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VANCOUVER - As Nigel Reo-Coker began what he described as a North American "adventure" on Friday, he was still getting to know his Vancouver Whitecaps. But after playing in England for more than a decade, Reo-Coker already recognized a key issue.

The unions and guilds representing sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s film and TV industry workers are stepping up efforts to raise awareness of their industry’s impact on the local economy – and the latest initiative is taking a unique twist.

Patients will be able to talk by phone with family physicians as part of a new program announced today by the provincial ministry of health and the BC Medical Association. The province-wide $132.4 million program comes into effect April 1.

VANCOUVER - With his first season of major junior hockey not even complete, Seth Jones is already being ticketed for NHL stardom.

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a man at the centre of a miscarriage of justice in a gang-rape case says his client wants to return to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and appeal the conviction.

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps' season opener is more than two weeks away, but coach Martin Rennie already faces some challenging decisions on his starting lineup.

A U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) judge ruled last week that more than a dozen electricity wholesalers – including Powerex, a wholly owned subsidiary of BC Hydro – were guilty of market manipulation in California in 2000.

Premier Christy Clark yesterday elaborated on her plan to invest $76 million on child care during the next three years – a proposal mentioned in the February 19 budget.

Anti-poverty activists were out protesting at Pidgin restaurant again Tuesday, vowing they will continue the daily demonstrations until the trendy new eatery in Vancouver’s impoverished Downtown Eastside moves.

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark enters the next provincial election attempting to sell her "families first" image with a pair of budget promises aimed at parents — first to care for children when they are young and then to educate t