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Premier David Eby said he has received assurances that the federal government will help ensure police can enforce a ban on illicit drug use in any public spaces, including parks, transit, hospitals, restaurants and beaches.

The young orca's bid for freedom occurred at a high tide early Friday and involved swimming through a swift-moving, narrow channel and underneath a bridge, with Esperanza Inlet in the near distance.

The Philippine Mars will get a new home at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona later this year

The run/walk begins at 7:55 a.m. Sunday from Government Street near Superior Street, with participants starting in waves.

Unfilled positions stand at nine per cent or more and there is another 13.5 per cent of officers on leave in the 7,350 or more authorized positions for RCMP officers in British Columbia.

VANCOUVER — A high-risk sex offender who went on the run for 10 days in Vancouver has pleaded guilty to breaching his long-term supervision order and failing to attend court.

A man notified the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. that he was injured in a 2020 arrest, but the office closed the file, saying the injury wasn’t serious enough

Chief Const. Dean Duthie has been in the role since February 2022, after serving as deputy chief and a variety of other policing roles in Saanich

Leeann Joe, 17, was hit on the Trans-Canada Highway between Sherman and Green roads just before 10 p.m. on April 18