Pass the Roman soldiers guarding the towering gates and enter the occupied province of Judea, where the story of Jesus' birth unfolds in 11 live-action vignettes. And you can see it all from the comfort of your car.

The Christmas display in the storefront window of the Peking Lounge in Vancouver's Chinatown features bright lanterns hanging in the shape of a Christmas tree.

The B.C. government is investigating an employee who allegedly e-mailed sensitive government information across the border to someone in the United States.

Molson Canadian Hockey House officials have slashed the entry price to the Olympic hockey pavilion.

Vancouver district officials say they were told last week the Education Ministry has cancelled the literacy innovation grant, which contributed $204,000 to Vancouver schools and $5 million to schools provincewide.

Seniors have a right to know the level of care they're entitled to in residential care, which facility would suit them best, and their families have a right to help them, says a new report from the B.C. Ombudsperson.

VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver got an early Christmas present Thursday of $6.35 million toward the cost of a $19.4-million new state-of-the-art reception/administration centre.

Vancouver city council has cleared the way for professional mixed martial arts fights in the city, and now organizers are hoping to stage an Ultimate Fighting Championship at General Motors Place in mid-June next year.

Canadian fans of Russian Alex Ovechkin may not be too pleased when they see him play against Canada at the 2010 Games but that didn't stop hundreds of them from lining up in downtown Vancouver to get an autograph from the hockey superstar.

After 12 days of testimony from 35 witnesses over nearly two years, jurors in a coroner's inquest into a multiple murder-suicide in Oak Bay are expected to make recommendations today on how to prevent future tragedies.

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Boards of education hope to learn today which of their schools will have government approval to offer full-day kindergarten next fall so they can start alerting parents, hiring staff and preparing for an abundance of little people.

The last two members of the Hupacasath First Nation able to speak the language fluently died within the last month and there are fears the dialect could die with them.

Willard Boyle wasn't ex-a ctly a household name before he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics earlier this year.

Dave and Joan McLean were making dinner Wednesday evening when they heard a loud "whooshing" sound outside their Coquitlam home.

SQUAMISH B.C. - One man is dead after a head on crash on the Sea to Sky Highway about seven kilometres south of Squamish.

SQUAMISH B.C. - The Sea to Sky Highway is open to one lane only after a serious crash about 10 kilometres south of Squamish that has reportedly left one person dead.

SQUAMISH - The Sea to Sky Highway has alternating lanes open after a crash about 10 kilometres south of Squamish, say police. West Vancouver police said the incident happened just after 6 p.m. and that the highway would be closed for about two hours. The police had no details on whether anyone had been harmed in the collision.

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver approved a $50,000 grant to hire extra binners to clean up the downtown core during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

REVELSTOKE - The Canadian Avalanche Centre has issued a special avalanche warning for the backcountry of B.C.'s South Coast.