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B.C. is falling behind other North American film and television production centres and the industry is looking for a tax break from the provincial government, insiders say.

A painting bought at a Vancouver garage sale and believed to be the work of iconic Canadian artist Tom Thomson has been sold at auction for $110,000, considerably less than its estimated value.

Second-half substitute Eric Hassli's highlight-reel goal in added time gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC in the first leg of the Amway Canadian championship soccer final Wednesday night.

Jenna Talackova is set to make history as the first-ever transgendered contestant to compete at the Miss Universe Canada pageant.

A B.C. coroner's jury has made 15 recommendations following an inquest into the deaths of three workers at a Langley mushroom farm.

B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon is taking aim at federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, accusing him of making "ignorant comments" about Western Canada's economy.

A suspect has been arrested in the beating of a woman in a wheelchair and the theft of her iPad at a SkyTrain station last week, Vancouver police say.

Mayors from 86 municipalities across the province have come together in Penticton, B.C., this week for the first-ever Mayors' Caucus.

Officials in Burnaby, B.C., are investigating the report of a snakehead fish in a local public pond, concerned that the highly invasive animal could wipe out local species and even threaten small household pets.

RCMP in Prince George, B.C, say the suspicious death of a woman last week is now being investigated as a homicide.

Thousands of Vancouver parking meters are still gobbling up the loonies and toonies of unsuspecting customers because they have not been recalibrated to accept the new coins.

A civilian RCMP worker saw Robert Pickton at a New Years party on his farm with a woman she later recognized as one of the missing sex workers from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the public inquiry into the case heard Tuesday.

A coroner's jury has been charged with sifting through a morass of contradictory and often damning testimony to try to determine what can be done differently to prevent another accident like the one that killed three B.C. mushroom farm workers in 2008.

Demand for high-priced housing was strong in most Canadian markets in the first months of this year, with records set in 10 of the country's 16 largest housing markets.

Spanish rider Joaquin Rodriguez took the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia from Ryder Hesjedal of Canada on Tuesday after winning the hilly 10th stage with a sprint finish.