Big numbers are being reported for B-C's cruise industry. The Port of Vancouver says its final cruise ship of the 2023 season is setting sail today.
It says the 2023 cruise season in Vancouver has been the port's biggest season on record, with an estimated 1.25-million passengers this year.
It says that marked a 54 per cent increase in the number of visitors in 2022.
The port says 332 ships docked between April and October this year.
The Mounties say in the first incident, a woman was found dead in a Prince George home on July 17. They say a day later, a 22-year-old woman was found dead in what police say was a targeted event.
The board's order issued Sunday also says the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada must hold a ratification vote on the deal with employers no later than Friday, and restricts both sides from commenting to the media, beyond a single joint-statement announcing the agreement.
A dog handler with the Abbotsford Police Department will not face charges linked to an arrest more than two years ago where the suspect was seriously injured. The Independent Investigations Office looked into the March 2021 arrest and determined the officer may have committed offences.
Investigators believe the fatal collision occurred at 1:55 a.m. Monday, when a red Cadillac struck a taxi, then broad-sided a ride-share vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and East 12 Avenue, in Mount Pleasant. The force of the collision killed the 26-year-old Uber driver, who was alone in his vehicle. The taxi driver and two passengers were taken to hospital for precautionary reasons.
A 40-year-old Indian national living in Canada has pleaded guilty to smuggling several Indian nationals from Canada into the US for profit. Simranjit 'Shally' Singh admitted to six counts of alien smuggling and three counts of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling during an appearance in Albany, New York on Friday.
Police arrested two adults and detained a third during the recovery of the missing children, and the two arrested individuals — the children's 45-year-old mother and her 53-year-old boyfriend — have been charged with variations of different abduction charges.