British Columbia - Canada

A new poll suggests that Canadians see substantial benefits from the 2010 Olympic Games for Canada, for B.C. and for the city of Vancouver.

An argument over a stolen cellphone appears to have triggered a brawl involving more than two dozen Victoria-area teenagers that resulted in two youths requiring hospital treatment early Saturday morning, police say.

It's finally snowing on Vancouver's Cypress Mountain ski hill but not enough to ease concerns that the El Nino weather pattern B.C. is experiencing could lead to water shortages and forest fires this summer.

Canada Border Services agents discovered four kilograms of heroin hidden in two suitcases belonging to a man who arrived in Vancouver on a flight from India during the Olympics.

Vancouver Canucks forward Jannik Hansen notched his fourth career game-winning goal and second in as many games to cap a come-from-behind 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

Charities that depend on gaming grants are pondering legal action against the B.C. government following word this week of extensive funding cutbacks.

The B.C. Lions began clearing up their logjam at quarterback by releasing Buck Pierce on Tuesday, one day after Casey Printers agreed to a contract extension.

B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he has a plan to market health-care services to rich, offshore patients similar to the way the province sells higher education to foreign students.

Thousands of B.C. residents who switched to new natural gas providers after deregulation are now paying significantly more than market rates and discovering they can't get out of multi-year contracts.

The B.C. government says Winston Blackmore brought what turned out to be an unsuccessful prosecution on himself by openly practising polygamy.

Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday denied reports by the Wall Street Journal that the automaker plans to recall the Prius model involved in Monday's high-profile case of unintended acceleration in San Diego.

Vancouver Island beekeepers say 90 per cent of their hives have been wiped out by a lethal combination of disease and a long summer last year, threatening the future of dozens of producers.

A Penticton, B.C., teenager has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 25-year-old man from Windsor, Ont.

The list of processed foods being recalled because of salmonella fears continues to expand as authorities in Canada and the U.S. track down tainted products.

A Vancouver Island First Nation's blockade nearly turned violent over the weekend when a protester armed with an axe attempted to stop a truck that was pushing its way through the impromptu roadblock.