The Province, anti-gang units and local police continue to make progress with work underway on B.C.’s $23-million expanded Guns and Gangs Strategy.

The number of illicit drug deaths in B.C. continues to increase each month with December numbers the highest ever recorded in a single month in the province, according to the latest statistics from the BC Coroners Service.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that a double fatality occurred in Vancouver on Jan. 10, 2017. 

The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of a 2 year old Chetwynd child that occurred the evening of Jan. 7, 2017, at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) in Vancouver. The child had been admitted to the hospital in Chetwynd in the early hours of Jan. 7, and later transferred to BCCH.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who passed away at his residence near Merritt on Jan. 9, 2017.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following an avalanche south of Valemount on Dec. 30, 2016.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died following a motor vehicle incident east of Tete Jaune Cache, near Valemount, on Dec. 30, 2016.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died as the result of a motor vehicle incident on Highway #1 near Canoe on Jan. 2, 2017.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in Nanaimo on Jan. 1, 2017.

New, lower charges for high-cost, short-term cash loans – payday loans – came into effect Jan. 1, 2017.