With an exceptionally hot weekend approaching for much of the province, the BC Coroners Service is urging residents and visitors to take extra care when they are near rivers, lakes or the ocean.

Illicit drug deaths in British Columbia continued to account for an average of more than four deaths each day in the month of May.

The number of illicit drug deaths in B.C. continues to be a major cause of concern, with April 2017 showing the second-highest recorded numbers in a single month in the province, according to the latest statistics from the BC Coroners Service.

A coroner's inquest jury has issued 12 recommendations aimed at preventing the police-involved deaths of those suffering an acute mental-health event.

The BC Coroners Service is investigating the deaths of two men who died after a vessel capsized near Tofino on April 30, 2017.  

The BC Coroners Service will hold a public inquest into the death of Rhett Patrick Victor Mutch.

The BC Coroners Service will hold a public inquest into the death of Rhett Patrick Victor Mutch.

Promoting safety in relationships and a violence-free B.C. are goals of new learning resources the Province is piloting in schools in Surrey, Delta and Chetwynd, toward making final versions available to all B.C. school districts by the end of the year.

The BC Coroners Service is investigating after two adults and two children were found deceased in their residence near the community of Ashcroft on March 24, 2017.