Nina Krieger, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, has released the following statement in response to the recent deaths and injuries to police officers serving in communities across the country:

Provincewide program will tackle chronic property crime, public disorder

In April 2026, 119 people in British Columbia lost their lives to suspected unregulated-drug toxicity according to preliminary data reported by the BC Coroners Service, equating to about four deaths per day.

A coroner’s inquest into the death of Tatyanna Harrison will begin at 9:30 a.m. (Pacific time) on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at the Burnaby Coroners’ Court (20th floor, 4720 Kingsway, Metrotower II, Metrotown, Burnaby).

The summer months have arrived and the BC Coroners Service is reminding people throughout the province to put safety first when planning warm-weather activities.

New funding supports Indigenous-led violence-prevention programs

Civil forfeiture grants support organizations at risk of hate-based crime

Civil Forfeiture Grant program funds local projects led by community organizations

RCMP detachments in the Interior now have access to HealthIM