A violent storm in Hecate Strait early Monday forced BC Ferries to turn a Skidegate-bound vessel back and return to Prince Rupert.

Vancouver restaurant owners will no longer face a strict limit on how much alcohol they can sell, city Coun. Heather Deal said Monday.

Paige Cooper, Isabella Bardua and Jared and Elizabeth Hughes are too young to remember public skating at the open-air arena at Robson Square in downtown Vancouver. For nearly a decade the oval underneath Robson Street has gathered leaves in the fall, and dust the rest of the year.

When the B.C. Court of Appeal tossed out the complaint from the female ski jumpers last week, it also clarified who actually calls the shots regarding both the 2010 Winter Games and the Olympic movement.

Abbotsford council approved a plan Monday night for a Canuck Place children's hospice in Abbotsford that would eliminate the long trip to Vancouver's facility for hundreds of sick children and their families.

When Kimberly Friesen leapt into the raging Quesnel River to save an eight-year-old boy it took her breath away — literally.

Celebrating the life of SFU quarterback Bernd Dittrich.

If you’re seeing a lot of moustachioed men walking around, that’s because it’s Movember.The local version of a nationwide fundraiser to further the awareness of issues surrounding prostate cancer is a ‘Pounds for Pennies’ liftoff that will be held on Saturday at X Conditioning, 505 Second Ave.X Conditioning team members Jay, Mike and Dallas will be lifting at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. and taking ...

A man has been killed in an apparent hit-and-run incident near 200th Street and 59th Avenue in Langley, B.C.

A middle-aged man was found dead near an intersection in Langley Monday night, a possible victim of a hit-and-run driver.

The forgotten man is easy to spot in the bowels of GM Place.

Critics have long questioned whether the Northern Adventure ferry is suitable for the stormy waters off B.C.'s north coast, and Monday's aborted voyage, which saw the vessel return to shore because of high winds, is bound to add to the controversy.

The deadline for nominations is drawing near.The opportunity to add someone to the list of those who could join the 52 athletes, coaches and builders already inducted into the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame.The most-recent induction ceremony was in 2008, and the next banquet is slated to take place on April 10, 2010, at the Kinsmen Hall. To date, the nomination committee has received just ...

If not for a ridiculous effort from an opposition goaltender, the Prince George Integris Credit Union bantam Cougars, the city’s Tier 2 team, would’ve been in gold contention.The Cougars finished fourth in a weekend event in Grand Prairie, but not without getting off to a frustrating start against the hosts.Grande Prairie goalie Jayden Lavalley stopped an incredible 70 shots in the tournament’s ...

A 15-month-old Ontario boy fell to his death from a balcony at Toronto's Pearson International Airport Sunday evening after slipping from mother's arms.

Midwives in B.C. are raising the alarm about a potential slowdown in the province's only registered midwife training program.

U.S. government safety regulators are recalling more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by B.C.-based Stork Craft Manufacturing, the biggest crib recall in U.S. history.

The Prince George Cougars have acquired 18-year-old winger Spencer Asuchak from the Tri-City Americans for a conditional 2010 bantam draft choice.Asuchak, who lived in Prince George from Grade 2 to Grade 7 and played for the peewee rep team, is six-foot-four and 210 pounds, and has 50 games of WHL experience.For more, see Tuesday's Citizen.

The search remains ongoing for a Williams Lake man whose been missing for nearly two weeks.Tyler Walton, 25, was last seen on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.He's described as an outgoing person, in good physical shape, about 5'11" tall and 150 lbs and wears his hear at medium length and normally has a full beard.Police have made numerous inquiries but despite this, no leads have surfaced to explain Walton's ...

Trevor the dog is back in city custody, after being spotted on the street without his muzzle.

The Yukon’s mining industry heard about the worldwide recession, but it really didn’t feel it, government geologist Mike Burke said this morning in his address to the 37th Yukon Geoscience Forum in Whitehorse.

Air Canada has added another 70 seats per day to its Vancouver route for the Christmas season.

The excitement was almost bursting out of Takhini Arena this weekend; there wasn’t a parking spot to be found, and a line up of excited hockey fans wound its way through the parking lot.

The outdoor skating rink at Robson Square in the heart of downtown Vancouver has been reopened for the first time in nearly 10 years.

Technology from Richmond-based Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) will be used in two of the latest Russian communication...

The majority of Canadian employers still do not have a policy addressing the use of wireless devices while driving,...

Games spinoffs not as widespread as politicians initially predicted Countdown: 12 weeks until the...

Incidents of economic crime including corporate fraud, theft and money laundering continue to rise in Canada, according to a...

A Korn/Ferry survey released Thursday found that compensation for first-year executives declined globally for the first time in five...