Vancouver police say they've made an arrest related to a fatal stabbing more than five years ago.
Twenty-six-year-old Abeal Abera was rushed to hospital in June 2018 with a stab wound and died a week later.
At the time, police said they did not believe it was a random attack.
Police say a 38-year-old man was arrested on Friday and has been charged with manslaughter.
45 year old David Allen Lucas of Surrey has now been charged with assault with a weapon and three counts of assault. Lucas has been released from custody on a series of court-ordered conditions.
The exchange happened ahead of a Tuesday meeting by a House of Commons committee set to study the issue, which was flagged as a concern by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Service Canada says it has seen a big boost in demand for passport renewals, which has made for long lineups and longer waits for documents. The federal agency aims to process passports within 20 business days for mail-in applications, but right now the wait is averaging 26 days.
Emergency Health Services transported a 14-year-old female to hospital for treatment of serious, but non-life threatening injuries. The second youth involved, a 17-year-old male, was arrested by police and later released to his legal guardian at the scene.
The detailed itinerary released today outlines a packed schedule filled with military ceremonies, meetings with Indigenous communities and stops at local businesses.
A small backyard poultry flock in Kelowna, B.C., has tested positive for avian flu, the second known outbreak of the disease among flocks in British Columbia. The highly infectious H5N1 strain of the illness was confirmed earlier this month on an Enderby farm in the North Okanagan.