School District 71 trustees voted Thursday night to permanently close Cape Lazo School.

North Shore Rescue officials are warning back-country hikers against dangerous river-crossings this weekend. NSR head Tim Jones said hot weather expected this weekend could accelerate snow run-off, causing mountain creeks to rise rapidly.

Sunny days may call for a trip outdoors, but when heading to riverside parks be careful, warns B.C. Ministry of Environment officials.

Last Tuesday an apartment fire on East 19th Street killed three people. The 28-year-old building did not have fire sprinklers.

Acting Sgt. Dave Grantzer leans on a Saanich police van while talking with Cst. Roy Radu and Cst. Mike Bainbridge.

Now that we're putting up a retractable roof costing as much as $200 million over BC Place Stadium, the prudent question for the provincial cabinet is, well, what's really the point now?

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps soccer club will permanently move into BC Place in 2011 as soon as a new retractable roof is installed to replace the iconic Teflon-covered inflatable dome.

ABBOTSFORD - A pastor is refusing a request by city officials to stop serving food to homeless people in a downtown park.

B.C. civil libertarians, unions, trial lawyers and business groups are lining up to oppose what they call an "offensive" and "unprecedented" attack on freedom of speech by Premier Gordon Campbell and the Liberal government.

Avalanche experts are warning people to stay out of the mountains this weekend unless they are experts at reading snow conditions.

A school board in the B.C. Interior has ended a program that provided a free laptop computer to students.

The City of Vancouver has responded to the demands of civic workers with a policy designed to let them report perceived misconduct without fear of retaliation.

The B.C. River Forest Centre is warning campers not to pitch their tents near creeks and streams this long weekend because of the rapid thawing of snow on local mountains.

A major redevelopment project envisioned to help revitalize Vancouver's Downtown Eastside almost fell through before construction even began last year, CBC News has learned.

It may seem Krazy, but the Vancouver Art Gallery is devoting a major show that opens Saturday to comic books, animation and video games.

An Abbotsford church pastor says he won't stop feeding the hungry just because a business group has demanded he stop. Defying the group's request to cease operations, Pastor Christoph Reiners set up shop at Jubilee Park in downtown Abbotsford Thursday.

British Columbians are afraid that the presence of a species of voracious killer bullfrogs in one of their bogs could be bad news for other frogs, fish and baby ducks in the area - all of which become food for the predator toads.

GIBRALTAR - A pack of at least 25 of Gibraltar's famous monkeys are being killed because they are threatening human health in one of The Rock's popular tourism areas, a government minister said on Tuesday.

A six-ton orca, or killer whale, torpedoes toward the beach, its dorsal fin cutting the Patagonian sea. It launches itself onto the sand in an explosion of water and foam.

WASHINGTON - Scraps of protein from the bones of a 68 million-year-old dinosaur and a mastodon carcass confirm their places in the family tree of life on Earth, researchers reported on Thursday.

Khalil Shariff personifies the goals of the Zenith Global Citizenship Conference where he gave the keynote address.

Metro Vancouver is working on a $9-million plan to turn human waste into energy at the Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Richmond. The treatment plant at the end of Gilbert Road provides secondary sewage treatment.

A beefed up smoking bylaw that will eventually see smoking on patios banned got final reading Monday night. However, before the new restrictions go into effect, city council will consider a special exemption for a local cigar shop and for Second World War veteran clubs, like the ANAVETS.

The epicentre may be thousands of kilometres away but its tremors were felt here in Richmond, home to one of the largest Asian populations in China.

The only school in Richmond lucky enough to be granted gaming funds towards a new playground is at risk of losing that funding because of an insurance delay.

Jury Ruled Willow Kinloch’s Rights were Violated

$22 Million Handed Over For Super 7 Win

Environmental engineers say smaller plants are a better opinion

Operators Looking at Vans or Backpacks

NDP says Rich Coleman not acting fast enough to head off total industry collapse

The RCMP say no charges will be laid after an investigation into whether the Federal Conservatives offered late MP Chuck Cadman a bribe in exchange for his vote in a key 2005 parliamentary vote. The ...

The investigation into Tuesday's deadly helicopter crash in Cranbook has barely even begun, and there's already controversy. The union representing federal aviation inspectors is blasting a plan to let ...

Relief could be coming for home buyers in BC, if the Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association gets its way. The association is calling on the federal government to ditch the GST on all new homes. ...

Bring plenty of cold drinks and sunscreen if you have to sit in a ferry lineup this weekend, or anywhere else, for that matter. Temperature records are expected to tumble across the entire West Coast ...

Victoria teen Willow Kinloch has won her civil suit against the Victoria Police department. She's also been awarded $60,000 after a jury decided police violated her rights when they slapped her in handcuffs ...

Langford taxpayers will have slightly less pain in their pocketbooks this year with a 1.05 per cent cut in property taxes. The cut means about $9 in savings on the average property assessment of $388,520 in Langford. A homeowner with the average property value would pay $814 in municipal taxes.

Victoria Mavericks men’s baseball team Fisgard Padres pitcher Jordan Will winds up at a game against the Monkey Tree Jays May 11 at Lambrick Park. Padres won the game 9-2. Will is part of a Maverick’s senior all-star team playing in the Doug Conn Memorial.

It’s not that he doesn’t have time to go camping, it’s just that he’d rather run the whole thing in one day.

David Laidlaw throws the Braemar stone at last year’s Victoria Highland Games at Bullen Park. Organizers of the 71st Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival would consider it a “pure dead brilliant” choice to partake in this weekend’s activities at Topaz Park.

A disciplinary hearing over still-unspecified allegations against suspended Victoria police Chief Paul Battershill should come within 30 days, Mayor Alan Lowe said Tuesday.