British Columbia News

Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 6:08 p.m. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Art Savage, the majority owner of the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, has died.

Residents of Duncan, B.C., rescued a car from the flooded streets Friday. The flood situation on Vancouver Island has improved dramatically as floodwaters recede, but officials warn more rain is on the way.

The British Columbia government is investigating a major security breach after police discovered the personal records of 1,400 income-assistance clients in the home of a government employee, the Victoria Times Colonist has learned.

A 24-year-old Vancouver entrepreneur beat out competition from around the world to win the 2009 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards .

A Mountie in B.C.'s Cariboo region is facing criminal charges and an internal investigation after allegedly assaulting a prisoner this summer.

People with arthritis and leading Canadian and international researchers will share the stage under the theme "Decoding Arthritis - A Joint Effort" when the Canadian Arthritis Network hosts its 2009 Annual Scientific Conference beginning tonight, in Vancouver, BC.

ALICE IN CHAINS ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, NEW SINGLE "YOUR DECISION" HITS RADIO DECEMBER 7 Alice in Chains Alice In Chains have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2, 2010.

A Cowichan Valley resident takes a trip through town in his canoe. Flood waters on the Cowichan River and Koksilah River have forced the evacuation of about 300 to 400 homes in the Cowichan Valley and Duncan area of southeast Vancouver Island, officials have confirmed.

An Olympic housing plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy.

A northwestern B.C. First Nation has passed a historic law allowing Nisga'a citizens to own their own property, in New Aiyansh, north of Terrace, B.C. After years of consultations with Nisga'a communities in the Nass Valley and in Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Terrace, the Nisga'a have passed Nisga'a Landholding Transition Act.

A story about a six-year-old native boy who leaves home with his sister to enter a residential school has won the $25,000 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.

Three-year-old Lucy, comforted by father Ronan Oger, gets the H1N1 vaccine from nurse Michelle Sims at Mount Pleasant Community Centre Nov.

Shaun Richard Funk, 35, was arrested by Regina police late Wednesday night. Regina police have arrested a man facing sexual assault charges in British Columbia.

TACOMA, Wash. - Three separate mudslides Tuesday night caused Amtrak to suspend train service between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. on Wednesday.

This Vancouver estate is home to heartthrob vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight: New Moon , opening in movie theaters on Nov.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake quake shook west-central British Columbia around 7:30 a.m. followed by a series of quick aftershocks, seismologists said.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says he takes responsibility for the party being "knocked around" in recent weeks.

Australian rockers AIRBOURNE have been added to MOTLEY CRUE 's "The Dead Of Winter" Canadian tour in January/February. Also appearing on the bill as "special guests" is THE JOE PERRY PROJECT .

A $26.9 million highway construction project that once seemed dead in the water appears to have been resuscitated.

Intrawest ULC has agreed to sell its Copper Mountain ski resort in Colorado to Powdr Corp.