Mounties in Surrey say a 52-year-old man has been charged with arson.
They say two fires occurred in the northwest part of the city on May 28th, less than 12 hours apart.
The R-C-M-P say firefighters and officers received reports of a man allegedly setting fire to bushes, and police later found and arrested the suspect, who was hiding in the area.
They say the man has been charged with two counts of arson and remains in custody until his next court appearance on June 13th.
Const. Lacy Browning pleaded guilty to one count of assault on what was supposed to be the first day of her trial on Monday. Browning was accused of punching and dragging University of British Columbia student Mona Wang after the woman's boyfriend called police asking them to check on her.
The crew partially put on their immersion suits, but the life raft they were trying to deploy went into the ocean without being inflated, and the captain and a crew member went into the ocean after it.
British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix is hosting the country's health ministers for a second day of talks in Vancouver that are set to include discussions with federal minister Jean-Yves Duclos.
Sim and the new council were sworn in at an inauguration ceremony at the Orpheum theatre where he also called for help from the federal and provincial governments to address the opioid crisis.
On Saturday, at 1am, officials were called to a home at 3030 Trethewey Street and residents inside the home were evacuated safely. Via release, police say "As a result of the preliminary investigation, this fire is being treated as suspicious,".
Health Canada says that four pharmaceutical companies are experiencing shortages of drugs that contain amoxicillin, an antibiotic medication that’s commonly used to treat children with bronchitis, pneumonia and ear infections.