There won't be enough H1NI swine flu vaccines to inoculate the majority of British Columbians until December, health officials at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control have confirmed.

Simon Whitfield and Catriona Le May Doan, the first of 12,000 runners to carry the Olympic flame across Canada, have begun the 106-day, 45,000-kilometre relay leading up to the opening of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver on Feb. 12.

Alternative medicine practitioners say you can skip the swing flu vaccine and still avoid getting sick by using herbal supplements, good nutrition and other natural remedies.

Andrew Raycroft stopped 30 shots in regulation and overtime before denying Michal Handzus and Ryan Smyth in the shootout while Mikael Samuelsson fired the winning goal, leading Vancouver to a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday night.

Less than a week into B.C.'s swine flu vaccination program, health officials are grappling with a major shortage of the vaccine.

Reports of the death of Chuck Biscuits, the former D.O.A. and Danzig drummer, are a hoax, according to his brother.

Canadian children will continue to have to line up twice for H1N1 shots in the short term.

The only high school in Kitimat, B.C., will be closed for at least one week because of concerns about the swine flu.

Police in B.C. will be given the power to take homeless people to shelters during severe weather - but not to force them inside - under legislation introduced Thursday in the provincial legislature.

The Vancouver organizing committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, including Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, have received the Games torch at a ceremony at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens.

Metro Vancouver's TransLink is commissioning $10 million in studies for two projects the regional transit authority doesn't have the money to build.

Winter weather has arrived in B.C., laying down a blanket of snow across many parts of the Interior and creating treacherous driving conditions on many mountain highways.