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VANCOUVER - As Canada's under-17 men's soccer team prepared for a match that will make or break its World Cup aspirations, coach Sean Fleming did his best to ease the pressure on his players.

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Green Party hopes it may be able to ride the wave of anti-oil tanker sentiment, opposition to oil pipelines and climate change concerns all the way to an electoral breakthrough next month.

VANCOUVER — The New Democratic Party on Thursday laid out a menu of tax increases and spending changes it will use to generate the the money it needs to start rolling out platform promises when the campaign officially begins next week.

VANCOUVER — A teacher who reduced a student to tears by positioning her atop desks with her legs bent to demonstrate a lesson on rock formations for his Grade 7 science class has agreed to quit the profession.

VANCOUVER — A Porsche and two BMWs were impounded for speeding Sunday evening between Abbotsford and Langley and their young male drivers, two of whom were unlicensed, were given driving prohibitions and violation tickets.

Today at 5 a.m. marks the start of a long eight months for West Shore commuters as the 80-year-old Craigflower bridge is closed to vehicle traffic. Saanich and View Royal, which are jointly undertaking a $15.

CHILLIWACK - A co-founder of iconic 91Ô­´´ rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive had a sexual relationship with a girl between the age of 11 and 14, a B.C. judge was told this week.

KAMLOOPS — Four days spent hungry and cold atop a B.C. Hydro pole in Peterson Creek Park means it will be a long time before Trinity the cat will be allowed out of her owner’s apartment.

VANCOUVER — If you go to B.C.

Premier Christy Clark has accepted a challenge from a news outlet to debate NDP leader Adrian Dix in a televised debate on May 6.