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VICTORIA — The BC Coroners Service says 177 people died in February due to "toxic, unregulated drugs." The service says at least 175 people have died because of the toxic drug supply in each of the last 20 consecutive months.

RCMP in the Vancouver-area city of Langley have issued an Amber Alert for a baby boy. Police say three-month-old Tyler Durocher was last seen on Thursday in Langley.

Co-author says Squamish should only worry about eruption the same as they would for other natural hazards in the region.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is bringing in changes to its Police Act to improve governance and oversight of municipal police departments in the province. The legislation, if passed, would expand the jurisdictions of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

VANCOUVER — A 46-year-old man has been injured in a shooting in Vancouver's downtown core, the second such incident in the area in less than a week. Vancouver police say officers responded to reports of shots fired at around 7:50 p.m.

KAMLOOPS, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — British Columbia's premier says a training and education centre for wildfire fighters will be established in response to recommendations by a task force that looked into last year's catastrophic wildfires.

VANCOUVER — The mayor of Vancouver says the city is disappointed about the new location of an overdose prevention site in the downtown core.

The leaked memo, released by BC United, tells nurses that they could face charges for confiscating a patient’s drugs or weapons, a policy the BC Nurses’ Union says is putting health-care staff at risk.

SURREY, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — A British Columbia man has been convicted for his involvement in an international online group dedicated to trafficking child pornography.

A 45-second video was posted to social media showing the driver weaving in and out of traffic on the bridge.