VANCOUVER — The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man shot by transit police in Surrey, B.C.
Naverone Woods was originally from Hazelton but was staying in Surrey.
The 23-year-old was shot at a Safeway store just after 8 a.m. Sunday.
He was transported to hospital and pronounced dead soon after arrival.
The Independent Investigations Office and the coroners service are still investigating.
Woods' family has been notified of his death.
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is promising to scrap Stephen Harper's brand of message discipline if he becomes prime minister, giving more freedom to bureaucrats, ditching the scripts for cabinet ministers and making them and himself more accessible to journalists.
TORONTO — The Weather Network says Canadians' dreams of a white Christmas likely won't come true for many of those living in the more populated parts of the country.
DELTA, B.C. — A Metro Vancouver police department says it is removing online promotions for the sale of a wristband that support of an officer facing a second-degree murder charge.
A series of powerful earthquakes shook the coast of B.C. over the weekend. The federal agency that monitors earthquakes in Canada says there were five offshore quakes on Saturday and Sunday.
Toronto's transit authority will be speeding up its review of bus and streetcar operators following the death of a 14-year-old girl who was killed after being hit by a city bus.
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver MLA is seeking the NDP nomination for the federal riding of Vancouver East. Mable Elmore currently represents the riding of Vancouver-Kensington for the provincial New Democrats.