In light of a recent spike in pedestrian fatalities, the B.C. government is providing $30,000 to the Vancouver Police Department for a safety enforcement campaign targeting the city's most dangerous corridors, announced Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Colin Hansen on behalf of Solicitor General Shirley Bond.

Beginning Aug. 5, BC Liquor Store customers can help support Red Cross drought relief efforts in the Horn of Africa (which includes Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda) by making donations at any of the 197 BC Liquor Stores located in communities across British Columbia.

Shirley Bond, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, is urging motorists to drive defensively, stay alert and avoid drinking and driving this B.C. Day long weekend.

Five new Provincial Court judges have been appointed for the Lower Mainland, Okanagan and northern British Columbia.

The BC Coroners Service is commending the Ministry of Environment for quickly upgrading signage at the site of a park visitor's fatal fall.

As B.C.'s chief coroner, I was very pleased with the auditor general's recent finding that the BC Coroners Service is meeting its core mandate - accurately and independently investigating all reported deaths, holding mandatory inquests and reviewing all children's deaths.

Two recent drowning-related fatalities this past weekend are a sobering reminder that this is the peak season for water-related deaths in the province.

The Province has signed an agreement with Brookfield Partnerships Surrey to deliver the new high-security Surrey Pretrial Services Centre Expansion (SPSCE) project. This 216-cell project will more than double the centre's existing capacity.

The search to find the chief civilian director for the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is now underway, Attorney General Barry Penner announced.

Citizens with information or perspectives to share with independent Vancouver riot reviewers Doug Keefe, QC, and John Furlong now have an online option.