An American man who blew through the border in a stolen vehicle to get into Canada has been deported.
U-S Customs and Border Protection says the 33-year-old man was handed back to American authorities in Tacoma, Washington.
The man was arrested in Surrey over the weekend.
U-S authorities did not release the motive for the man's escape across the border, other than the fact that he was wanted on a warrant in King County in Washington state.
Aerial surveillance over an area where thousands of litres of diesel was spilled last month off Vancouver Island shows most of the fuel is no longer visible on the water. An update from officials managing the spill says a flight over Lutes Creek near Zeballos, B.C., spotted "an incalculably small" volume of sheen in proximity to the fish farm where up to 8,000 litres spilled into the water on Dec. 14.
BC Children’s Hospital says a 13-year-old girl with avian flu was discharged Tuesday after weeks in hospital. The patient was taken to a pediatric intensive care unit with respiratory failure and pneumonia on Nov. 8 and health officials said she tested positive for H5N1 a day later.
A federal Liberal spokesman says the party can and will remove "fraudulent profiles" from its list of electors eligible to vote for its next leader. Parker Lund's comment comes after multiple people posted online about creating fake profiles using fake names or their pet names and listing their address as that of the prime minister or the Chinese embassy.
The bill would lead to a landmark change for First Nations, ensuring they have reliable access to clean drinking water and the ability to protect source water on their territories.
A freezing rainfall warning is in effect for the Fort Nelson area in northeastern B-C. Environment Canada says Fort Nelson and areas east to the Alberta border could see periods of freezing rain into the early evening.
Police in Prince George are asking businesses to be vigilant after a "dramatic rise" in counterfeit bills in the city last month. Mounties say they received 17 reports of fake bills in December, far more than the typical one or two cases in an average month.