The BC Coroners Service is asking for the public’s assistance in its efforts to identify a male who was found deceased 20 years ago.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died after a motor vehicle incident in Vernon on Sept. 20, 2016.

To bolster the efforts underway to prevent illicit drug overdoses and related deaths, Premier Christy Clark announced that the Province is providing $10 million to support a British Columbia addiction treatment research and training centre and to fund strategies identified under the Joint Task Force on Overdose Prevention.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in Kamloops on Sept. 15, 2016.

Like individual victims of crime, communities can now submit impact statements for the court’s consideration during the sentencing of convicted offenders.

The number of illicit drug deaths continued to drop slightly in August but the number of deaths from illicit drug use remains significantly increased from previous years, the latest statistics from the BC Coroners Service show.

The borrowing rates of high-cost, short-term cash loans – payday loans – will be lowered under regulations coming into effect Jan. 1, 2017.