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Tributes are pouring in for federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, who died of cancer early Monday at age 61. Layton's death comes just months after Layton led the NDP to Official Opposition status in Canadian Parliament, a first for the party.

B.C.'s high school grads were leaving millions in scholarship money on the table by not writing optional final exams, so the education ministry has changed the system to make sure the aid gets to students who do well on mandatory tests.

Feds scale back monitoring for Fukushima nuke fallout

Samantha Wright took her fifth national 3D archery title with nary an ounce of competition, beating second and third-place finishers Nikki Barlow of Saskatchewan and Monica Higgins of Alberta by 88 and 95 points, respectively. Wright finished the national championship in Regina, July 30 – Aug. 1, with a score of 748, thanks to rounds of 179, 172, 198 and 199.

Tourists are lining up at U.S. border crossings instead of heading to B.C.'s favourite coastal getaways, and summer traffic on BC Ferries is down about four per cent as a result.

Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner has announced he is resigning as B.C. attorney general and won't run in the next B.C. election.

Six new businesses located in the CDC building are holding an open house Aug. 27 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. The businesses began organizing the open house in the spring, as they started to rejuvenate the appearance of their storefronts. Most of these stores have been open for less than a year.

It was one of those scary rodeo moments that stops hearts, but 11-year-old Denton Spiers is aching to ride steers again, literally. Spiers was taking part in the junior steer riding competition at the Chilliwack Rodeo, Saturday Aug. 6. “I was excited because he rode his eight seconds,” Denton’s mother Jody Coe. Then it happened.

B.C.'s two-year-old 'gangs and guns' strategy is working, and the province will continue to do its share to maintain it, Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond says.

The federal government has confirmed the appointment of former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell as Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.