B.C.

VANCOUVER – Silver Wheaton Corp. (TSX:SLW) signed a deal Wednesday with Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM) to acquire the silver and gold production from one mine and silver production from another for US$750 million.

WEST SHORE, B.C. – No one has complained yet, but Mounties in West Shore, B.C., just west of Victoria, believe they may be on the trail of an underwear thief.

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. – A North Vancouver man appears in court today after online threats were posted on a Facebook page supporting the recent deadly shootings at a Colorado movie theatre.

VANCOUVER – A B.C. First Nation is taking its fight against open-net fish farms to Canada’s highest court.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – A passing disagreement at a northeastern B.C. bar has ended with the death of a Calgary man and two B.C. residents waiting to hear if charges against them will be upgraded to manslaughter or murder.

VANCOUVER – Those reading major newspapers in British Columbia, Alberta or Ontario over the past two days might have noticed a full-page ad placed by Calgary-based Enbridge.

VICTORIA – A badly neglected Shih Tzu named “Tiny” is alive thanks to a powerful will to survive, an observant Good Samaritan and round-the-clock care from rescuers.

VANCOUVER – Two Vancouver police officers have lost their attempt to block an external investigation into allegations they were neglectful when they decided not to warn a pregnant woman her life was in danger in the days before she was murdered.

BURNABY, B.C. – Azure Dynamics Corp. (TSX:AZD), which is operating under court protection from creditors, said Thursday it has signed a deal to sell its portfolio of patents and related rights and assets.

VICTORIA – Voting in provincial elections in B.C. could one day be just a click away.

VANCOUVER – The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that said the provincial government did not adequately consult a First Nation before the incorporation of a ski resort village near Kamloops.

GOLDEN, B.C. – The RCMP say a mountain climber is dead and another is injured after a father and son fell during an excursion on a British Columbia mountain.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The oft-maligned F-35 has passed an important development milestone by dropping its first test bomb.

VANCOUVER – Silver Wheaton Corp. (TSX:SLW), which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, said Thursday it earned US$141.4 million or 40 cents per share in its latest quarter compared with $148.1 million or 42 cents per share a year ago. Sales totalled $201.4 million, up from $194.8 million.

VANCOUVER – A planned protest over the so-called Marpole midden by the Musqueam First Nation will go ahead, despite assurances from B.C.’s aboriginals relations minister that a cash-for-land deal is close.

SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B.C. – The promise of big dollars from big trees on southern Vancouver Island at the turn of the century spurred local loggers, farmers and labourers to build one of the world’s largest and spectacular wooden railway trestles in the world.

VANCOUVER – Steakhouse chain The Keg Royalties Income Fund (TSX:KEG.UN) reports gross sales by the 102 restaurants in its royalty pool rose by $6.1 million to $118.5 million in the second quarter. The figures, which amounted to a 5.4 per cent increase over the comparable 2011 period, included a 1.8 per cent hike in consolidated same-store sales in Canada and the United States.

VANCOUVER – Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc. (TSX:ACC) had a $4 million net loss in its fiscal fourth quarter, and a $10.6 million loss for the full 2012 financial year ended May 31. The Vancouver-based company, which operates luxury seniors residences, has been losing money on its property ownership activities due to acquisitions. Revenue increased to $21.6 million in the fourth quarter, up 24 per cent from a year earlier, while annual revenue was $77.7 million in fiscal 2012 — up 18 per cent from $59.3 million in fiscal 2011.

VANCOUVER – Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has dodged a call from the Canadian Bar Association for a review of federal legal aid funding.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – After three alcohol-related deaths in recent weeks, a band near Kamloops, B.C., is looking for solutions.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A recent bank heist in Abbotsford, B.C., was literally an open and shut case — in fact, it was shut before it even opened.

VANCOUVER – Vancouver Canucks signed 2012 first-round draft pick Brendan Gaunce to a contract Monday.