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 from Vancouver Island is facing a criminal charge in connection to a fatal hit-and-run that killed a teenager earlier this year. The North Cowichan-Duncan RCMP says a 28-year-old man from the Cowichan Valley is accused of failing to stop at the scene of an accident causing death.
Canadian border officers in British Columbia made 60 seizures of methamphetamine destined for export to Australia between March and August. The Canadian Border Services Agency says the seizures totalled nearly 400 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and close to 1,300 litres of a liquid form of the drug.
It took several dozen firefighters more than seven hours to put out a fire that spread to multiple homes in East Vancouver last night. Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry says the blaze in the Strathcona neighbourhood had quickly spread from one home to four others nearby.
Police in Vancouver are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a violent assault on a woman near Vancouver's Oakridge SkyTrain station. They say a woman in her 30s was walking near West 41st Avenue and Ontario Street at around 7:50 p-m Sunday when a man grabbed her from behind.
A 60-year-old pedestrian is dead after being hit by a vehicle in Abbotsford. Police say they responded just after 6 a-m to the collision on Gladys Avenue and found the woman suffering from serious injuries.
Global Affairs Canada says it's chartering more flights from Lebanon this week to help Canadians leave the country as conflict escalates between Israel and Hezbollah. In a statement Monday evening, the department says it has almost 600 seats available on planes leaving Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday.