B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. – Huntingdon Capital Corp. has launched a strategic review into why its share price is below what it believes to be the company’s “intrinsic” value.

NANAIMO, B.C. – RCMP on Vancouver Island say they couldn’t have cooked up a better ending to the case of a cash-stuffed wallet found at a bakery in Nanaimo, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The trial into the murder of a Lytton, B.C., man has heard the victim’s body was accidentally unearthed by an excavator more than a decade after he disappeared.

VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Provincial Court judge has ruled that the mandatory minimum sentence for drug trafficking recently introduced by the federal government is a violation of the Charter of Rights and declared it “of no force and effect.”

VANCOUVER – Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) has reported a 10 per cent decline in fourth-quarter net income, with the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer blaming the reversal largely on higher income taxes. Vancouver-based Finning says net income in the three months ended Dec. 31 was $93 million or 54 cents per share, down from $103 million or 60 cents in the same 2012 period. Revenue was $1.796 billion, up from $1.746 billion.

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks will honour members of their 1994 team that made it all the way to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final when they host the Ottawa Senators for next month’s Heritage Classic.

VANCOUVER – A B.C. Supreme Court judge says more than 400 commercial fishermen can sue the federal government over a halibut-management scheme that ran in the province.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A Kamloops, B.C., couple believe they were seconds from death during a scuba diving expedition in Mexico.

VICTORIA – The Crown has charged 14 more people for their part in the Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver almost three years ago.

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s politicians are getting early wake-up calls to make it to the legislature on time for their experiment with morning question periods.

VANCOUVER – British Columbia hockey fans will be able to celebrate a Canadian Olympic hockey victory or drown their Olympic hockey tears — as long as they don’t drink alcohol while doing it.

REVELSTOKE, B.C. – The Canadian Avalanche Centre has issued a special public warning about the potential for large, destructive avalanches in all B.C. mountain regions, except for the area just north of Vancouver.

VANCOUVER – BC Ferries has received approval to build what could be one of the world’s longest cable-ferry systems but the service is remaining mum about the expected cost for the Vancouver Island project.

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s former lieutenant governor is one of two new judges appointed to the provincial court.

PANORAMA, B.C. – A ski resort in southeastern British Columbia says a 12-year-old girl has died following an accident on the mountain.

VANCOUVER – Eldorado Gold Corp. (TSX:ELD) posted a US$687.6-million net loss for the fourth quarter, as it recognized lower values for its assets and felt the impact of reduced gold prices and output. The net loss amounted to 96 cents US per share, including the $684.6 million asset impairment item. Revenue during the three months ended Dec. 31 totalled $231.7 million, down from US$350 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.

COMOX, B.C. – Military police have arrested two soldiers over allegedly homophobic and racist comments made on a Facebook page.