The city of Abbotsford, B.C., says it needs to start recouping the costs of responding to false fire alarms and will start charging for them in the new year.

Quarterback Ricky Ray ran for two touchdowns and passed for another Friday, to lead the Edmonton Eskimos to a 45-13 victory over the B.C. Lions and a CFL playoff berth.

The union representing B.C. paramedics says Olympic organizers put pressure on the provincial government to legislate an end to the emergency responders' strike.

Brad Richards scored midway through the second period and Brenden Morrow added a power-play goal in the third to lead the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 win over Vancouver, despite a 45-save performance by Canucks rookie Cory Schneider on Friday night.

Parents who suspect their children have swine flu are putting so much pressure on the emergency room at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver that officials are asking families to keep their children home unless they have severe symptoms.

Messages of frustration over an apparent failure of the Vanoc Olympic ticket website on the day of final ticket sales are piling up in social media avenues.

British Columbia has legislated its striking paramedics back to work.

The provincial government has finally decided to look into the fact its liquor laws prohibit the serving of the time-honoured 20-ounce Imperial pint of beer in B.C.

Few companies, public or private, would be embarrassed by an independent review that concluded the following:

I was taking a shower when the Olympic torch relay came through my bathroom.

The final batch of tickets for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver went on sale Saturday, but would-be buyers were frustrated by technological glitches.

Brands of imported nut spreads have been recalled from Canadian store shelves after peanut not declared on the labels was found in the products.

The final batch of tickets for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver went on sale Saturday.

VANCOUVER — There were just a few hardy citizens lining part of Vancouver's seawall waiting for royals Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — who arrived in the city mid-morning — to visit the Olympic athletes' village on a cold, rainy day.

Transit police are asking for help identifying a sexual-assault suspect after a 14-year-old girl was groped on a SkyTrain.

H1N1 flu clinics are scheduled to continue in Prince George Monday and Tuesday, but will not operate on Wednesday during Remembrance Day.Northern Health expects to have enough flu vaccine for the priority groups scheduled the week of Nov. 9, said Eryn Collins, communications officer.That includes all high-risk priority groups: people under 65 who have chronic conditions; pregnant women in the ...

Prince George Regional Hospital has been renamed the University Hospital of Northern B.C.During the announcement, Kevin Falcon, B.C. Health Services Minister, said the role of the hospital has changed significantly over the past five years in terms of academic development, teaching, learning and research in northern health."The new name better reflects the current role of the hospital as the ...

A recent commitment by Northern Health to provide clinic training for future medical radiography students is a big step towards making the vital technology program a reality at College of New Caledonia.The clinical placements, negotiated during a recent meeting of CNC, NH and provincial government ministries, ensure the program will start in 2011.“We have committed to providing 16 clinical ...

Although it's improved slightly, the City of Prince George remains the "worst offender" for B.C. communities of its size when it comes to increases in municipal spending, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.According to a CFIB study released Thursday, the city's spending rose at 2.89 times the rate of inflation plus the city's population growth between 2000 and 2007, the highest ...

Here's a by-the-numbers look, as provided by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, of how spending by the City of Prince George looked between 2000 and 2007:- Over that time, spending rose to $122.4 million from $86.1 million, a 34.7-per-cent increase, while inflation plus Prince George's population grew by 12.02 per cent.- Divide the increase in spending by the hike in inflation plus ...

Former Progressive Conservative government leader Willard Phelps is coming out of political retirement and touting a new political alternative to the Yukon Party, Liberal and New Democratic parties.

For Daniel Stach, hitting the trails around town by ATV or snowmachine is all in a day’s work – that and a whole lot more.

Close to two weeks after the territorial government started doling out the H1N1 shot, 13,851 Yukoners have been vaccinated.

The Yukon Aboriginal Sports Circle is hosting the annual Yukon Championships for Inuit and Dene Games this weekend.

It didn’t come as a shock to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell that second reading of a bill to abolish the long-gun registry passed in the House of Commons onWednesday.