Canada Border Services Agency says it seized nearly 200 kilograms of opium concealed in shipping containers arriving in B-C.
A statement from the agency says a bust on August 15th at an examination facility in Burnaby turned up 150 kilograms of opium hidden in steel machinery.
A detector dog found another 46 kilograms of the drug two weeks later in furniture being inspected at a container checkpoint in Tsawwassen.
The C-B-S-A says both seizures are now being investigated by the R-C-M-P.
Large portions of northeastern British Columbia continue to swelter a day after some areas hit daily record temperatures, as the forecast for rain in the south and Interior brought the promise of relief for some wildfire zones.
The B-C government is seeking proposals to create new affordable rental homes through its Community Housing Fund. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says the newest round of funding will create approximately 35-hundred homes.
Many parents still struggle to find the right formula for their babies at a reasonable price after last year's temporary shutdown of U.S. based manufacturing plant caused a major shortage of shipments to Canada.
Statistics Canada says the country's mortality rate rose in 2021 from 2020. The agency says data shows cancer, heart disease, overdoses and COVID-19 were the leading causes of death.
Delta Police say four people were injured and Highway 17 was closed for several hours after a serious crash involving three vehicles yesterday evening. They say a vehicle hit a concrete median and rolled over, striking a second vehicle.
R-C-M-P say a head-on crash involving two vehicles shut down Highway 3 east of Creston for several hours and sent a number of people to hospital. The Mounties say the crash happened around 9:30 yesterday morning, when an S-U-V crossed the centre line and hit a pickup truck.