Illicit drug deaths in British Columbia through the first 10 months of 2016 continue to occur at the rate of about two each day, according to the latest statistics from the BC Coroners Service.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after being shot by Vancouver Police on Nov. 10, 2016.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a youth who died after a motor vehicle incident near Hope on Nov. 7, 2016.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after a motor vehicle incident in Richmond on Nov. 6, 2016.

With the change to earlier afternoon darkness as a result of the time change this weekend, the BC Coroners Service is urging both pedestrians and motorists to take greater care to avoid pedestrian-vehicle accidents.

The Province is concluding Crime Prevention Week by once again inviting organizations involved in an array of crime prevention and public safety projects throughout B.C. to apply for grants from civil forfeiture proceeds this fall.

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.

It won’t be an easy ride, but for a select few who are ready, a new program will give adults looking for a way out of gang life the tools they’ll need to find meaningful employment, build strong family and community connections and shake their gangster identity for good.