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 B.C. Place stadium to get retractable roof
CTV has learned that the British Columbia government has decided to put a retractable roof on Vancouver's B.C. Place stadium, a move that is expected be confirmed at a news conference on Friday. 5/15/2008 8:05:25 PM
 Students say beauty school is a sham
In a repeat of similar complaints that saw the West Broadway beauty school in the news and in small claims court 10 years ago, students say Kalai president Amy Ho is taking their money, failing to deliver the promised education and getting them to work on her clients with little or no training. 5/15/2008 8:01:13 PM
 Tethered girl gets $60,000 from Police
A jury at a civil trial awarded a teenager $60,000 for being mistreated while in the custody of the Victoria police. Willow Kinloch was 15 when she was handcuffed, with her legs and arms restrained, and tethered to the door of a padded cell. 5/15/2008 5:10:03 PM
 Stop feeding homeless say Abbotsford councillors
A church pastor in Abbotsford has been told not to feed the homeless in a city park after residents and businesses complained that drug addicts and aggressive panhandlers were overrunning the area. 5/15/2008 4:09:33 PM
 17-year-old Bountiful girl in Texas raid
B.C. is ready to help a 17-year-old girl who's currently in custody of U.S. child welfare authorities in Texas, B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal said. The girl was taken into custody by U.S. authorities when she was visiting a grandparent. 5/15/2008 4:00:39 PM
 Official 'Stupidity' on exhibit at Taser inquiry
When we heard last week that Mounties had zapped a penknife-waving, 82-year-old heart patient in his Kamloops hospital bed, it was clear that, whatever faults the Taser might have, they are being exacerbated by police stupidity. 5/15/2008 3:52:30 PM
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'I want justice,' sobbing mom says The mother of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski told a public inquiry Thursday that her son would still be alive were he not zapped with a Taser. "I want justice," Zofia Cisowski told the inquiry. "I know my son would not die if he was not Tasered." 5/15/2008 2:42:57 PM
B.C. asked to intervene in U.S. polygamy probe Ottawa is suggesting B.C.'s Ministry of Children and Family Development may become involved in a polygamy-related investigation in the United States on behalf of a teenaged B.C. girl who is currently being held by Texas authorities, Wally Oppal said yesterday. 5/15/2008 9:22:37 AM
Doomed copter flying lower than allowed? The Bell helicopter that crashed in Cranbrook, killing four people, may have been flying lower than permitted for several minutes. Norm Magee said he saw the helicopter circling a nearby Catholic church at about the height of a telephone pole. 5/15/2008 9:20:54 AM
B.C. lags on quake safety for schools Three months before the last provincial election, then education minister Tom Christensen marked the start of Education Week with a dramatic announcement. A B.C. Liberal government, he said, would move swiftly to make 80 high-risk schools earthquake safe by 2008. 5/15/2008 8:35:19 AM
Liberals retreat after hearing howls from business reps The B.C. Liberals are scrapping a controversial measure that would have limited the government obligation to pay compensation when cancelling mining claims, timber cutting rights and other tenures on public land. 5/15/2008 8:09:30 AM
Expect delays at border crossings British Columbians heading to the United States via the Peace Arch border crossing on the Victoria Day long weekend can expect extra delays, U.S. officials warn. 5/15/2008 7:13:24 AM
Forgotten tot left behind at Vancouver airport An immigrant family headed to Winnipeg left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of their trip. 5/15/2008 7:11:14 AM
Couple didn't plan on how many children Eighteen roses fill a vase in Livia Ionce's living room -- one red flower for each of her 17 children, and one for the baby she's expecting in July. The birth will make her B.C.'s most prolific mother in the past 20 years. 5/15/2008 6:22:32 AM
Worker cheats death by becoming airsick A B.C. Hydro employee cheated death in the Cranbrook helicopter crash when he became airsick and was replaced by another worker. The unidentified worker was let off the Bell 206 chopper 10 to 20 minutes before it crashed Tuesday. 5/15/2008 6:13:57 AM
Premier's office conduct on corruption trial questioned The shocking 2003 raid on the legislature created a bizarre and unprecedented situation for the police, prosecutors, politicians and parliamentarians. Bashing down the door of a crack house or grow-op is one thing. But this was the legislature. 5/15/2008 6:09:22 AM
New fence tops list for lotto winners The winner of a $22-million lottery prize will buy an ordinary backyard fence, nothing fancy. "We've been holding off putting up a fence in our backyard. Now we can afford to do it," Barney Bjermeland said yesterday. 5/15/2008 6:06:23 AM
Courtenay says B.C. carbon tax is unfair Courtenay city council, which frequently trumpets the city's green credentials, will send a letter to the province opposing the upcoming carbon tax. The tax begins July 1 and will add 2.4 cents to a litre of gasoline. 5/15/2008 5:49:23 AM
Paralympic torch relay coming to Vancouver Personal principle might have kept him out of Beijing if he was still competing, but Walter Wu says respect for the Paralympic movement means he’d love to carry the 2008 Games torch during its four-kilometre relay route in Vancouver on Aug. 29. 5/15/2008 5:38:48 AM
Schools at risk in any B.C. earthquake: NDP As buildings shook and then finally collapsed, it was the workers and the school children who were in the most danger. The death toll in China keeps climbing. 5/14/2008 8:40:28 AM
Heat wave could bring flooding to Interior While many British Columbians are looking forward to the heat wave forecasted to roll in just in time for the upcoming long weekend, for Interior residents, it could be a mixed blessing. 5/14/2008 5:38:08 AM
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