The BC Coroners Service confirms its first novel coronavirus (COVID-19)-related death in the community following post-mortem testing, involving a male from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. The man died in his residence.

The BC Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the deaths of two people who died in Granisle in April 2016.  

The BC Coroners Service and the RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance to help identify the remains of an adult male who was located a year ago in a forested area in North Burnaby, on March 11, 2019.

Volunteer and composite fire departments across B.C. have been approved to receive their share of $5 million in funding for equipment and training through the Province’s Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF).

As British Columbia approaches the four-year anniversary of the public health emergency related to illicit drug overdoses, the BC Coroners Service and partners are renewing calls for improved access to a regulated, safer drug supply in the province.

Local and regional governments in 18 communities have been approved to receive their share of more than $12 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding to support structural flood mitigation projects.