NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2008

A massive blaze burned down a condominium building under construction and caused extensive damage to another at a real estate development site in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday afternoon.

The deadly AIDS virus first began spreading among humans at the turn of the 20th century in sub-Saharan Africa, just as modern cities were emerging in the region, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday

Calgary police unveiled an 11-month investigation today that has resulted in more than 250 criminal charges against 34 people

Organizers of the 2010 Games will spend $40 million buying up every major supply of public advertising space throughout the Lower Mainland.

British Columbians will go to the polls for two provincial byelections on October 29.

The International Gymnastics Federation has concluded that members of the gold-medal winning Chinese women's gymnastics team were old enough to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

A 17-year-old female ski jumper has become the first active Canadian athlete to join a lawsuit over the sport's exclusion from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Hikers in eastern California have found identification and pieces of clothing that may have belonged to missing U.S. millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett

In a move that is sure to stir up debate, the British Columbia Automobile Association is offering so-called medical wait-list insurance for the first time ever in Canada.

BC Ferries will reduce the number of trips for three of its major routes after the Thanksgiving long weekend

Vancouver city council voted Tuesday afternoon to give a green light to low-speed electric vehicles.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid her husband's real estate and investment firm nearly $100,000 from her political action committee over the past decade, a practice that she voted to ban last year and that her party condemned as part of the "culture of corr

A would-be concert ticket buyer in Regina is concerned about the amount of personal information demanded by show venues.

An Independent candidate whose campaign material raised the ire of the federal Conservative party has lost his fight in a Calgary courtroom.

A prominent Toronto radio station has apologized Wednesday for an on-air joke that described Newfoundlanders as inbred.

OTTAWA -- A new poll suggests the Bloc Quebecois is continuing to regain ground that slipped away in mid-campaign, while the Conservative lead over the Liberals has risen to 12 points.

TORONTO -- The most recent election campaign drama to unfold in Canada is getting international airtime on news websites from the United States to Australia.

A suspected bank robber is dead after being subdued by a police taser gun in Langley, B.C., Tuesday.

It can be hard to resist popping into a fast food restaurant for a quick bite to eat, including it seems, for at least one black bear in B.C.