Vancouver police are investigating the city's latest homicide.
A 34-year-old man was fatally stabbed yesterday afternoon on the city's Downtown Eastside and was found lying on a sidewalk at about 3 p.m.
Police say the sidewalk is enclosed by a construction tunnel and investigators are certain that witnesses saw what happened and can share details of the attack.
No arrests have been made and police haven't said if any suspects have been identified
Housing Minister Sean Fraser floated several potential solutions, including capping the number of student visas, which increased significantly in recent years. Several experts say they are concerned about the ripple effects of such policies.
Mounties in Surrey say two men have been charged after an altercation in the city on Friday left a man with life-threatening injuries.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the housing challenge "has been decades" in the making and promises the government is focused on "getting more housing built". A news Leger poll suggests four in 10 Canadians blame the Trudeau government for the housing crisis.
The BC Wildfire Service says 120 wildland firefighters and 105 structural firefighters are deployed to that blaze, while heavy smoke in the area continues to prevent the use of fixed-wing water bombers to combat the fire.
A Surrey man is dead after he was struck by a pickup truck while trying to cross a highway between intersections. Surrey R-C-M-P say the victim was hit by a westbound Ford pickup on Highway 17 in the Whalley area at about 4 p-m yesterday.
Food bank reps such as Calamunce approached Pawar to buy their building so the Food Bank could expand and meet the needs of many of the less fortunate in our communities.