Once a year, British Columbia recognizes Public Safety Lifeline Volunteer Award winners and their significant contributions to emergency and disaster response in this province.

Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton have issued the following statement:

Once a year, British Columbia is able to herald and thank those police officers whose remarkable work and brave actions enhance the safety of their communities.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that a body recovered at Vargas Island near Tofino, British Columbia, is that of missing Australian tourist Raveshan Morgan Pillay.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of five persons who died following the capsizing of a whale-watching boat west of Vancouver Island on Oct. 25, 2015.

The BC Coroners Service is providing preliminary information about the five persons confirmed deceased in the sinking of a whale-watching boat off Tofino on Oct. 25, 2015.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of two men who died following an airplane crash near Fort St. John on Oct. 16, 2015.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died following a collision between a BC ambulance and a train on Sept. 11, 2015.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of three men who died following the capsizing of a commercial fishboat west of Vancouver Island on Sept. 5, 2015.

The BC Coroners Service has announced new dates for the public inquest into the death of Ernest Shawn Moosomin.