Paramedics in B.C. recently equalled a record for suspected overdose calls in one day, despite a slight drop in overdose deaths so far in 2018 compared to 2017.
B.C. Emergency Health Services said there were 130 calls for suspected overdoses on July 27, which matches a record set in April 2017. There were no fatalities among those calls.
Police arrested a man in his 20s following 2 separate incidents in Kitsilano early Sunday
Vancouver police have a man in custody after two separate violent incidents that took place in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood early Sunday morning.
Crews are continuing to battle a fire, with more than 20 personnel on site, that has been burning in Richmond since 5:30 a.m. Friday near the Richmond Nature Park by Highway 99.
"The fire is proving to be challenging to extinguish due to its location in heavily forested land, the hot weather temperatures and the need for extensive water to soak the peat soils in which the blaze is burning," said a statement from the City of Richmond.
7 of 10 herds declared under 'imminent threat' of disappearing are in British Columbia
When Bryce Comer first started trudging through the dense forest of British Columbia's Kootenay Pass in 2008, the Australian knew little about the Canadian wilderness in which he was wandering, let alone the southern mountain caribou he was trying to document.
A fire near the Richmond Nature Park is causing traffic delays and affecting air quality.
Richmond RCMP say crews have blocked Westminster Highway between Shell Road and No. 4 Road in order to access the fire. Drivers are being asked to avoid the area, which is near the intersection of highways 91 and 99.
South Africa kicks off 2018 Celebration of Light, Sweden is Wednesday, South Korea next Saturday
Thousands of people lined the beaches in English Bay to watch the first night of Vancouver's Honda Celebration of Light fireworks festival.
Shooting occurred in front of Tillicum Community Annex
A man is dead after a targeted shooting in East Vancouver on Wednesday evening.
Multiple shots were fired in the area of Cambridge and Nanaimo streets just before 8 p.m. PT, police confirmed.
