B.C.

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Opposition New Democrats revealed the contents of court transcripts Wednesday that they said confirm what a judge has already concluded: the Liberal government had a strategy to intentionally provoke a full-scale teachers strike two years ago.

VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.B) blames lower prices for a lower adjusted fourth-quarter profit of $227 million, or 40 cents a share.

VANCOUVER – Telus Corp. (TSX:T) had double-digit improvements in its fourth quarter profit. The Vancouver-based telecom company says it had $301 million of adjusted net income in the final three months of 2013, up 12.7 per cent from a year earlier. The adjusted earnings equalled 49 cents per share, a penny better than analyst estimates, while its overall revenue was in line with expectations at $2.948 billion, up 3.4 per cent from a year earlier. Telus says its net income was $290 million or 47 cents per share. Analysts were looking for 48 cents of adjusted earnings.i

VANCOUVER – Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) reported a fourth-quarter loss of US$1.1 billion or $1.34 per share compared with a profit of $504 million or 62 cents per share a year ago. Revenue fell to $1.2 billion, down from $1.4 billion.

VANCOUVER – An alleged rioter has denied in court any involvement in the beating of a man who tried to protect a downtown Vancouver department store during the Stanley Cup riot.

VANCOUVER – As one of Canada’s top scholarships is awarded this weekend, some experts are questioning the value of such merit-based awards and whether it’s best to give money to those who need it or to those who are successful.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Three high school students have been charged with distributing child pornography in connection with material exchanged between students at several high schools in Interior B.C.

VANCOUVER – B.C.’s premier says court transcripts that have fuelled claims her government attempted to provoke a teachers strike have been taken out of context.

VICTORIA – The rainbow flag representing gay pride will be raised today at British Columbia’s legislature.

VANCOUVER – Thousands of groups, businesses and individuals have applied to take part in the upcoming National Energy Board hearings into Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion if its Trans Mountain oil pipeline through Alberta and British Columbia

SICAMOUS, B.C. – Police are investigating a violent home-invasion that resulted in the homeowner being shot in the shoulder after three men burst into a residence east of Sicamous, B.C.

SMITHERS, B.C. – Residents of Smithers, B.C., are being urged to give a morose moose a wide berth, at least until after it gives birth.

VANCOUVER – Several boat owners at two marinas on the South Coast should be checking with their insurance companies after unrelated overnight incidents.

VANCOUVER – The B.C. government is seeking to stay parts of a court ruling that said the province violated teachers’ bargaining rights.

VANCOUVER – A Federal Court judge says Ottawa violated the federal species-at-risk law by failing to take action to protect four endangered species.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A suspect wanted in a fatal stabbing outside a Prince George, B.C., convenience store nearly four years ago has been arrested in Victoria.