Police say a 41-year-old man is accused of stealing more than 56-thousand dollars of merchandise from Burnaby's Metrotown shopping centre.
R-C-M-P say the man was identified as a suspect through video surveillance after thefts from a single store between September 8th and 17th.
They say officers arrested the suspect at the shopping centre last month.
The man faces six counts of theft over five-thousand-dollars.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says flu season is officially underway in this country. The rate of tests that were positive for flu stayed above the agency's threshold of five per cent for two consecutive weeks.
A bulletin has been issued warning residents in south western British Columbia to prepare for an atmospheric river bearing down on the area. The statement from the Ministry of Emergency Management says Environment Canada is forecasting a series of storms bringing heavy rain until Thursday, with a peak expected on Tuesday.
Police in Vancouver say they're investigating how a man mysteriously fell ill from fentanyl poisoning following a brief encounter with a stranger last week. They say in a statement that investigators are focused on how the 56-year-old man, who does not use drugs, was exposed to the powerful opioid, and whether the incident involved a criminal offence.
The B-C government says it's launching a pilot project to support the restaurant industry. The province says it’s putting 380-thousand dollars into a two-year pilot project to help with recruiting and retaining more workers.
Mounties in Burnaby say they're investigating reports of shots being fired on a busy street in the city on Thursday. Police say they located a truck riddled with bullet holes when they arrived, but there were no injuries reported following the shooting.
Kay Matthews doesn't mince words when asked about the state of businesses fighting to survive in downtown cores across Ontario. The experiences in Ontario's cities are echoed across Canada, as downtowns grapple with high vacancy rates, the post-pandemic work culture and the prospect that crowds of office workers may never return in full.