Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Sep, 2023 10:26 AM
Delta police say a property valued at more than two-million-dollars has been seized in relation to a large-scale drug investigation.
Police say the residence in Delta was transferred to the Province of B-C after the Supreme Court deemed the home as "offence-related property."
The residence was originally seized as proceeds of crime by police.
Law enforcement officials say the investigation started in November 2020 and has resulted in criminal charges being recommended against multiple people.
New data from the Public Health Agency of Canada suggests that COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada. On its website, the agency says there are signs of continued fluctuations in some COVID-19 activity indicators after a long period of gradual decline.
The inflation rate rose to 3.3 per cent in July, a development that economists warn spells bad news for the Bank of Canada. Forecasters say the latest report raises the odds of an interest rate hike next month, despite other signs of economic softening, including rising unemployment.
The Fraser Canyon communities of Lytton and Lillooet both broke the 40 C mark on Monday, with Lytton reaching 41.4 C and Lillooet slightly behind, while the southern Okanagan community of Osoyoos was expected to join the 40-plus club by the end of the day.
Sean Fraser says the federal government is looking at a number of ways to work with provinces and municipalities to speed up the construction of housing through subsidies and other incentives and drive prices down.
Police in Vancouver say a 54-year-old man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly chased a group of teenagers with a knife. They say a 16-year-old boy called 9-1-1 to report he and his friends were being threatened by an armed stranger.
A B-C woman in her 30s faces numerous charges after a traffic stop outside of Williams Lake lead to the seizure of a loaded firearm and methamphetamines. R-C-M-P say it happened on August 3rd when officers saw a vehicle speeding along Highway 97.