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Hunt returned to tourism board

Hunt returned to tourism board

Lillian Hunt of Alert Bay’s U’mista Cultural Centre was returned for a one-year term to Tourism Vancouver Island's Board of Directors
Vandal trashes Port Hardy nursery planters

Vandal trashes Port Hardy nursery planters

Vandal witnessed trashing flower boxes at Port Hardy's Get Growing.
Legal aid gets rare boost for family cases

Legal aid gets rare boost for family cases

Victoria and Vancouver now have staff lawyers, pilot program to expand to three other B.C. centres to handle parent disputes
Province pledges e-cigarette regulation if feds won't act

Province pledges e-cigarette regulation if feds won't act

Health minister stresses need for sale restrictions, non-committal on extending smoking bans to 'vaping'
B.C. cities demand greater oil pipeline scrutiny, safety

B.C. cities demand greater oil pipeline scrutiny, safety

Kinder Morgan pipeline twinning draws resolutions from Burnaby, Vancouver and Victoria at UBCM convention
Premier wants municipal pay to be election issue

Premier wants municipal pay to be election issue

Christy Clark says she'll wait until after November elections to talk with new councils about reining in pay for union, management staff
Province floats gas tax shift to ferries

Province floats gas tax shift to ferries

Transportation Minister Todd Stone's idea for BC Ferries funding called 'red herring'
Cities want licensed medical marijuana grows revealed

Cities want licensed medical marijuana grows revealed

Public safety tops pot privacy concerns for municipal leaders in UBCM debate

Fire ban lifted

Return of rains to North Island ends summer prohibition on open fires, fireworks.
'Namgis secure government backing for hydro project

'Namgis secure government backing for hydro project

Public-private partnership loan to help band build equity in Kokish run-of-river project.