The federal government's new child benefit that rolls out this week is expected to lift almost 300,000 children out of poverty by 2017.
The B.C. Lottery Corp. is taking online novelty bets on the American election, and spokesman Doug Cheng says there has been rapid growth in wagers since presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's campaign began to gain momentum.
VANCOUVER — A competitive skier from Utah is crediting a new technique at Vancouver General Hospital for a swift recovery from a brain injury she suffered in Whistler, B.C.
The single-vehicle crash caused a flood of thick neon green and white sludge to spill over the road as the truck lay on its side.
"They never told me, really," Parviz Tanavoli said minutes after emerging from the international arrivals section of the Vancouver airport on Monday afternoon.
City spokesman Paul Lockwood said the fire began in the Flavelle Sawmill Co. Ltd.'s conveyor system before spreading to a nearby pile of wood chips.