Mounties in Port Alberni say a man remains in critical condition after being stabbed in the city this weekend.
They say officers responded to a call around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and arrived to find the injured victim.
Police say the man was taken to hospital, where he was stabilized before being transported out of the community for additional treatment.
The R-C-M-P say they have since arrested a suspect for aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
As an internal revolt brews, few Liberal MPs who are not in the cabinet are publicly defending the prime minister. The upcoming caucus meeting on Wednesday appears to present the most serious challenge to Trudeau's leadership to date.
What happens after British Columbia's indecisive election? British Columbians went to the polls Saturday, but now face a week or more before knowing the result, and whether the NDP's David Eby will keep his job as premier or if B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad will take charge, or if there might be a new election.
British Columbia police say three people have been charged with first-degree murder in the overdose death of a woman from Nanaimo. A statement from B.C.'s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says their team on Vancouver Island began investigating in August 2023 after obtaining information that led them to believe the woman's death was "suspicious."
Police in Central Saanich are investigating the death of a woman who was killed by a pickup truck as she was taking part in an organized bicycle race yesterday. Police say the woman, who was in her late 40s, was racing in the Tripleshot Cross Fondo when she was struck at an intersection on Central Saanich Road, north of Victoria.
Police in Richmond are looking for possible witnesses following the death of a woman after she was pulled from the Fraser River. Mounties say officers received a call of a woman in distress in the river yelling for help on October 3rd.
Police on the west coast of Vancouver Island say one person has been found dead and another is missing after a road washout near Bamfield. RCMP in Port Alberni say a truck was found fully submerged in the Sarita River Saturday night after a "washout," and the body of the driver was later found nearby.