Get the skis and boards ready — Mother Nature is ramping things up at Whistler-Blackcomb. Resort officials are hoping the white stuff will continue falling, pushing up the opening day from Nov. 26.

The House approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.

The House approved a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.

Firefighters are battling a blaze at a battery recycling plant in the Kootenays.

This year's running champions were crowned on Saturday at Crescent Park in White Rock

Premier Ed Stelmach pulled out a win Saturday, collecting 77.4 per cent support from his own party members despite weeks of speculation he could fare poorly.

VANCOUVER — Citizens who braved the cold rain at Vancouver's Olympic village were rewarded with a warm and personal royal meeting Saturday. As Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, toured the village, many in a crowd several-hundred strong got to shake hands and exchange pleasantries with the royal couple.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach faces a vote Saturday night that could determine his political future, and he says he’s aware his career rests in the hands of his party members.

Tropical Storm Ida regained strength off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.

VANCOUVER — Technical glitches forced Vancouver 2010's organizing committee on Saturday to delay the sale of Olympic tickets until November 14.

The final batch of tickets for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver went on sale Saturday, but would-be buyers were frustrated by technological glitches.

Brands of imported nut spreads have been recalled from Canadian store shelves after peanut not declared on the labels was found in the products.

The final batch of tickets for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver went on sale Saturday.

VANCOUVER — There were just a few hardy citizens lining part of Vancouver's seawall waiting for royals Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — who arrived in the city mid-morning — to visit the Olympic athletes' village on a cold, rainy day.

Transit police are asking for help identifying a sexual-assault suspect after a 14-year-old girl was groped on a SkyTrain.

Members of the B.C. legislature pushed through a bill ending the B.C. ambulance paramedics strike after a gruelling 13-hour session that started Friday.

Manitoba MP Pat Martin has apologized for accusing the federal Conservatives of turning the Olympic torch relay into a partisan romp through their own ridings after he learned the Olympic flame will, in fact, hit his downtown Winnipeg riding.

One ticket purchased in the Prairies had the numbers 2, 7, 8, 11, 16, 17 and 18 for the estimated $50-million win in Friday's Lotto Max draw.

Alberta government employees will be asked to swear oaths declaring they were sick if they miss work for an extended period due to the H1N1 flu.