Residents of Duncan and North Cowichan will be getting some emergency cash after heavy rains, melting snow and a high tide caused two local rivers to overflow their banks on Friday, forcing the evacuation of approximately 300 homes.

More than 1,300 homeless people across Canada will be provided housing as part of a massive four-year project to study the link between mental health and homelessness.

The Vancouver Canucks should have Daniel Sedin back in the lineup for the first time in 19 games Sunday night when they host the Chicago Blackhawks.

After outscoring Alberta's NHL teams by a combined score of 12-3, the Chicago Blackhawks needed only one goal and a superb effort by Antti Niemi to topple the Canucks 1-0 on Sunday night in Vancouver.

Uliana Lopatkina, principal dancer with the Kirov Ballet, will make her Canadian debut Feb. 10 at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad

After being closed for nine years, the ice arena at Robson Square is reopening just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Vancouverites brave the wet, rainy weather.

The death of Hornby Island artist and personality Tempest Grace Gale, now considered a homicide, has residents of the live-and-let-live community rethinking their laid-back lifestyle.

Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a suspect in a "vicious" sexual assault that is being described as a random act of violence on an innocent 15-year-old girl.

A small shorebird known for its dramatic flocking behaviour along the foreshore of the Fraser River delta is creating havoc with commercial aircraft at Vancouver International Airport.

Abbotsford police said Monday that Jason William Brown, a member of the Red Scorpion gang, was arrested last week.

Millions of dollars in fines levied against fare evaders by transit police are going uncollected every year.

Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards Sunday, winning five awards including artist of the year.

Antti Niemi didn't see two shots that hit him in the third period Sunday.

Hundreds of seniors are caught in the middle of a dispute between care-home owners and contractors hired to look after the residents.

With two periods in the books and the Prince George Spruce Kings leading 5-4, Kings forward Nick DeSousa had no inkling of the fireworks display about to come in the third period.The Kings scored six times in the final 20 minutes to hammer the Quesnel Millionaires 11-4 Saturday at the Coliseum.“It was just one those games where everything goes your way, it was nice to experience that,” said ...

A Mountie opened fire on a suspect as the two grappled over a moving vehicle, this weekend in Smithers. The suspect was wounded. Mounties from the Major Crime Unit at North District headquarters in Prince George were among those sent to investigate the incident. For a full description of this event, read Monday's edition of The Citizen.Comments or tips regarding this story: email [[[SHIFTOUT ...

A gunfight, a high-risk pursuit on foot and in vehicles, a communications problem, and a dramatic set of arrests have won B.C.'s highest bravery award for two Prince George Mounties. Cpl. Paul Collister and Const. Tom Peck were honoured in June by RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass, commander of the B.C./Yukon region. Now they have been honoured with the Award of Valour for B.C., among only 11 ...

After 89 games over two seasons spent trying to improve the fortunes of the Prince George Cougars, Tyler Halliday relished his role as the party-pooper Saturday night.He helped set up the only goal the Kelowna Rockets would need to hand the Cougars a disappointing defeat that ended up a 2-0 decision Saturday night at CN Centre.Claimed by the Rockets after being put on waivers last week by the ...

Prince George's road network will be greatly expanded if the forecasts set out in a recently-completed study prove accurate.Emphasizing that the outlook is based on an "aggressive" assumption that the city's population will grow two per cent per year, city transportation engineer Glenn Stanker said there could be a need for as many as 23 major network improvements by 2026.The study, which was ...

Territorial politicians could be travelling to your community to gauge support for new restrictions on the use of snow machines, quads and dirt bikes in the territory.

Could it be the deer knew exactly what it had to do to be rescued? Could it be the deer knew exactly what it had to do to be rescued? Conservation officer Kris Gustafson doesn’t know.

Four Arctic Edge skaters were at the BMO Skate Canada Sectionals BCYT Section in Richmon, B.C. this past weekend, with two bringing medals back to the Yukon.

Kevin Martin throws a rock this morning in the Skookum $50,000 cash spiel. OLYMPIC HOPEFULS IN TOWN – Kevin Martin throws a rock this morning in the Skookum $50,000 cash spiel. Mark Kennedy, left, and Ben Hebert sweep. Team Martin will compete for an Olympic spot in Edmonton next month.

Yukoner Denise McHale defended her title at the 100 kilometre Haney to Harrison race in Vancouver on Nov. 7.