A man is dead after a hit-and-run in Nanaimo last night.
R-C-M-P say bystanders and first responders tried to save the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mounties say it appears the man was walking on Harmac Road near the Cedar Road Bridge when he was hit by a vehicle, and the driver did not stop to help.
Police are asking anyone who was in the area and may have dash camera footage from 6:30 to 7:30 last night to contact them.
A man charged in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in the parking lot of a Metro Vancouver high school two years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Homicide investigators say the man, who cannot be identified because he was 17 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in provincial court in Surrey.
Workers in Metro Vancouver have chiselled away about 50 tonnes of so-called "fatbergs" that have clogged the sewer system and prompted a reminder to residents not to dump grease down the drain.
Police on eastern Vancouver Island say they have found the body of a 26-year-old man in the waters of Cowichan Bay. R-C-M-P say the man was last seen Monday and reported missing on Wednesday.
Police in New Westminster say a 45-year-old man has been charged with one count of possession of child pornography. They say in a statement that the man was arrested last July and he's since been released from custody with several "strict" court-ordered conditions.
Coastal British Columbia will see strong winds overnight with gusts that could reach speeds of between 90 and 110 kilometres per hour. Warnings from Environment Canada span the Greater Victoria area, the southern Gulf Islands, eastern Vancouver Island, southern parts of Metro Vancouver and Haida Gwaii.
The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport prohibited firearms in new regulations that bring the retail gun buyback program one step closer to beginning. An order-in-council dated Oct. 16 allows for prohibited assault-style firearms to be removed from safes at firearms retailers, transported and ultimately destroyed.