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SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — RCMP in Metro Vancouver say one man is dead and three people have been arrested after an alleged hit-and-run early Saturday morning. A statement from Surrey RCMP says officers responded at 1:43 a.m.

If an agreement is not reached by 12:01 a.m. Feb. 3, members will be withdrawing services for 72 hours.

Jesse Smith described the loud noise in the burning Winters Hotel in Vancouver as people were streaming out when she went back to help others and their pets escape. "It's wood.

VANCOUVER — Environment sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has improved its warning systems since the last flooding disaster in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, and Premier David Eby says it will be on top of the latest series of atmospheric rivers rolling over the South Coast in the next few days.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's new seniors advocate is Dan Levitt, an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and the head of a non-profit long-term care home.

VANCOUVER — The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Centre for Disease Control is reporting another influenza-related death of a child under 10. In its latest weekly update, the centre says the death was reported during the week of Jan. 14 to 20.

VICTORIA — The number of incarcerated young offenders in British Columbia has fallen so dramatically that the province needs to come up with a plan to reallocate resources to avoid waste, a report released Thursday says.

VANCOUVER — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Premier David Eby has rebuffed the province's retiring chief coroner's swansong pleas for non-prescription safe supply of drugs, calling it a "fundamental issue" of disagreement on how to curb the toxic drug crisis.

Vancouver resident Robert Ford was heading to a yoga class Sunday morning when he smelled an odour he likened to "semi-burnt fuel.

FIELD, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — Police in eastern British Columbia are warning backcountry users to be ready for emergencies after a snowmobiler was killed and two skiers had to be rescued this week in separate incidents.