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A B.C. Centre for Disease Control naloxone kit. B.C. Emergency Health Services released a list detailing the annual number of overdose/poisoning calls in different communities throughout the province, for a total of 42,172 calls in 2023. (Darryl Dick/The Canadian Press)

Overdose calls spiked 25% in B.C. in 2023 amid highest recorded deaths in history

B.C. paramedics responded to 42,172 overdose or poisoning calls last year

The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP found several explosive devices after conducting a traffic stop in Spallumcheen Monday night, Jan. 22, 2024. (Black Press file photo)

Explosives ‘resembling hand grenades’ found in car that fled B.C. police

RCMP confirm several items that resembled hand grenades contained explosives

Dr. Marc Romney, Head of Medical Microbiology and Virology watches a new AI-assisted machine to help the microbiology lab at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. St. Paul’s has installed a new $1 million automated AI-based lab system which uses artificial intelligence and robots for repetitive tasks so humans can do the complex work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Robots Tarzan and Jane swinging through B.C. hospital lab jungle

Automation helps St. Paul’s lab handle more than 145,000 microbiological samples each year

<div>RCMP is reminding people planning to go into the backcountry this winter to “expect the best, but be prepared for the worst” after one death on Jan. 21 and a separate rescue on Jan. 22 near Golden. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>

1 dead, 2 rescued in separate backcountry emergencies near Golden

2 backcountry skiiers found stranded on a cliff in Yoho National Park

<div>RCMP is reminding people planning to go into the backcountry this winter to “expect the best, but be prepared for the worst” after one death on Jan. 21 and a separate rescue on Jan. 22 near Golden. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
The Bank of Canada kept its overnight lending rate at 5 per cent, but a senior economist with TD forecasts that interest rate cuts are on the horizon, which promise to ease housing costs in B.C. But B.C.’s economy is not predicted to grow as fast as the rest of the country’s. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

TD forecasts B.C.’s housing costs to ease with interest rate cuts on horizon

Bank of Canada held overnight lending rate at 5 per cent, but TD forecasts cuts in 2024

The Bank of Canada kept its overnight lending rate at 5 per cent, but a senior economist with TD forecasts that interest rate cuts are on the horizon, which promise to ease housing costs in B.C. But B.C.’s economy is not predicted to grow as fast as the rest of the country’s. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Vancouver Whitecaps’ Ryan Gauld reacts after missing his second penalty kick, during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Los Angeles FC, in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Contract extension will keep Gauld with Whitecaps another 4 years

Vancouver midfielder scored 12 goals last year as the team’s highest-paid player

Vancouver Whitecaps’ Ryan Gauld reacts after missing his second penalty kick, during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Los Angeles FC, in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Sidney staff are working on bylaw changes that would restrict overnight use of public facilities, picnic shelters, stages and public structures within town parks. (Black Press Media file photo)

Sidney preparing bylaw changes to restrict overnight use of park structures

The proposed hours when the amended bylaw may be enforced are 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Sidney staff are working on bylaw changes that would restrict overnight use of public facilities, picnic shelters, stages and public structures within town parks. (Black Press Media file photo)
St. Louis Blues goalie Joel Hofer (30) stops Vancouver Canucks’ Filip Hronek (17) during overtime NHL hockey action, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Schenn’s OT winner helps Blues survive Canucks comeback push, take 4-3 win

Pius Suter nets second career hat trick in losing cause for Vancouver

St. Louis Blues goalie Joel Hofer (30) stops Vancouver Canucks’ Filip Hronek (17) during overtime NHL hockey action, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Alfonso Tejero, 56, smiles posing in front of two motorcycles. (Facebook/ Moira Collie)

Sobbing driver helped from B.C. courtroom, gets 10 days for ‘risky’ fatal pass

Erika Gebhardt overcome after sentencing connected to the death of Alfonso Tejero near Hope

Alfonso Tejero, 56, smiles posing in front of two motorcycles. (Facebook/ Moira Collie)
The father of a murdered 13-year-old girl has been under police investigation for allegedly bringing a gun into a Vancouver courtroom on the day that Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the killing, the man’s lawyer has told a hearing. The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Ali’s lawyers fear dead girl’s dad, police probe claim he brought gun to court

Defence lawyers refusing to show up for post-trial proceedings citing safety concerns

The father of a murdered 13-year-old girl has been under police investigation for allegedly bringing a gun into a Vancouver courtroom on the day that Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the killing, the man’s lawyer has told a hearing. The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Parkland Corp. says it has temporarily shut down fuel processing at its Burnaby, B.C. refinery. A boat travels past the Parkland Burnaby Refinery on Burrard Inlet at sunset in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. refinery could be shut down for 4 weeks after stinky startup

Parkland has temporarily halted fuel processing in Burnaby after problematic cold snap restart

Parkland Corp. says it has temporarily shut down fuel processing at its Burnaby, B.C. refinery. A boat travels past the Parkland Burnaby Refinery on Burrard Inlet at sunset in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Stabbing suspects set to appear in Surrey provincial court, with the adult appearing on Friday, Jan. 26 and the youth on Wednesday, Jan. 31. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Pair charged after teen stabbed in the gut on a bus outside Surrey mall

Police say 2023 incident tied to mall altercation following remarks made to victim’s girlfriend

Stabbing suspects set to appear in Surrey provincial court, with the adult appearing on Friday, Jan. 26 and the youth on Wednesday, Jan. 31. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Sheldon Rempal of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his first NHL goal Tuesday, Jan. 23, during a game against the New York Islanders at New York’s UBS Arena. (Photo courtesy Vegas Golden Knights)

Former BCHL star scores first NHL goal

Sheldon Rempal, who starred with the Nanaimo Clippers, lights lamp for Vegas Golden Knights in win

Sheldon Rempal of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his first NHL goal Tuesday, Jan. 23, during a game against the New York Islanders at New York’s UBS Arena. (Photo courtesy Vegas Golden Knights)
Brenda Wong says she and her sisters have learned to navigate “the long journey” of dementia, which requires supports tailored for various racialized groups. Wong, top wearing red blouse, is seen in an undated handout photo with her sisters Wendy, left, and Bonnie, with their mother. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Brenda Wong

Asian Canadian dementia rates climb, need for culturally safe services grows

Report underlines growing concern about appropriate care for those in need of it

Brenda Wong says she and her sisters have learned to navigate “the long journey” of dementia, which requires supports tailored for various racialized groups. Wong, top wearing red blouse, is seen in an undated handout photo with her sisters Wendy, left, and Bonnie, with their mother. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Brenda Wong
Koala Agusta 119 (Source: Skyline Helicopters) Koala Agusta 119 of the kind flown by Skyline Helicopters out of Kelowna, one of which crashed north of Terrace on Monday Jan 22. (Skyline Helicopters photo)

Federal transport agency begins probe into fatal northwest B.C. helicopter crash

Three killed, four injured in Jan. 22 incident north of Terrace

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Koala Agusta 119 (Source: Skyline Helicopters) Koala Agusta 119 of the kind flown by Skyline Helicopters out of Kelowna, one of which crashed north of Terrace on Monday Jan 22. (Skyline Helicopters photo)
A judge’s declaration that the federal government was unjustified in using Canada’s emergency legislation to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights. A lineup of police officers assemble on Colonel By Drive near the truck blockade in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canadians react to unreasonable use of Emergency Act ruling

Judgement reopens emotional debate two years after huge Freedom Convoy protests

A judge’s declaration that the federal government was unjustified in using Canada’s emergency legislation to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights. A lineup of police officers assemble on Colonel By Drive near the truck blockade in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Buses line the Vancouver Transit Centre as transit workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4500 strike in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Bus and SeaBus services in Metro Vancouver are set to resume this morning after the end of a 48-hour strike by supervisors that ground Coast Mountain Bus Company routes to a standstill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

72-hour Metro Vancouver bus strike promised next week if deal not reached

Union warns of renewed action as province assigns Vince Ready to mediate transit dispute

Buses line the Vancouver Transit Centre as transit workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4500 strike in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Bus and SeaBus services in Metro Vancouver are set to resume this morning after the end of a 48-hour strike by supervisors that ground Coast Mountain Bus Company routes to a standstill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The Northwest Territories provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

2 flight crew, 4 miners dead in Northwest Territories plane crash

Sole survivor of chartered flight headed to Rio Tinto diamond mine taken to Yellowknife hospital

The Northwest Territories provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Bunbun in the safe hands of a Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue volunteer. (RCMSAR - Facebook)

Sooke rescue mission hops to bunny’s aid

Bunbun stranded in a sailboat stuck in ice

Bunbun in the safe hands of a Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue volunteer. (RCMSAR - Facebook)
Dean Anderson holds up a sign before a march on the first National Day of Action to draw attention to the opioid overdose epidemic, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on February 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

2023 was the worst year for fatal toxic drug poisonings in B.C. history

The coroners service warned in October that 2023 would be an unprecedented year for deaths

Dean Anderson holds up a sign before a march on the first National Day of Action to draw attention to the opioid overdose epidemic, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on February 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck