North American stock markets headed for another rout Tuesday as eyes turned to efforts by central bankers to ease a credit crisis and head off an economic slump. CBC.ca

Crews were kept busy for several hours Tuesday morning as they struggled to reach a blaze blocked by scrap vehicles and other waste in a wrecking yard in Surrey, B.C. CBC.ca

RCMP in B.C. say they think they know who caused a major diesel spill on a remote West Coast island, but in this case, it seems unlikely the Mounties will get their man. CBC.ca

The father of a 16-year-old girl who reported being sexually harassed by an older male co-worker at a Superstore wants the grocery chain to take stronger action against the man involved. CBC.ca

In a sure sign that autumn has arrived in B.C., thousands of people on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands woke up without power Tuesday morning after strong winds hit the south coast. CBC.ca

Taxpayers won't be on the hook for an estimated $60 million in cost overruns on construction of the athletes' village for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, a City of Vancouver official said Monday. CBC.ca

A man accused of killing two women when the truck he was driving crashed into a Maple Ridge, B.C., restaurant cannot remember what happened that day, his lawyer said Monday. CBC.ca

Three kitchen staff members were injured Monday afternoon in an explosion and fire at an upscale restaurant in Whistler, B.C., fire officials said. CBC.ca

A man lured a woman into a wooded area in Vancouver's Stanley Park Sunday night and sexually assaulted her, police said Monday. CBC.ca

If Premier Gordon Campbell won't do the people's business, B.C.'s New Democratic Party MLA's say they will. CBC.ca

Forest products company Tembec is closing three pulp mills temporarily because of falling Asian demand, it said Monday. CBC.ca

As Canada's election campaign enters its final full week, the battle for several swing seats is once again drawing the party leaders to British Columbia. CBC.ca

A strategic voting site that seeks to organize those concerned about the environment has received almost 1.5 million page views since it was set up less than two weeks ago, and the Conservatives appear to have the most to lose as a result. CBC.ca

A well-known computer company has told a Vancouver Island school to drop its apple logo. CBC.ca

The man convicted on Sunday in an arson that killed five people in an East Vancouver home did not act alone, Vancouver police said. CBC.ca

The federal government has failed to enforce the Canada Health Act's requirements for equal access to hospital care, instead allowing more for-profit medical clinics over the last five years, the Ontario Health Coalition said in a report released Monday. CBC.ca

An unidentified man in his mid-20s died after being hit by an Amtrak train near the Alex Fraser Bridge in Delta around 6 p.m. PT Sunday evening. CBC.ca

A former police officer jailed for refusing to testify at a public inquiry into child sex abuse allegations in eastern Ontario has been released from an Ottawa cell. CBC.ca