WorkSafeBC spokeswoman Trish Knight Chernecki says Mounties contacted the agency to report that a four-by-four vehicle slid off an elevated hoist and pinned a worker.
Drive B.C. says the Alex Fraser Bridge is closed due to falling snow and ice.
Vancouver police have confirmed they're investigating a homicide in the city's West Side, but they are keeping mum on the details.
Surrey RCMP is currently investigating a suspicious occurrence involving a single vehicle in the Cloverdale area of Surrey.
The joke was made on Wednesday during a tribute to the retiring head of ArcticNet, which co-ordinates northern research in Canada.
The province announced Thursday that its opioid overdose crisis has spurred it to establish three overdose-prevention sites in Vancouver, with more planned in Surrey and Victoria.