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An overextended garage lands a dishonest B.C. man in prison Norman Porter has learned it does not pay to cheat. The Victoria-area man built a $60,000 garage and then discovered [...]

A fired B.C. cabinet minister loses almost everything after sexual harassment charges The price of 'inappropriate touching' is particularly high in British Columbia. Former NDP MLA and cabinet minister Robin [...]

United Furniture Warehouse's catchy television ads are familiar to most western Canadians. But the B.C.-based company is now becoming known for more than its hummable theme song. Its founder, John [...]

A businessman credits his faith for the motivation to donate millions to a shelter United Furniture Warehouse's catchy television ads are familiar to most western Canadians. But the B.C.-based company [...]

Weight Watchers has not yet established a kiddie korps. But this may only be a matter of time. A new study claims that the body-image neurosis has filtered down to [...]

A couple are fighting for custody of their six-year-old son. The mother is what is politely referred to as a 'sex-trade worker.' She accused the father of violence, but the [...]

The federal New Democratic Party was once militant, but as its ideas became mainstream, it lost its distinctiveness. Now many members and the overwhelming majority of voters wonder why it [...]

Protest makes a comeback on both the left and right The federal New Democratic Party was once militant, but as its ideas became mainstream, it lost its distinctiveness. Now many [...]

Girls as young as five have started to count their calories Weight Watchers has not yet established a kiddie korps. But this may only be a matter of time. A [...]

A B.C. judge rules that prostitution is no barrier to child custody A couple are fighting for custody of their six-year-old son. The mother is what is politely referred to [...]

If you saw an older man snapping a young girl's bra strap, you might look at him in disgust or yell at him to leave the girl alone. But would [...]

The political status of victims increasingly determines the severity of punishment If you saw an older man snapping a young girl's bra strap, you might look at him in disgust [...]

Stroppy students once scribbled complaints about their schools, teachers and classmates furtively on blackboards and bathroom walls. Now the Internet lets them vent their spleen globally. The Vancouver School Board [...]

A Web site popular with Vancouver students has teachers crying 'hate' Stroppy students once scribbled complaints about their schools, teachers and classmates furtively on blackboards and bathroom walls. Now the [...]

The 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 was the deadliest act of aviation terrorism ever. The explosion off the coast of Ireland, which killed 329 people, most of whom [...]

Alleged intimidation of witnesses in the Air India bombing could sabotage the trial The 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 was the deadliest act of aviation terrorism ever. The [...]

As both a respected civil servant for three decades in B.C., and then later as a highly regarded commentator, Mel Smith was not one to let passion cloud reason. Always [...]

Constitutional expert Mel Smith dies, his warnings still largely unheeded As both a respected civil servant for three decades in B.C., and then later as a highly regarded commentator, Mel [...]

After finding sanctuary in Canada, a Vietnamese refugee is ordained a Catholic priest Hien Minh Nguyen has suffered much. As a child, the 27-year-old hid from authorities in Communist Vietnam [...]

A Canadian ship will again penetrate the Northwest Passage to commemorate the success of the intrepid St Roch 60 years ago RCMP Sergeant Henry Larsen's voyage through the Northwest Passage [...]

Homosexual activists exploit a youthful suicide to further their educational agenda After furious protest from parents, the B.C. Teachers' Federation voted overwhelmingly last week to encourage 'gay-straight alliances' in middle [...]

A Russian nobleman escaped communism in life, but can't escape Canada's courts in death Mikhail Vladimirovitch Kournossoff was an exceptionally generous man. The Russian aristocrat, who executed a daring escape [...]

The broadcast council reprimands a B.C. radio host for insulting Christians Canada's broadcast media seem to have a double standard when it comes to Christianity. Last year, for example, the [...]

Delgamuukw's time bombs detonate as B.C. Indians begin to seize crown land Confrontations with angry Indian leaders are nothing new for Indian Affairs ministers, September 29 will be noted as [...]

It is a public health issue that has reached epidemic proportions. No, not AIDS--obesity. Or so many doctors maintain. A new Canadian pressure group plans to fight the battle of [...]

Robert Scott Hutchinson might wish he had run over a derelict in Richmond April 9, 1998. Hutchinson, 31, pleaded guilty in Vancouver Provincial Court to leaving the scene of an [...]

The Vancouver Province recently extolled the feel-good story of two foster children living in Port Moody: Brent Power, 18, and Peter Kazymerchyk, 17. 'Power says he never knew family life [...]