Police say a man who was punched in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has died.
Const. Tania Visintin says 36-year-old Neil Scarisbrick died on Monday.
He is Vancouver's 11th homicide victim this year.
Visintin says police believe the victim and suspect are known to each other, and there is no risk to the public.
OTTAWA — The federal government is increasing the carbon tax on new natural-gas plants to discourage power companies from building them.
Vancouver city council has voted in favour of a motion that demands global fossil fuel companies pay their share of costs arising from climate change.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Supreme Court struck out a lengthy list of special damage claims in a civil court lawsuit by former B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Wilson that names Premier John Horgan and one of his top cabinet ministers.
The jury cites B.C.'s health and education ministries and the Vancouver Island Health Authority in its recommendations after hearing from more than 40 witnesses into the April 20, 2018, death of Elliot Eurchuk.
Victoria police say the fire that destroyed the abandoned Plaza Hotel last month was arson.
CRANBROOK, B.C. — The manager of a public health nurse says she is sorry for mistakenly giving a class of British Columbia students a sex-education guide that contained graphic images, including a picture of bondage between cartoon animals.