Vancouver's Olympic Organizing Committee says it is financially secure despite the global economic downturn.

The largest employer in the Kootenays is scaling back its workforce to weather the economic times.

Two sources close to the Mats Sundin situation confirmed Monday to CBCSports.ca that the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain has whittled the field of teams to two - the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks.

B.C. Hydro crews were scrambling to restore power to about 25,000 customers in the Fraser Valley and on southern Vancouver Island after heavy winds knocked trees onto lines in many areas.

A man sought in connection with a series of violent armed robberies of gas stations and convenience stores in Surrey, including one in which two people were shot, has been arrested, police said Monday.

The 61-year-old man charged with killing his former boss at a Christmas party in Vancouver on Friday is on a suicide watch at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, his lawyer says.

The Canadian team that will compete at this month's world juniors is the first of its kind. It includes eight defencemen and 12 forwards instead of the traditional seven and 13.

The cold weather gripping B.C. is expected to push more street people toward homeless shelters, particularly across the Lower Mainland where demand for beds or mats is already up due to the economic slowdown.

The long-awaited announcement of Mats Sundin's potential return to the NHL this season likely will be made in the next two weeks, the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain told New York Newsday on the weekend.

A member of the Victoria Police Department has been charged with two counts of uttering threats.

The recent dump of snow and cold temperatures in the Lower Mainland could make for a slow commute on public transit Monday morning.

The Vancouver Canucks overcame a shaky start in their Sunday night homecoming, scoring four goals in eight minutes en route to defeating the Florida Panthers.

Members of the Jamaican bobsled team were greeted by a crowd of supporters as they arrived at Vancouver International Airport Saturday.

Three men were arrested Sunday morning after a fire at the Au Bar nightclub in downtown Vancouver.

Residents of Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island awoke Sunday morning to snow on the ground.

The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced today the transfer of three lightstation properties in British Columbia's southern Gulf Islands to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada. The transfer includes Portlock Point Lightstation on Prevost Island, Active Pass Lightstation at Georgina Point on Mayne Island and East Point Lightstation on Saturna Island.

An investment of $648,750 was announced today from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) and Service fransaskois de formation aux adultes (SEFFA) that will benefit Francophone post-secondary students, their instructors and post-secondary institutions in Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories, with improved access to an expanded French-language resource library, Le Lien, at Collège Mathieu.

Canada's new government is providing British Columbia with $2.64 million for the Food Safety Initiative (FSI) to enhance and promote food safety systems in its food processing industry.

The Competition Bureau announced today that the sale of Agricore United's AUV grain handling terminal in the Port of Vancouver will go to a Trustee. This follows Agricore United's decision to abandon its challenge to the 2002 Consent Agreement with the Bureau, which required it to sell either the UGG (now AUV) terminal or the Pacific Elevators Limited terminal.

The Honourable Carol Skelton, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Western Economic Diversification today released Revisiting Portraits of Small Business Growth and Employment in Western Canada.