B-C's Integrated Homicide Investigation Unit says officers were deployed to a Chilliwack home yesterday after a 66-year-old woman was found dead.
It says officers also found a 37-year old man suffering non-life-threatening injuries and a 68-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
IHIT says initial evidence indicates the incident was between three family members and there is no ongoing risk to the public.
It says it will not be releasing the name of the suspect or victims at this point out of respect for the family’s privacy and because it does not believe it would further the investigation.
Statistics Canada says the energy sector was down 2.1 per cent in May -- its first decline in five months and its largest since August 2020. Canada's record-breaking wildfire season led many mining and oil and gas companies to reduce their operations in Alberta.
The B-C government says it wants to hear from British Columbians about taxi and ride-hailing services in the province. The province says it's holding a public meeting in the fall as a special committee is set to review so-called passenger-directed vehicles that come under the Passenger Transportation Act.
City council in Surrey has awarded a contract for designing the widening of 132nd Street between 72nd Avenue to 80th Avenue. The city says in a news release that the expansion to four lanes aims to improve traffic and safety.
A shooting in Richmond has left one man dead, and police are investigating whether a nearby car fire is related to the case. Richmond RCMP were called to Milner Road at Blundell Road at 5:45 p.m. Thursday for reports of a shooting.
Surrey transit police say the investigation of an attack on three men near a Surrey SkyTrain station has led to three arrests. Police say the alleged unprovoked stabbing attack on three men happened the evening of June 21st.
International Trade Minister Mary Ng is making the overture after a fresh U.S. Commerce Department review maintained duties on softwood imports from Canada. Ng says the duties, while modestly lower, remain an unfair, baseless and punitive measure that hurts the economy on both sides of the border.
