Police in Burnaby say a driver is in critical condition in hospital after being struck by an object that crashed through their windshield along Highway 1.
R-C-M-P say it happened just before noon yesterday and Highway Patrol officers were searching for the unknown object that seriously injured the driver.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.
British Columbia is on pace for the deadliest year in its unregulated toxic-drug crisis, with the BC Coroners Service saying another 198 deaths were reported in July. It says there have been at least 1,455 deaths in the first seven months of 2023, the most ever recorded.
Homicide investigators say the victim of what they suspect was a targeted gang shooting in Mission, B.C., has died of his injuries. The Independent Homicide Investigation Team says the 45-year-old man was found wounded late Monday at Mission's Laminman Avenue after reports of gunfire.
Large portions of northeastern British Columbia continue to swelter a day after some areas hit daily record temperatures, as the forecast for rain in the south and Interior brought the promise of relief for some wildfire zones.
The B-C government is seeking proposals to create new affordable rental homes through its Community Housing Fund. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says the newest round of funding will create approximately 35-hundred homes.
Many parents still struggle to find the right formula for their babies at a reasonable price after last year's temporary shutdown of U.S. based manufacturing plant caused a major shortage of shipments to Canada.
Statistics Canada says the country's mortality rate rose in 2021 from 2020. The agency says data shows cancer, heart disease, overdoses and COVID-19 were the leading causes of death.