VICTORIA — Residents of Metro Vancouver will be asked to agree to pay an extra 0.5 per cent sales tax after the province approved a plebiscite on funding major upgrades to the regional transportation network.
VICTORIA — British Columbia needs to appoint a crime-fighting boss who can cut through provincial, municipal and social bureaucracies to build unified crime-prevention teams, say government reports released Thursday.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's chief inspector of mines is allowing the owner of the Mount Polley mine to start repairs on the tailings pond that breached, sending a surge of mine waste and water into nearby lakes and rivers.
QUEBEC — Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz is again ruling out running for the federal Liberals in next year's election.
HALIFAX — The Mounties have charged a 30-year-old South African woman with assault after an international flight was diverted to Halifax on Wednesday.
OTTAWA — An organization that was formally branded a terrorist organization last spring has been denied permission by Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney to raise money to fight the move.