B.C. News

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is expanding access to drug-addiction treatment by launching a confidential and free phone line offering same-day connections to doctors and health-care professionals.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A 29-year-old man has been arrested after what police say was a violent carjacking outside the Prince George Airport.

Supplies come under fire, said to enable drug use instead of offering treatment.

The teen's friends told firefighters that he had climbed over a fence at Lynn Canyon Park to get a better look at the river canyon and he "just got too close" to the edge.

Damien Medwedrich will be eligible for parole in 25 years after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Alex Knatchbell.

Commuters are more likely to walk or bike in Greater Victoria than in any other metropolitan centre in Canada, with 18.7 per cent choosing some form of active transportation to get to work.

The number of active blazes in the province has fallen to around 311, continuing a downward trend from Friday.

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VANCOUVER — Potential disruption to British Columbia's HandyDART transit service this morning was averted after workers suspended job action to vote on a final contract offer, but strike action remains a possibility.

The unit, a pilot project for six months, was disbanded in 2022. New funding will allow it to be re-established.