Local News from British Columbia

The number of deaths in Canada being blamed on a nationwide outbreak of listeriosis is now eight, up from the five reported on Wednesday.

Zoom airline passengers who bought their tickets for flight on the grounded airline in B.C. may be eligible for last resort refunds from a special industry fund set up to cover such collapses.

A bar owner in Chilliwack, B.C., says the local chamber of commerce and city council are being unfair when they attack his decision to transform his business into a strip club.

Canadians who get salaries can expect an average increase of 3.5 per cent in 2009, a survey from compensation and benefit consultants Morneau Sobeco suggests.

An earthquake shook the ocean floor off the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, 191 kilometres west of Port Alice, B.C., early Thursday in the latest in a swarm of tremors this week.

Trail, B.C., native Jason Bay drove in four runs, Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam and Boston routed the listless Yankees 11-3 on Wednesday night, putting an emphatic dent in New York's dwindling playoff chances.

An unusually large swarm of tremors is rocking the ocean floor off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Fruit growers in B.C.'s southern Okanagan valley are counting their losses after unseasonally brutal weather destroyed much of this year's crop.

B.C.'s top health officer says health-care workers are ready if the number of cases of mumps jumps dramatically once school resumes next month.

All five regional health authorities in B.C. have released the names of facilities where meat products linked to a nationwide outbreak of listeriosis were served.

A new poll suggests more than half of B.C. residents think it's time for a new party to take the provincial reins of power.

Petro-Canada says its gas stations that have run out of fuel should be back to normal by next week, now that a key piece of equipment has been fixed at its Edmonton refinery.

A drinking contest went horribly wrong when a young man died of what police believe was alcohol poisoning on the weekend, RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., said Wednesday.

The Vancouver coastal health authority will consider banning deli meats in its hospitals, seniors' homes and care facilities because of a deadly listeria outbreak across the country, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Two Vancouver men have been arrested and charged following complaints of fraudulent real estate transactions totalling more than $30 million, police said.