A story of three bears, without Goldilocks, is in the news in Canada. It began last month when a female black bear began breaking into a mobile home in Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, to steal meat and fish from a freezer.

AN EARTHQUAKE with a magnitude of 6.7 has struck off the coast of British Colombia in Canada, scientists have said.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 has struck off the coast of British Colombia in Canada, scientists have said.

Residents of a small Indian village in Canada braved the stormy waters off British Columbia’s north coast in fishing vessels and speedboats to help rescue 101 passengers and crew from a large ferry that hit a rock and sank.

As many as six children, all under the age of 12, are feared dead following a house fire in a remote community on northern Vancouver Island.