RCMP in the Interior city of Trail say the constables visited a local home on Thursday to check on the well-being of five- and nine-year-old girls.
Boyden, whose novels include Three Day Road and The Orenda, joined 68 other people recognized Wednesday by the Governor General with one of the country's highest civilian honours.
The number of aboriginal students finishing secondary school in the province has increased steadily from about 54 to 63 per cent over the past six years, as indicated by data from B.C.'s Education Ministry.
Paul Cottrell of Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a surfer found the whale on Dec. 23 and a necropsy was conducted on Christmas Day.
Mounties say 35-year-old Justin Daniels put a pick-up truck he was driving in reverse and rammed a police cruiser that had pulled him over before driving away early Monday morning.
OTTAWA — The federal government appears likely to miss its latest target to resettle 10,000 Syrians by the end of this year.