On March 26th, at around 12:20 a.m., Burnaby RCMP frontline officers responded to a report of a pedestrian involved collision at Macpherson Avenue and Marine Drive in Burnaby.
A 19-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious and life threatening injuries.
Police believe the boy was struck by a sedan after entering into a confrontation with the occupants of that vehicle. The driver was reported to have immediately fled the scene.
They say in a news release 24-year-old Shania Paulson died after being shot inside the Arco Hotel, a single room occupancy building.
There have been 136 new confirmed COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern in our province, for a total of 1,132 cases. Of the total cases, 143 are active and the remaining people have recovered.
Health officials across the country are warning of rising infections amid the increasing prevalence of novel coronavirus variants.
The United States currently has seven million "releasable" doses of the vaccine, which has yet to receive approval from its Food and Drug Administration, she said.
Four cities surveyed showed overall small price declines: Vancouver, Moncton, Whitehorse and Yellowknife.
The government says grocery workers, police, firefighters, teachers, postal employees and other front-line staff are considered priority groups and will be eligible to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.