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A new grim record has been hit in British Columbia for the highest amount of overdoses in a single day.

VANCOUVER — Brian Twaites remembers the first time he realized toxic drugs in British Columbia had hit a crisis level. On one shift as a paramedic, he handled 26 calls and more than 22 of them were drug overdoses.

The City of Vancouver says its fire department reports a "marked improvement" in safety and sidewalk accessibility along a Downtown Eastside street where a large tent encampment was recently removed.

The incident occurred between two passengers Friday morning.

Whistler Search and Rescue extricated Tareef Dedhar from a steep slope after he fell hundreds of feet off a cliff on March 17

VANCOUVER — Bus drivers in West Vancouver say they are the latest to experience violence on the public transit system.

Ethan Bespflug’s mother realized something was wrong when she tracked the 17-year-old’s phone to a hospital in New Westminster.

VICTORIA — A long, cool and wet spring is in the forecast for British Columbia, but temperatures are expected to start rising next month, increasing the risk of flooding in creeks, streams and rivers. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Violence on public transit and in city spaces across sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld said in relation to a spate of assaults in his city as well as Edmonton, Metro Vancouver and Toronto.

VANCOUVER — Youth in British Columbia will soon have more access to mental health and addiction services at a dozen new Foundry centres.