WASHINGTON – Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Barack Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over his rejection of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.

One person is dead and three others are in hospital after getting caught in an avalanche Friday afternoon in the Elk Valley near Sparwood, in British Columbia’s Interior.

In 1942, The Vancouver Sun defied Canada’s wartime censors by publishing shocking allegations that alarmed the city and the nation. What came next resonates to this day. An untold true story from a time of fear, hatred and danger.

Daniel Bellemare arrives for the interview with two plainclothes RCMP officers in tow. Given that this is Canada’s peaceable capital, the security might seem surprising — unless you know the 60-year-old Ottawa resident has spent the past 4 1/2 years heading one of the world’s most perilous and incendiary murder investigations.

The B.C. Pavilion Corp. said Friday it will take legal action against the Vancouver Whitecaps and their sponsor Bell if they do not stop using the term “Bell Pitch” to refer to the soccer field at BC Place Stadium.

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Three former members of the Conservative riding association in Vaughan, Ont. are seeking answers from Elections Canada about the election finances of associate defence minister Julian Fantino, the riding’s Conservative MP.

A Kelowna, B.C., man who caused a fatal crash while showing off the power of his luxury car was handed a 4 1/2 year prison sentence Friday.

Rafael Rogo has no illusions about his job. He’s an associate professor at University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business, by way of Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago.

A Kelowna, B.C., man who caused a fatal crash while showing off the power of his luxury car was handed a 4 1/2 year prison sentence Friday. Michael Grenke, 36, was convicted of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm in March 2011. He was behind the wheel of his 2006 BMW M5 when he accelerated from his parking spot to 110 km/h in less than a city block in downtown Edmonton the night of Aug. 19, 2009.

Canadians are deeply split over allegations the federal Conservative party ran a “co-ordinated” robocalls campaign in the last federal election to deceive voters — but most seem to agree that byelections should be held in ridings where the practice occurred, a new poll has found.

The Battle for B.C. hits a crescendo Sunday when the seven New Democratic Party leadership candidates gather in Vancouver for the final debate for the party’s decision this month on who should replace the late Jack Layton. B.C. is in an extraordinary position as a province with 13 per cent of the population but almost a third of the 131,152 party members eligible to vote.

The company running the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre will shut down operations this weekend due to chronic financial difficulties, a spokesman has announced.

The Battle for British Columbia hits a crescendo Sunday when the seven New Democratic Party leadership candidates gather in Vancouver for the final debate before the party’s decision this month on who should replace the late Jack Layton.

Vancouver’s Playhouse Theatre company is out of money and plans to shut down operations after a final performance Saturday night.

Too bad the Grey Cup Festival can’t be held in Vancouver every year. That was the sentiment of a downtown restaurant owner after a Tourism Vancouver report said $118 million was spent last year during the three-day celebrations here.