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An immigration board has ordered the release of another of the 76 Tamil migrants who came to Canada's West Coast aboard a freighter in October, but he remains in custody after federal lawyers filed to keep him in detention.

The jury at a coroner's inquest into the deaths of three women in a van crash near Abbotsford, B.C., ruled the collision accidental as it released its findings on Thursday, while making 18 recommendations including more random inspections of vehicles used to transport farm workers.

Police answering a 911 call about a home invasion in East Vancouver found no break-in suspects when they arrived but did find 107,000 ecstasy tablets, some imprinted with the Olympic rings.

Victoria's Rich Harden reached terms Thursday on a one-year, $7.5-million US contract to pitch for the Texas Rangers.

Police say an emotional plea from the family of a man stabbed to death in Vancouver has led to charges against three men.

There is snow in the forecast for Vancouver but the city's road crews say they are ready for the first dump of the white stuff this year.

Vancouver Police have identified the victim of a fire that damaged a multi-million dollar home in Shaughnessy last month.

The National Farmers Union is asking Ottawa to look into beef pricing, saying ranchers are selling cows and cattle at record low rates even as hamburger prices rise in grocery stores.

Specially trained bomb-sniffing dogs might soon be patrolling Metro Vancouver's buses and SkyTrains just in time for the Olympics, but that has some Muslims concerned.

Classical actress Goldie Semple, who spent 17 seasons with the Shaw Festival and also worked at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, has died. She was 56.

A woman has been struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident in Burnaby, B.C., and police are asking the public for help in finding the suspect vehicle.

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal from the B.C. government concerning evidence it obtained while trying to recover more than $6-million in legal fees from a man acquitted in the Air India bombings.

There are signs a phenomenon known as Olympic aversion is hitting the travel industry in B.C., even though the 2010 Winter Games are still more than two months away.

Returning home to stay through Dec. 27, the Vancouver Canucks try to begin that eight-game stretch with a victory Thursday night against the improving Atlanta Thrashers.

B.C. restaurant patrons are being asked to sign an online petition against the planned harmonized sales tax.

Victoria's Rich Harden and the Texas Rangers have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract that guarantees the pitcher $7.5 million US, a person familiar with the negotiations said Wednesday.

Lindsay Rempel's friends and family have only one Christmas wish this year - to raise enough money to buy the Victoria mother an expensive treatment for a rare disease.

Homeless people can camp in public parks if municipalities cannot provide adequate alternative shelter, British Columbia's highest court ruled Wednesday.

A planned ad campaign to rally support for the 2010 Winter Olympics has been scrapped by the Conservative government, which has been under attack for allegedly using taxpayer dollars for partisan politics.

The three farm workers killed in an Abbotsford, B.C., crash in 2007 would be alive today if the province had cracked down on safety following a similar crash three years earlier, a coroner's inquest was told Wednesday.