Justice Minister and Attorney General Shirley Bond was in Kitimat today highlighting the work Kitimat Fire & Ambulance Services and its community partners have done to save lives as part of the Province's smoke alarm campaign.

The BC Coroners Service is warning parents of infants about the potential dangers of using co-sleepers, a type of crib that attaches to the side of an adult bed. The warning comes after an extensive investigation into the death of a 10-month-old Surrey girl who died last year after becoming trapped between the co-sleeper and the adult bed.

Twenty-four recruits arrived at the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) this morning to begin extensive training and learn what it takes to become British Columbia's next deputy sheriffs.