BC News

VICTORIA — Workers have served strike notice at the Fairmont Empress, a well-known landmark hotel in Victoria. A statement from Unifor Local 4276 says it represents almost 500 workers in several departments from housekeeping to groundskeeping.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A man accused of second-degree murderer in West Kelowna, B.C., asked for a ride to the hospital after being found by police covered in blood and hiding in a dumpster, a court heard Tuesday.

SURREY, B.C. — A man from Surrey, B.C., with ties to Scouts Canada is accused of distributing, accessing and possessing child pornography. The RCMP say in a news release that 57-year-old Edward Vandeyck was charged Friday.

VANCOUVER — Police say one man suffered minor injuries when his car and several police cruisers collided numerous times at the end of a brief pursuit in Vancouver. It happened just after 2 a.m. when Const.

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — The RCMP says a teenage male was arrested and released with a future court date after a suspected arson at a Canadian National Railway building in northwest British Columbia. Cpl.

VANCOUVER — The Better Business Bureau says travel, vacation and timeshare scams topped the list of frauds that cost victims thousands of dollars last year.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democrat government is planning to table legislation this week to prevent governments from diverting surplus funds from the province's public auto insurer to cover other government expenses.

VANCOUVER — A technician holds a mesh bag full of marbles meant to represent breast tissue, pointing out a single black marble among the clear ones. The goal is to explain why a woman's breasts are compressed during a mammogram.