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The defeat of the harmonized sales tax has nearly tripled B.C.'s deficit forecast for the current fiscal year, doubled it for next year, and left a $458 million gap for 2013 when the B.C. Liberal government has committed to balance the budget and call an election.

More than 500 charges and other warnings were issued along the Trans-Canada Highway between Sorrento, B.C., and the Alberta border over the course of the Labour Day weekend, the RCMP reported Wednesday.

Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks has praised the residents of the Elk Valley for their ongoing efforts in the search for missing three-year-old Kienan Hebert.

Kienan Hebert went missing Wednesday morning. Police now believe it may be an abduction, and are hunting for 46-year-old Randall Peter Hopley.

The man who stands accused in the Aug. 3 stabbing death of former Revelstoke resident Daniel Levesque made a brief appearance in Victoria court last week.

A Revelstoke man is dead after falling from a ridge while hiking on Eagle Pass Mountain near Revelstoke Monday afternoon.

Former Fraser Health technology manager James Roy Taylor was charged in 2010 along with an Abbotsford doctor and a former senior official in the B.C. health ministry, after police found evidence of improper payments and benefits in health ministry purchasing.

Feds show little flexibility on policing contract: Fassbender

Former premier Gordon Campbell is among the recipients of the Order of B.C., prompting protests and petitions against the move as well as congratulations for his long career in politics.

Fewer than 500 police officers found themselves dealing with a crowd of 155,000 hockey fans and troublemakers much more quickly than they expected, a review of the Stanley Cup riot has found.