Peaceful Merritt country music festival

About 7,000 country music fans attended the 16th annual Merritt Mountain Music Festival – 5,000 fewer than expected as organizers capped attendance this year to try and stem rowdyism.

B.C. oil could ease crisis

Canada could play a crucial role in helping alleviate the international energy crisis if it continues to expand Alberta oilsands production and considers allowing exploration off B.C.’s pristine coastline, says a senior official with the International Energy Agency.

Canada new home prices lower

Prices for new homes in Canada rose 4.1 per cent in May from a year earlier, the slowest pace in almost six years, led by weakening markets in Alberta and British Columbia, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Dog off the menu

Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month’s Olympics and September’s Paralympics.

Iphones in Vancouver

A cheer went up at 8 a.m. outside the first store in Vancouver to sell the hotly awaited Apple G3 iPhone as more than 100 people flooded through the doors hoping to get their hands on the new phone.

18 year old Chinese man arrested over model murder

Police said they arrested Chen Jun Friday morning local time in Anhi province, west of Shanghai, after surveillance footage led investigators to suspect his alleged involvement in the murder of O’Brien, 22, who was found dead in the stairwell of the Shanghai apartment where she lived.

No more 40 year mortgages

The federal government will no longer guarantee 40-year or zero-down mortgages in an effort to avoid a housing crisis such as the sub-prime mortgage meltdown that rocked the housing market in the United States. And that could cause British Columbia’s housing market to cool even further.

Prevent cancer with an active lifestyle

Men in the most active group of people surveyed had 13 percent less risk of developing cancer compared with the least active group, and women in the most active group had a 16 percent lower risk than their sedentary counterparts.

Dancing Matt in Vancouver

After all, they had a date with Matt Harding, a one-man dancing machine whose simple shuffle has become an international Internet video sensation.

DNA testing proves two of five severed feet from the same man

Two of the five feet that have mysteriously washed ashore in southwest B.C. over the past year are from the same man, DNA testing has revealed.