BC Gov News

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Morris has issued the following statement ahead of Halloween:

Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton and Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Morris issued the following statement:

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.

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

Provincial Health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and director of police services Clayton Pecknold, co-chairs of the Joint Task Force on Overdose Response, have released the following statement.

Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and director of police services Clayton Pecknold released the following statement in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, 2016.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a scuba-diving incident in the ocean near Nanoose on July 20, 2016.

The BC Coroners Service has released the report and recommendations of a Child Death Review Panel into the deaths of child and youth pedestrians, cyclists and boarders involved in motor vehicle incidents.

The growing number of calls for service requiring first responders to deal with fentanyl and its trafficking and use has prompted the Province to fund specialized training for those on the front line.

In times of crisis, B.C. victims of crime need to know where they can go for help.