B.C. News Headlines

A 67-year-old man from Salt Spring Island, B.C., has been killed in Mexico, police there confirm.

A B.C. woman who claims a toothbrush broke in her mouth, causing her severe pain and thousands of dollars in dental and legal bills, is suing the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The community of Abbotsford, B.C., has shed the title of homicide capital of Canada, and police are crediting a provocative campaign against gangs as making the difference.

DUNCAN, B.C. - The RCMP in B.C. are investigating a sex assault on an 83-year-old woman in a hospital and a separate attack on a 102-year-old man.

Two people escaped serious injury when a helicopter crashed Tuesday morning north of Fort St. John, B.C.

A 67-year-old man from Salt Spring Island, B.C., has been killed in Mexico, police there confirm.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in her own bedroom in Coquitlam, B.C.

A 48-year-old Duncan, B.C., man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a fellow patient at the Cowichan District Hospital on Vancouver Island.

VANCOUVER - Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III) says the board of its of Huckleberry Mines Ltd. joint venture has approved an expansion plan to extend the life of the B.C. copper mine to 2021.

B.C.'s chief medical health officer and police are warning about the dangers of ecstasy after a slew of overdoses in recent months.

Corryn Brown, a 16-year-old curler from Kamloops, B.C., has been chosen Canada’s flag-bearer at the first-ever Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

A man who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old Coquitlam, B.C., girl has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, but will serve just over half the sentence because of double credit for time already served.

The B.C. government has raised the threshold forthe homeowner property grant to $1.285 million to accommodate rising property values.

A couple whose children were removed from their home and eventually returned say the B.C. government caused needless suffering by keeping the family apart for almost four years.

PEMBERTON, B.C. - Three skiers in southwestern B.C. have been injured in three separate avalanches since New Year's Day.