PORT HARDY, B.C. — A 4.9 magnitude earthquake has hit off Vancouver Island but it appears nobody has felt it.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 12:22 p.m. and about 151 kilometres southwest of Port Hardy, B.C.
Its depth was measured by the agency at seven kilometres.
Port Hardy Mayor Hank Bood says the quake was not felt in his community on northern Vancouver Island.
Natural Resources Canada says there were no reports of damage and none was expected.
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia legislative committee has recommended the provincial government "aggressively pursue" whatever steps are necessary to suit up police with body-mounted cameras.
VICTORIA — Independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington is calling on the provincial government to take control of BC Ferries.
TORONTO — Former prime minister Paul Martin says a pilot project at two First Nations elementary schools in Ontario has led to dramatic improvements in reading and writing.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — "Hurricane Hazel" is still going strong.
RED DEER, Alta. — The fate of a central Alberta financial adviser accused of killing his disabled client with a bomb made to look like a Christmas present is now with a jury.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — An investigator says insecticide pellets placed throughout a northern Alberta apartment to kill bed bugs became deadly when a tenant took out her vacuum.