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Clark off to Alberta Monday to meet Redford for pipeline talks
VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark says she’s off to Alberta to meet with Premier Alison Redford about British Columbia’s concerns about the Northern Gateway pipeline project.
Whitecaps host Sounders at BC Place with MLS playoff spot on line
VANCOUVER – As first-half performances go, it was a thing of beauty.
Reinhart with two goals and an assist as the Ice down the Pats 4-1
CRANBROOK, B.C. – Sam Reinhart scored two goals and assisted on one more as the Kootenay Ice defeated the visiting Regina Pats 4-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
Nelson scores in regulation, adds shootout winner as the Royals edge the Blazers
VICTORIA – Logan Nelson scored once in regulation and then the shootout winner as the Victoria Royals defeated the visiting Kamloops Blazers 4-3 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
Petryk scores twice as the Silvertips down the Giants 5-3
VANCOUVER – Reid Petryk scored twice to lead the Everett Silvertips to a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Giants on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
RCMP ask public for help locating suspect after victim dies of stab wounds
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – RCMP are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect accused of stabbing a man to death in New Westminister, B.C.
World’s oldest marathon runner jogs 5 km in inaugural Surrey, B.C. race
SURREY, B.C. –A 101-year-old runner who jogged five kilometres in 40 minutes says Sunday’s Surrey, B.C., event was too short to break a sweat.
Cheveldave makes 22 saves as the Blazers down the Royals 3-0
VICTORIA – Tim Cheveldave made 22 saves as the Kamloops Blazers blanked the host Victoria Royals 3-0 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday afternoon.
Port Mann Bridge toll accounts potentially compromised: province
VANCOUVER – Hundreds of letters have been sent to newly-registered users of a major new Vancouver-area bridge because the province says their accounts might have been compromised.
Trevor Cheek scores winner in Vancouver Giants 3-2 victory over Spokane Chiefs
VANCOUVER – Trevor Cheek’s third-period goal lifted the Vancouver Giants to a 3-2 over the Spokane Chiefs on Sunday evening in Western Hockey League action.
Canada places 4th at under-23 Pan American Cup after loss to Dominican Republic
LANGLEY, B.C. – The Trinity Western men’s volleyball team, representing Canada, was held off the podium at the under-23 Pan American Cup as it lost to the Dominican Republic 25-23, 25-15, 25-23 in the bronze medal match Sunday.
BC Premier seeks to end impasse over Enbridge oil pipeline with Alberta sit-down
VICTORIA – B.C. Premier Christy Clark heads to Alberta today to air her environmental concerns about Enbridge’s (TSX:ENB) proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline.
Judge to determine any release conditions for Swirl Face pedophile back in B.C.
VANCOUVER – RCMP with B.C.’s Child Exploitation Unit say they won’t recommend sex tourism charges against a convicted pedophile who was arrested after returning home from five years in a Thailand prison.
Telsus says proxy advisory firm ISS backs its stance in fight with Mason Capital
VANCOUVER – Telsus Inc. (TSX:T) says leading independent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. is backing management’s proposal to end the company’s dual share structure. Telus quotes ISS as saying that management’s proposal that non-voting shares be exchanged for common shares on a one-for-one basis is a meaningful step forward in the company’s governance regime.
Crew member dies as B.C., U.S. fish boats collide off Washington state
VANCOUVER – A B.C. fishing boat has docked in Ucluelet, on Vancouver Island, as its crew waits to speak with Transportation Safety Board officials about a deadly collision with a U.S. fish boat.
Canadian website looks for expanded global role, linking fishermen to consumers
VANCOUVER – Developers of a small Canadian website that has allowed consumers to trace hundreds of thousands of fish back to those who caught them are gearing up for a global presence.
Boundary Similkameen Liberal MLA John Slater would rather fight than switch
OSOYOOS, B.C. – Boundary-Similkameen Liberal MLA John Slater says he will run again in the next provincial election.
Conservation officers mull fate of nine habituated black bears near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – As many as nine black bears are patrolling a section of bush in B.C.’s southern Interior, and that’s making the residents of the Adams Lake Indian Reserve very nervous.
CUPE support staff, teaching assistants, warn of job action at B.C. universities
VANCOUVER – Unionized support staff and teaching assistants at B.C.’s five largest universities have served 72 hour strike notice.
Wife of man whose remains found in Nevada grateful for his efforts to get help
PENTICTON, B.C. – The wife of a man whose remains were found in the Nevada wilderness a year and a half after he went for help says she’s grateful he walked for 14 kilometres after their van got stuck in the mud.
Men’s eights coach and Rowing Canada end fractitious relationship
VANCOUVER – Three-time Olympic medalist Silken Laumann is blasting Rowing Canada’s decision to part ways with men’s eights coach Mike Spracklen.
Vancouver home sales in September plunge 32.5 per cent from year ago mark
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reported Tuesday home sales in September fell 32.5 per cent compared with a year ago. Sales of residential properties totalled 1,516 for the month, down from 1,649 in August and 2,246 in September 2011.
Mounties investigate possible hate crime after bacon found outside B.C. mosque
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. – Mounties are investigating the possibility of a hate crime after several piles of bacon were found outside a mosque in Port Coquitlam, B.C.
B.C. raises stink to keep crop-munching Asian stink bugs out of province
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is trying to raise a stink about a little bug that could wreak havoc on fruit and vegetable crops.