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Bill McArthur says he was five years old when he arrived at the Woodlands School in British Columbia, and the beatings started right away.

The former Woodlands School following a fire in 2006 during a renovation of the buildings to turn them into condos.

Metro Vancouver architects, who have designed municipal buildings or structures, are increasingly being cut out of the municipal tendering process.

A man made off with cash last Wednesday after using a weapon to hold up a Maple Ridge liquor store.

Burnaby RCMP and New Westminster Police have arrested four suspected members of a dial a dope operation.

Zdenka Ignatovic and grandson Brandon Pesic, whose mother, Alexandra Pesic, was murdered by plotting family members following a nasty breakup.

UPDATE: The escaped youth was recaptured Tuesday. His name and photo have been removed from this story.

In a rare move, Surrey RCMP are releasing the name and picture of a teen who they call a "prolific offender." Police say they got special permission from the Crown to say they're trying to locate 17- year old Corey Real Gatey.

More than six years and millions of dollars have evaporated since a plan to replace New Westminster secondary school was approved, but the district appears no closer to putting a shovel in the ground than when the project was announced in May 2003.

New Westminster is considering a novel way to give hill-challenged cyclists a lift.

There's a new copper collector in town. Many NOW readers grew accustomed to dropping Pennies for Presents donations off at the paper's old office, where they were greeted by longtime receptionist Gina Gourley.

An RCMP forensic identification officer testified Tuesday that he photographed three separate impressions that may have been made by footwear on the body of a man allegedly murdered by a former Highlands councillor and his sons.

Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk is just back on the ground after six months in space, but he's already talking about going back up.

A 63-year-old man has been arrested for the 2004 murder of a 79-year-old neighbour in the Columbia Hotel, Vancouver police announced today.

Has any school construction project in B.C. been as complicated as the plan to replace New Westminster secondary school? Although the province agreed to fund the project years ago, the district has yet to turn sod.

Record-setting Canadian astronaut back on Earth Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk waves after his return to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule that landed near the town of Arkalyk, in northern Kazakhstan.

Harold Wellenbrink is in the unique position of receiving the supreme honours from two of British Columbia's most historic classic vehicle organizations and being president of a third.

This weekend marks the annual Christmas celebration at Overlynn mansion, with event proceeds going to Seton Villa seniors' housing.

Accused serial killer Robert William Pickton sits in a courtroom in New Westminster, B.C. Jan.

Members of St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Abbosford might have to find a new place to worship, following a B.C. Supreme Court decision on a long battle with the Diocese of New Westminster.