B.C.

SURREY, B.C. – A woman charged in the drunk driving death of a 22-year-old driver in Surrey, B.C., last year has pleaded guilty to the crime.

TERRACE, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board has sent part of the wreckage of a downed helicopter to France for help in the investigation of a crash near Terrace, B.C.

VANCOUVER – After another disappointing loss to Toronto FC, the Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping they can salvage the end of a five-game road trip before facing a string of tough home games.

VANCOUVER – The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, representing workers at Canfor Pulp Ltd. (TSX:CFP), says members have reached a tentative five-year deal with the company.

VANCOUVER – Juvenile sockeye salmon likely didn’t have enough food to survive as they travelled in poor conditions through British Columbia’s Georgia Strait in 2007, resulting in abysmal returns to the Fraser River two years later, a new study suggests.

NEW HAZELTON, B.C. – RCMP in northern British Columbia are searching the woods for a documentary filmmaker from the United States.

FAIRMONT HOT SPRINGS, B.C. – A mudslide has closed the northbound lane of a highway in southeastern British Columbia.

VANCOUVER – Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV:BGM) has received a permit to process ore at the QR Mill southeast of Quesnel, B.C. The company expects the mill to provide 40 jobs over at least four years and support mining jobs at the company’s Bonanza Ledge gold mine, which is expected to start up during this quarter.

VANCOUVER – Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (TSX:ADV) will spend more than $20-million to use a new deep-water dock being built in Quebec for the Sept-Iles Port Authority.

JOHNSONS LANDING, B.C. – Safety of the recovery teams and a realistic chance of finding any other victims are the two key issues as the B.C. Coroner’s Service takes command at the scene of a massive mudslide in southeastern B.C.

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Scottish international striker Kenny Miller.

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s premier is continuing her tough talk about Enbridge’s (TSX:ENB) proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project, but she says she’s still not ready to make any conclusions about it.

VANCOUVER – A prominent AIDS expert in B.C. has called on the Canadian government to sign a commitment to help end the epidemic of the disease.

VICTORIA – The Victoria region won’t be flushing raw sewage into the ocean much longer with the unveiling of plans to build a new wastewater treatment plant.

VANCOUVER – First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) says it is temporarily suspending operations at its Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in Mauritania due to strike action by some of its workers. The company says it is in the midst of a government-facilitated mediation process to resolve the strike.

VICTORIA – It’s back to the drawing board for Taseko Mines’ proposed New Prosperity copper and gold mine near Williams Lake.

COMOX, B.C. – Two sailors have been rescued in high winds and heavy seas off the northern B.C. coast in a dramatic operation that saw a rescuer swim to the disabled boat.

JOHNSONS LANDING, B.C. – Search-and-rescue crews are continuing their work with heavy equipment and excavators to recover the remains of two people who remain unaccounted for after a landslide in southeastern B.C.

VANCOUVER – The federal and B.C. governments are denying allegations in a high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit that prompted several other female Mounties to come forward with claims of abuse.