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Equipment already in place on Okanagan Mountain where the regional district hopes to locate a new radio repeater as part of a $1.6-million upgrade to the emergency fire dispatch system.

Family members of a 22-year-old man from British Columbia who vanished in Mexico two weeks ago are concerned he may have been kidnapped.

The Langley Speedway is one of only three sites in B.C. to host a NASCAR race. A Metro Vancouver committee is considering a proposal to re-open the Langley Speedway that closed almost three decades ago.

By Paul Rudan - Campbell River Mirror Published: May 16, 2013 2:00 PM Updated: May 16, 2013 2:56 PM It wasn't the happiest smile though, as she simply pointed to the television screen and the numbers showing another majority government for the BC Liberal Party.

Thick grey smoke could be seen billowing into the air in Brackendale, signalling to residents of Squamish that someone's house was on fire.

Clint Schoening of West Kelowna has been identified as the man killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday night on East Side Road.

Brad Deering, 42, was shot outside his home in Escazu, near the capital San Jose, Costa Rican police said in a statement on their Facebook page.

Adrian Dix was inside the Hitching Post Restaurant drinking from a mug stamped with twin six-shooters while outside on the old mining town's main street, with dusk starting to cover the mountaintops, his campaign workers were counting potential seats in what appeared to be a shoe-in win.

Nigel Wright has resigned as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, following revelations he wrote a $90,000 cheque to repay improperly claimed housing expenses for Senator Mike Duffy.

Each week, three bands square off to qualify for the finals of CIVL Radio's Battle of the Bands, where local acts compete for a variety of prizes and community exposure.

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.