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By DeLynda Pilon - Prince George Free Press Published: May 17, 2013 9:00 AM Updated: May 17, 2013 9:28 AM Although the Liberals won the election, leader Christy Clark lost her seat to NDP rival, David Eby.

Surrey BC Liberals Stephanie Cadieux , Marvin Hunt and Gordon Hogg say they have not been asked about stepping aside to make way for Premier Christy Clark's byelection.

Premier Christy Clark sits with her son, Hamish, at the Vancouver airport in Richmond, B.C., before leaving on a holiday together Premier Christy Clark sits with her son, Hamish, at the Vancouver airport in Richmond, B.C., before leaving on a holiday together Premier Christy Clark said a number of her caucus members have offered to step aside so ... (more)

By Marco Terwiel - Maple Ridge News Published: May 17, 2013 3:00 AM Updated: May 17, 2013 11:39 AM Candidates floated some lofty ideas and promises around the issue of child poverty to attract votes in the provincial election.

The Baitur Rahman Mosque will host inter-faith dialogue and community activities with people of all religions, officials say.

The world of male sports is often described as a macho, intolerant place where anything outside of heterosexual norms is met derisively and attacked as a weakness.

John Guenther looks over a city map in his office. He stepped down as the City of Revelstoke's Director of Planning this week.

By Grant Granger - New Westminster News Leader Published: May 15, 2013 3:00 PM Updated: May 17, 2013 4:52 PM The mayor dropped the tidbit during a state-of-the-city address to a chamber of commerce luncheon at the Columbia Theatre on Wednesday.

Planned route of coal barges from Fraser Surrey Docks' proposed direct transfer coal export terminal to a transhipment point on Texada Island, where coal would be loaded onto ocean-going ships.

Capt. Gabe Roder says Vancouver fire crews responded to about a dozen barbecue fires last year, which caused more than $95,000 in damage combined.

Allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been caught in a video smoking crack cocaine has prompted several online crowdsourcing campaigns aimed at raising $200,000 to buy the footage.

PASSING THE TORCH OF VICTORY: B.C. Liberal Michelle Stilwell accepts congratulations from former B.C. Liberal MLA Ron Cantelon after Stilwell won the Parksville Qualicum Beach constituency Tuesday night.

A Vancouver printing company believes they have uncovered an international LSD trafficking ring that is shipping drugs using their name.

A recent study in Ontario shows it costs a district at least an extra $75,000 a year to create a new French immersion class.

FedEx Freight Canada, a subsidiary of FedEx, has held an opening ceremony for its new service center for the Vancouver, British Columbia, area.

Witnesses say the fire at the building in the 33500 block of 3rd Avenue broke out at around 3:30 a.m. PT Friday and quickly tore through the two-storey structure.

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WHITE ROCK, BC:MAY 15, 2013 -- Robert MacDonald reenacts the moment he found the engagement ring Jordan Remple dropped in the water while proposing to his fiance Jodi Hodge while on the pier in White Rock, BC, May, 15, 2013.

Plans have been on the books for decades for a Whistler-style ski resort and village with hotels, about 55 kilometres from the town of Invermere.