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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a housing announcement in Guelph, Ontario on Friday January 12, 2024. Trudeau is in Vancouver today, set to make a housing-related announcement alongside Premier David Eby and Mayor Ken Sim. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

UPDATE: B.C.’s middle-income housing program gets $2B from feds

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier David Eby made the announcement in Vancouver

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a housing announcement in Guelph, Ontario on Friday January 12, 2024. Trudeau is in Vancouver today, set to make a housing-related announcement alongside Premier David Eby and Mayor Ken Sim. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe pauses while speaking about the overdose crisis for deaths involving fentanyl-laced drugs in Vancouver on Wednesday September 21, 2016. Lapointe will officially retire from her role as B.C.’s chief coroner on Feb. 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

As Lapointe retires, B.C. appoints new acting chief coroner

John McNamee has been the chief legal officer for the BC Coroners Service since 2017

B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe pauses while speaking about the overdose crisis for deaths involving fentanyl-laced drugs in Vancouver on Wednesday September 21, 2016. Lapointe will officially retire from her role as B.C.’s chief coroner on Feb. 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Nanaimo Fire Rescue recruits learn how to operate air packs Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Vancouver Island Emergency Response Academy training facility. The Fire Chiefs Association of BC is getting $1.75 million from the province to help create regional training hubs in nine communities throughout the province. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Regional firefighter training hubs coming to 9 B.C. communities

Fire chiefs’ association gets $1.75M to create hubs throughout the province

Nanaimo Fire Rescue recruits learn how to operate air packs Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Vancouver Island Emergency Response Academy training facility. The Fire Chiefs Association of BC is getting $1.75 million from the province to help create regional training hubs in nine communities throughout the province. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
An example of an extortion letter businesses in Abbotsford, Surrey and Vancouver have received, saying “Indian gang members” are demanding “protection money” of $2 million. Several B.C. police agencies are now part of a national RCMP team aimed at coordinating the extortion threats.

Extortion in B.C. one focus of new national policing team

Alberta, Ontario police agencies also investigating threats against South Asian businesses

An example of an extortion letter businesses in Abbotsford, Surrey and Vancouver have received, saying “Indian gang members” are demanding “protection money” of $2 million. Several B.C. police agencies are now part of a national RCMP team aimed at coordinating the extortion threats.
British Columbia’s attorney general Niki Sharma speaks during a ministers meeting in Ottawa, on Friday, March 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

New family law clinic to open in B.C. by end of 2024 with $29.1M boost

Attorney General Niki Sharma says funding will bring allow for 4,500 new family law clients

British Columbia’s attorney general Niki Sharma speaks during a ministers meeting in Ottawa, on Friday, March 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
The province is looking for solutions to address catalytic converter thefts, and it’s launching a one-month public survey to do so. (Kelowna RCMP/File)

B.C. launches survey on catalytic converter thefts with 5 possible actions

ICBC data shows there were 2,900 thefts in the first seven months of 2023

The province is looking for solutions to address catalytic converter thefts, and it’s launching a one-month public survey to do so. (Kelowna RCMP/File)
A panel of six B.C. mayors spoke on a panel about housing as the province’s population grows, at the Union of B.C. Municipalities Housing Summit in Vancouver on Feb. 13, 2024. Left to right: UBCM President Trish Mandewo, Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Langley City Mayor Nathan Pachal, Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog, Nelson Mayor Janice Morrison and Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Housing the next 1 million residents: B.C. plan has gaps, mayors say

Municipal leaders question whether infrastructure, workforce can keep up with provincial mandates

A panel of six B.C. mayors spoke on a panel about housing as the province’s population grows, at the Union of B.C. Municipalities Housing Summit in Vancouver on Feb. 13, 2024. Left to right: UBCM President Trish Mandewo, Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Langley City Mayor Nathan Pachal, Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog, Nelson Mayor Janice Morrison and Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
Michel Beaulieu, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, pleaded guilty to allowing his licence to be used by another person. He also received a $4,500 penalty. (Twitter/BC Conservation Officer Service)

Host of hunting show fined, hit with bans in joint B.C.-Alberta investigation

Michel Beaulieu says he’s not without guilt in Facebook video to set the record straight

Michel Beaulieu, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, pleaded guilty to allowing his licence to be used by another person. He also received a $4,500 penalty. (Twitter/BC Conservation Officer Service)
Steven Frederickson, 57, was wanted Canada-wide after failing to return to his halfway house on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. He was re-arrested by Vancouver police on Feb. 10. (VPD handout)

UPDATE: Man wanted Canada-wide re-arrested by Vancouver police

Steven Frederickson, 57, went missing from his halfway house on Feb. 8

Steven Frederickson, 57, was wanted Canada-wide after failing to return to his halfway house on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. He was re-arrested by Vancouver police on Feb. 10. (VPD handout)
Smoke billows from the Donnie Creek wildfire burning north of Fort St. John, British Columbia, on Sunday, July 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Noah Berger

Some ‘holdover’ 2023 B.C. wildfires still smouldering, showing smoke

BC Wildfire Service this is expected from larger fires, and due to the ongoing drought conditions

Smoke billows from the Donnie Creek wildfire burning north of Fort St. John, British Columbia, on Sunday, July 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Noah Berger
Megan Dykeman speaking at the provincial government announcement at SFU: Surrey in Surrey on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Group to develop B.C.-wide non-profit network with $650K boost from province

Vantage Point to will lead the project development

Megan Dykeman speaking at the provincial government announcement at SFU: Surrey in Surrey on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Health Minister Adrian Dix looks on during a press conference in Victoria, on Nov. 9, 2023. Dix was in Vancouver of Feb. 9, 2023 to provide an update on B.C. primary health-care system one year after changing the payment model for family physicians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C.’s doctor-patient ‘attachment’ system connects 600 doctors with new patients

Health Minister Dix says it’s a slow, but individualized process

Health Minister Adrian Dix looks on during a press conference in Victoria, on Nov. 9, 2023. Dix was in Vancouver of Feb. 9, 2023 to provide an update on B.C. primary health-care system one year after changing the payment model for family physicians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
One man was arrested and an alleged 3D-printed firearms operation has been shut down and seized in Prince George. (CFSEU handout)

Alleged 3D-printed gun operation taken down by police in Prince George

1 man was arrested and later released

One man was arrested and an alleged 3D-printed firearms operation has been shut down and seized in Prince George. (CFSEU handout)
Powell River city Coun. Jim Palm has come under fire for his comments and made-up Tla’amin word during a committee of the whole meeting on Jan. 30, 2024 when referring to the city’s possible renaming. (powellriver.ca)

B.C. councillor under fire for using made-up Indigenous word in renaming talks

Tla’amin says the word mocked, belittled the Nation’s language and ancestral place names

Powell River city Coun. Jim Palm has come under fire for his comments and made-up Tla’amin word during a committee of the whole meeting on Jan. 30, 2024 when referring to the city’s possible renaming. (powellriver.ca)
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 5, 2024. Eby joined Health Minister Adrian Dix at the Canadian Cancer Society in Vancouver on Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2024) for an announcement about incoming regulations against Zonnic, a type of nicotine patches. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

B.C. to move nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters

Premier David Eby pointed specifically to Zonnic, which have been available at convenience stores

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 5, 2024. Eby joined Health Minister Adrian Dix at the Canadian Cancer Society in Vancouver on Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2024) for an announcement about incoming regulations against Zonnic, a type of nicotine patches. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Prince George RCMP is looking for two suspects in an armed robbery who stole firearms from a gas station on Feb. 2, 2024. Only one of the suspects was caught of surveillance footage. (Prince George RCMP handout)

RCMP search for 2 suspects in Prince George armed robbery

A third suspect who was arrested shortly after already had 2 different lifetime firearm bans

Prince George RCMP is looking for two suspects in an armed robbery who stole firearms from a gas station on Feb. 2, 2024. Only one of the suspects was caught of surveillance footage. (Prince George RCMP handout)
A Prince George man faces a $6,000 penalty and a two-year hunting ban following a 2021 investigation by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service for illegal possession of a prohibited weapon and dead wildlife. (Twitter/BC Conservation Officer Service)

B.C. man fined $6K after moose head, other dead wildlife found in freezer

Travais Galbraith pleaded guilty in January, also given 2-year hunting ban

A Prince George man faces a $6,000 penalty and a two-year hunting ban following a 2021 investigation by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service for illegal possession of a prohibited weapon and dead wildlife. (Twitter/BC Conservation Officer Service)
B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry steps away from the podium after speaking during a news conference in Vancouver, on Monday, January 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C.’s top doctor concerned about substance use among children, youth

Safer supply review notes there is some diversion, but hesitant to point blame

B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry steps away from the podium after speaking during a news conference in Vancouver, on Monday, January 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C.’s police services director says there was no criminal offence committed by officers in a May 2022 undercover training event, according to a statement from the Public Safety Ministry Feb. 2, 2024. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

No criminal offence found in B.C. police’s undercover training event: Ministry

B.C.’s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has resumed it probe of May 2022 allegations

B.C.’s police services director says there was no criminal offence committed by officers in a May 2022 undercover training event, according to a statement from the Public Safety Ministry Feb. 2, 2024. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
Richmond RCMP is looking for the rightful custodian after cremated remains were left at Vancouver International Airport on Nov. 27, 2023. (YVR Airport/Twitter)

Cremated remains left at Vancouver airport; RCMP look for rightful custodian

Richmond Mounties looking for rightful custodian of the remains

Richmond RCMP is looking for the rightful custodian after cremated remains were left at Vancouver International Airport on Nov. 27, 2023. (YVR Airport/Twitter)