The Insurance Corporation of B-C is warning that roads will be busier than usual this weekend and the Crown agency is asking people to drive carefully.
It says, on average, two people are killed and 480 people are injured in crashes during the Victoria Day long weekend each year.
I-C-B-C says speed is a top contributing factor in those crashes.
It says more police will be working this weekend with plans to focus on speeding drivers.
Of the six newly proposed electoral districts, the commission says four should be located in Burnaby, Langley, Surrey and Vancouver. It says many ridings across Greater Vancouver continue to grow quickly and are already more than 25 per cent above the quotient that ensures fair representation by population.
During the robbery, the suspects presented a firearm demanding money from the victim before stealing and leaving in the victim’s vehicle. Both the victim’s stolen vehicle and the suspect vehicle used to arrive at the victim’s property have been located and seized by police. Although shaken, the victim and other occupants at the property were not injured.
Amar, a 40 year-old father of three, was fatally injured on August 31, 2022 during a physical altercation between two neighbours, leading to the arrest of one person. British Columbia (BC) Prosecution spokesperson Dan McLaughlin told Global News that the case didn't meet the standard for charge assessment according to the Crown.
The crash Monday night left a man in his 50s dead. At around 8:07pm, the vehicle was travelling northbound on King George Blvd when it went off road.
The budget document says spending by the Defence Department will reach nearly $40 billion by 2026-27 as a result of those additional investments, but the government is not saying what that means as a share of Canada's gross domestic product.
The Parliamentary Budget Office says the increase in salaries was the largest contributor to the rise in total compensation, but spending on pensions, overtime and bonuses also grew at a faster rate.