 influenza virus and other viruses, bacteria and moulds.

LAS VEGAS — Is the return of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre going to happen in the land down under? Speculation is flying after comments made by Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White during a Q & A session in Las Vegas during UFC 106 weekend at Mandalay Bay.

LOS ANGELES — Singer Adam Lambert was kicked off one morning TV show and snapped up by a rival on Tuesday after his sexually-charged performance on a live music awards show made him one of the most risky and sought-after celebrities in the United States.

Senior bureaucrats overseeing economic stimulus spending told MPs Tuesday they aren't tracking how many jobs are being created by projects that are supposed to kick-start Canada's economy.

Several homes were evacuated and two men arrested in connection with a suspected drug lab in Richmond this morning.

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A Maple Ridge woman has been charged with animal cruelty and her dog has been given to new owners after the woman repeatedly failed to improve the dog's welfare, according to the BC SPCA.

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