Drug overdose deaths are down by 24 per cent between April last year and this April, but still B-C’s Coroner says 182 people died.
Fentanyl remains the primary killer, with the drug detected in 82 per cent of test results for those who died so far this year.
The coroner’s service says nearly half of those who overdosed were between the ages of 30 and 49.
The latest figures lift the number of deaths since the public health emergency was declared eight years ago to 14-thousand 582 people.
Canada has expedited immigration applications from Ukraine and created an extraordinary program to allow Ukrainian citizens and their families to come to Canada and work or study for three years while they decide their next steps.
Police say in a news release they were notified Wednesday morning a helicopter that was moving wood crashed north of the village of Sayward along the Johnstone Strait.
There are 329 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 37 are in intensive care. There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Surrey Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 11 facilities with ongoing outbreaks.
Frontline officers attended and located an injured 33-year-old man. The victim was transported to hospital and due to the serious nature of his injuries is not expected to survive.
Brian Porter called a tax hike that's widely expected to be included in Thursday's budget a “knee-jerk reaction that sends the wrong message to the global investment community."
Police say when the officer was speaking to the complainant, the man fled into the home and the officer was stabbed after he followed. The release says the officer was able to take the man, who was known to the complainant, into custody and drive himself and the suspect to hospital.