Comox Valley RCMP have issued a province-wide Amber Alert for a 10-year-old girl who police believe was abducted by her stepfather, who may be suicidal.

The young man behind the wheel in a March 2006 accident that killed three Nanaimo teens is being sued by the fourth, who survived but is severely disabled.

Nanaimo is a hotspot for car-train collisions, according to a Southern Vancouver Island Railway spokesman.

The Anaheim Ducks signed former Nanaimo Clippers goaltender David LeNeveu to a one-year contract on Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Somewhere between his takeoff and landing, Mike Mason knows if he's going to complete a jump cleanly or bring the bar down to the mat with him. As a high jumper, success is determined within a split second.

A woman in a yellow tank top and white shorts walks the centre line of Haliburton Street flailing her arms around her head of wavy brown hair, which hangs past her shoulders.

It should come as no surprise to Premier Gordon Campbell that 60% of Canadians in a recent poll say that a national carbon tax is a bad idea. In B.C., the carbon tax has made for a strange mix of politics.

Do you really have to wait an hour to swim after eating? A: It's best not to take a dip immediately after eating, according to the Children's Safety Association of Canada, a national organization that works to prevent unintentional injuries.

It sounds like one of those flashbacks and/or flash-forwards Lost has become famous for. TV's most enigmatic -- and compelling -- serialized mystery may be about to win back the Emmy nomination for outstanding dramatic series that has eluded it the past two years.

Dear Dating Girl: I am a 41-year-old single mom (never been married) and I met a 45-year-old single dad (also never been married) 10 months ago. We had our own homes, shared time together every day and shared our bed.

Nanaimo is a great destination for tourists, but how many of us who live here get out and enjoy what this city has to offer? It's close, it's relatively cheap and once on the shores of the sea-shell-littered beaches, it feels like Nanaimo is a million miles away.

Hunger doesn't take a summer holiday. That's why Nanaimo Foodshare is holding their annual Summer Lunch Munch program again, running July 7 to Aug. 22.

The question ending the Crown's case at the trial of three men accused of manslaughter at a Nanaimo nightclub in October 2006 is how the fatal blows were inflicted on 20-year-old Michael Brophy.

A new blueprint for downtown development has caught the attention of Nanaimo's business community.

A Nanaimo teen spent his birthday in court on Monday facing charges in connection with a drunken dispute that led to his roommate being stabbed. The 17-year-old youth was arrested at a Wakesiah Avenue apartment around 9:30 p.m. Saturday when neighbours reported a fight to police.

Got your cheque yet? The majority of British Columbians should have received their non-taxable, one-time $100 climate action dividend cheque by now, says Finance Minister Colin Hansen.

B.C. Ferries staff needing cellphone accessories are being told to go to a company owned by the vice-chairman of the B.C. Ferry Authority.

CAMPBELL RIVER - Catalyst Paper is permanently closing the pulp portion of its Elk Falls mill near Campbell River, putting 440 people out of work. The decision affects about half of the Elk Fall mill's total operation and its 875 total employees.

SHANGHAI - A 22-year-old B.C. model who was found dead in China earlier this week may have been the victim of a botched break-and-enter, her boyfriend said Tuesday.

Catalyst Paper is permanently shutting its pulp mill near Campbell River, putting 440 people out of work. It is the third major industrial shutdown for the area this year.