Vancouver police say a man needed to be hospitalized after being slashed across the face.
Police say it happened late Saturday night in the Granville Entertainment District.
They say officers were told by passersby that a man had been acting aggressively towards them and was attempting to pick fights.
They say when officers found the man, he was covered in blood from a face wound and no suspect has been identified.
Surrey R-C-M-P say there's been a propane leak at a gas station. The station's surrounding area in the Port Kells neighbourhood has been evacuated. Mounties say roads have also been shut down.
The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Wednesday that the federal ethics commissioner was consulted "on these details prior to the travel to ensure that the rules were followed." The office offered the clarification the day before Trudeau's holiday on the Caribbean island is set to conclude. He is there with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and their three children.
Canada and some of its allies are warning the Houthis that they will bear responsibility for the consequences of their continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The Iran-backed rebel group has been firing long-range missiles at Israel from Yemen and attacking civilian cargo ships, and the statement said the group has been significantly escalating its efforts in the past week.
An unnamed school district in British Columbia has been ordered by the province's human rights tribunal to pay $5,000 to a student for failing to accommodate her anxiety disorder. Tribunal vice-chair Devyn Cousineau says in a decision released last month that the school district "failed to take reasonable steps to investigate and address the female student's anxiety over her transition from elementary school to high school.
After more than 30 overpass strikes by commercial trucks in British Columbia in the past two years, a trucking group is urging the transportation minister to conduct a wide-ranging safety review of the provincial supply chain. The United Truckers Association says in a statement that recent overpass strikes have brought to light "deficiencies" in road safety for commercial vehicles.
Between January and June 2023, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada issued more than 280,000 new study permits -- a 77 per cent increase compared to the same time in 2022. Meanwhile, beginning January 1, 2024, the Canadian government doubled the cost-of-living financial requirement for incoming international students. This means that a single applicant will need to show they have C$20,635 ($15,181) in addition to their first year of tuition and travel costs.