The Bank of Canada boosted its key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, pushing the target for the overnight rate to one per cent.

Langley Secondary School has been closed for the day after a broken water main flooded its west wing and cut off its water supply.

Another boatload of Tamil migrants could soon be headed to Canada, but this time the federal government might head them off, CBC News has learned.

Kyle Wellwood has been invited to Phoenix Coyotes training camp on a tryout basis, the team announced Tuesday.

B.C.'s Labour Relations Board has upheld a ruling that will see close to 200 people receive millions of dollars in termination pay.

Metro Vancouver has a new team targeting the poisonous hogweed plant that is spreading across the region.

Vancouver police rolled out their latest acquisition Tuesday - a large, black armoured vehicle worth a reported $350,000.

Former B.C. cabinet minister Blair Lekstrom says Premier Gordon Campbell needs to tell British Columbians he's retiring from politics, and the sooner he does so the better.

The Bank of Canada should boost interest rates one more time on Wednesday and then could leave rates alone for as long as a year, according to many economists.

Hundreds of students in Surrey will be learning in portables this year as B.C.'s second-largest city bucks the province-wide trend of declining enrolment.

The federal government is partnering with Crime Stoppers to enlist the Canadian public's help in detecting and reporting signs of potential human trafficking.

Two cyclists rescued a distraught man from the ledge of the Second Narrows Bridge.

B.C.'s Agricultural Land Commission needs more help from the provincial government in order to do its job properly, according to province's auditor general.

A new road safety campaign in Vancouver uses a 3D image of a young girl chasing a ball to jolt drivers into slowing down.

On August 31, members from the Burnaby RCMP Drug Section arrested two men involved in smuggling opium from the Middle East into Canada. Canada Border Service Agencies (CBSA) officers working at the International Mail Processing Centre in Toronto, Ontario detected the drugs and contacted the police.

Everyone knows the Labour Day weekend is a busy one for retailers as parents and kids finish off back to school shopping. It can also be a busy time for police as back to school shoplifters also try to get in on the action. Alert witnesses in two separate events helped Coquitlam RCMP put a quick stop to the plans of two local thieves this long weekend.

Two men from Ontario and Manitoba are facing second-degree murder charges following a five-month investigation into the death of a Vancouver-area man.

B.C.'s first Mandarin language programs for kindergarten and Grade 1 students are being launched in Coquitlam and Burnaby, adding to the range of programs offered in the Vancouver area.

A report on injuries at the Vancouver Winter Olympics identified snowboard cross as the most dangerous sports for athletes, with bobsleigh, ice hockey and short-track speedskating not far behind.

The head of a B.C. legislative committee says the 10-member all-party committee will meet for the first time on Wednesday to debate the fate of the anti-HST petition - and he expects a quick decision.