When Ghassan Asad immigrated to Canada from Saudi Arabia ten years ago, the 28-year-old biochemistry student was hoping for a new life free of the strict political constraints found in his home country.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robert Johnston has sentenced Saanich pedophile Otto Edward Schneider to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting three young girls.

The B.C. government has reversed course and quietly given themselves the right to deny services to developmentally disabled adults with IQs over 70.

Capt. Bob Pearson's eyes welled up with tears Wednesday as he was reunited with the boys who dashed out of the way when he landed a plane with an empty fuel tank on a drag strip here 25 years ago.

Whether it’s contingent on Mats Sundin not signing in Vancouver is unclear, but the Canucks are reportedly interested in Ottawa Senators centre Antoine Vermette.

Olympic organizers plan to stop Hastings Park residents from making a few extra bucks by turning their yards into parking pads during the 2010 Games.

The owner of a white Acura involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident earlier this month has finally come forward to police.

NEXUS border-crossing cards are changing to improve security, though a U.S. government official says the changes also should help speed the process.

Twenty people who were evacuated from the Top of the World Ranch in the East Kootenays as a raging wildfire threatened the property on Tuesday are now reflecting on events some deem miraculous.

The mother of a 17-year-old youth who died after being Tasered by Winnipeg police Tuesday wept tears of rage as she railed against the officers who used the stun weapon on her son.

Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special issue "Entertainment All Stars."

Canadians send as much as $2 billion out of the country each year to friends and family in foreign countries, essentially pumping up overseas economies in a trend that one expert says is most likely not going to change.

VANCOUVER -- Samuel Kaplan, a long-time Canadian journalist dedicated to the Jewish cause, has died in Vancouver at age 83.

Police were on the hunt Wednesday night for a man accused of breaking into his 91-year-old neighbour’s home and robbing her early Wednesday.

Friends have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Abbotsford as Dustin Wester.

A man with a history of violent crime accused of killing two exotic dancers more than 20 years ago has been acquitted of their murders.

B.C. Ferries has been given the go-ahead to charge fuel surcharges ranging from about 10 to 18 per cent on its routes beginning Aug. 1.

ABBOTSFORD -- Two women and a man, all in their 20s, have been arrested in connection with an arson fire at a new condo development under construction in Abbotsford.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale shook northern Japan early Thursday, injuring more than a dozen people as the force shattered windows and set off fires, officials said.