Mounties in Surrey says four people have now been charged after a robbery at a jewellery store in Guildford earlier this year.
They say police responded after shots were fired at the store on February 18th, leaving one person with non-life threatening injuries.
The R-C-M-P say two people were arrested more than a week later in Calgary.
They say officers continued to investigate, which led to the arrest of two more women, who have since been charged in relation to the crime.
Federal public servants warned the government two years ago that large increases to immigration could affect housing affordability and services, internal documents show. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access-to-information request show Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada analyzed the potential effects immigration would have on the economy, housing and services, as it prepared its immigration targets for 2023 to 2025.
Bitter cold is descending on Western Canada, with Prairie cities already seeing -30 C temperatures and southwestern British Columbia bracing for an Arctic outflow and an overdue blast of winter. Temperatures in Calgary and Edmonton have dipped to -29 C and -31 C respectively with lows of -38 C possible Friday.
Human-caused climate change is behind a decline in spring snowpack across parts of Southern Canada and the Northern Hemisphere, says a new study that offers widespread caution of how a warming planet could transform winter and affect water security.
Police say a 42-year-old man from Trail, B.C., has been arrested after allegedly driving a stolen vehicle that hit three police cars and injured an officer at a roadblock. Mounties say an officer in Salmo, B.C., saw a stolen Toyota Tundra on Tuesday and tried to stop the vehicle, but the suspect sped away.
R-C-M-P in Surrey are using a new tool to educate young people about gang violence in the hopes of discouraging their involvement in them. Officers from the Mounties' gang enforcement team will be sharing a new video specifically created for Surrey youth during school presentations.
Police in Victoria are looking for help in identifying a suspect wanted in an arson that damaged a local restaurant. They say fire broke out the early morning hours of June 16th at a restaurant on Douglas Street, resulting in damages estimated at between 1.5-million to two-million-dollars.