Canadian companies that offer Internet services will have to report to police if they hear about online child pornography or they will face fines and jail time under new federal legislation introduced Tuesday.

TransLink should scrap its planned fare hikes until it does something about the cheats ripping off the system for millions of dollars, say two Richmond councillors.

Former Highlands councillor Kenneth Brotherston Sr. told the man he’s accused of murdering to put down his gun, saying, “I’m not talking to you while you’re holding a gun at my kid,” a Crown witness testified Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court.

What started out as a quick hike to take photographs of an island in the Strait of Georgia, turned into a three-day battle to survive for Jordan Nicurity.

NDP ferries critic Gary Coons is questioning whether the Northern Adventure — the ferry sometimes dubbed the Vomit Comet — is equipped for the harsh waters and weather of B.C.'s stormy North Coast.

Sophon Sek was likely elated after he won B.C.’s poker championship Sunday but by Monday his luck had fizzled out.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame has been extinguished a dozen times so far due to cold, windy weather, said torch relay officials.

The British Columbia government knew seven months ago about a serious security breach involving sensitive personal information from 1,400 income-assistance clients, yet only notified the affected people last week, the Victoria Times Colonist has learned.

Two men may be facing charges after Mounties discovered a clandestine drug lab in a Richmond home.

The Vancouver Canucks are discovering close counts.

Despite declining H1N1 flu activity, the virus killed four more B.C. residents and hospitalized 105 others over the past week.

The ship’s captain tried to wait out the rough seas, but gave up after four hours and returned to Prince Rupert.

Defence lawyers in the Basi-Virk corruption case say the evidence of former lobbyist and key Crown witness Erik Bornman has been corrupted by an immunity deal he reached with prosecutors.

As the Cowichan Valley mops up from floods that forced hundreds to flee their homes last Friday, another flood watch is now in effect.

A man whose body was found in a Kamloops park Saturday had been released from police custody the night before.

A Langley woman has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to impaired driving causing death.

Nearly eight months after the initial arrests and charges in connection to the Surrey Six homicides, RCMP say another suspect has been arrested and charged.

A large fire at an inactive military base near Chilliwack Tuesday morning may have been the work of squatters, according to fire officials.

The three councillors said Tuesday that a proposed 10 per cent fare increase in 2010 and further 40 per cent by 2019 should be scrapped unless turnstiles are installed and fare evaders are taken to task.

A 69-year-old woman is dead after a disturbance at a Surrey townhouse complex early Tuesday morning.