Time for everyone to get H1N1 shot

VICTORIA – All B.C. residents are now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, and the provincial health officer is hoping that available supplies available around the province are used up as soon as possible. Dr. Perry Kendall said Thursday the demand... more

• HST rebate increased for new homes
• New HST housing rebates proposed
• Town spending unsustainable: CFIB report

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Short bench meant Demons possessed game

With the run of H1N1 in the Hazeltons and injuries still plaguing the Wolverines, the extremely short bench resulted in a 15-1 loss to the Kitimat Ice Demons in Kitimat on the weekend. The Wolverines only had 11 skaters on the... more

• Wolverines iced in weekend series
• Steelheads secure victory over River Kings
• Gryphons clinch provincials

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Chinese builders take to B.C. wood

ICTORIA – The familiar whine of the Skilsaw isn't heard on residential construction sites in China. In the coastal city of Yangpu, workers are hauling high-grade B.C. lumber up to the roof of a six-storey concrete apartment building, then cutting... more > more

Smithers Remembers

• SLIDESHOW: Remembrance Day in Smithers  
• Telkwa Remembers
• Hit and run

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Singing to the top

Setting a Guinness world record and being part of the second best Sweet Adelines chorus in the world wasn’t what Phyllis Bunker set out to do; she just wanted to celebrate the joy of singing and feel a sense of... more

• Wireless reaches far corners of B.C.

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An old sailor goes to Afghanistan

VICTORIA – Remembrance Day reveries about the sacrifice of our ancestors weren’t much on my family’s mind this year. My eldest brother landed at Kandahar Air Field some time in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 11 and spent the day moving... more

• Paperwork not a worthy reward for physical activity
• Those fickle fiscal numbers
• An old sailor goes to Afghanistan

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