Ever wondered how much Olympic athletes get paid for winning medals?The numbers may surprise you: the United Kingdom, host of this year's summer Olympics in London, pays its athletes nothing, while ...

The head of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs said that selling BC's coast and rivers is not the way Premier Clark should be fighting against Alberta's oil agenda.

Eli Pivnick has faith in resilient local communities to create a future that doesn't depend on fossil fuels. A Kamloops-based teacher and wilderness guide with a deep interest in climate change, Eli ...

Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler together at last. It’s fun for them and maybe a good career move but a only mixed bag of a movie for us. Your alternatives this week include a great deal of suspense and ...

Tony Clement has gone from rising political star to floundering minister immersed in controversy.

[cat-description]Destination British Columbia uses virtual reality to attract tourists [VIDEO] "We just really wanted to make it an interactive experience, on top of being immersive, and give people ...

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Three people are trapped in a room full of angry Commercial Drive residents: a homeless man, a drug addict, and a developer. Which one’s still alive come morning? Amidst worries about the ...

Also Drac and family go on vacation, Mexican migrants make the best of it in New York, a telemarketer learns power selling, a teen fights depression and one man’s ideas to change soccer ...

Foreign nationals who buy real estate in Metro Vancouver would pay an additional property transfer tax of 15 per cent under legislation introduced Monday by the British Columbia government.

Could you take a three-minute shower? How about fewer toilet flushes, or turning off the tap while brushing your teeth? The mayor of a British Columbia desert town wants people across the province to ...

Young women and fresh faces marked Prime Minister Harper's cabinet shuffle today. Former Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq replaced Peter Kent as environment minister, becoming the first Inuk in that ...