Police in Nanaimo say a 24-year-old man has died of his injuries after a crash with a suspected impaired driver.
Nanaimo R-C-M-P say the crash happened around 10 p-m on Wednesday, and the other driver remains in hospital.
Mounties say their thoughts and condolences go to the man's family and friends, but didn't release his name.
Investigators are asking people who may have dash cam video of the collision to contact them.
Locke said Farnworth has been "a bully all the way through" the city council process that ultimately determined it would revert to the RCMP, well into the transition to an independent municipal force. A representative of Farnworth's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Locke's claims.
Dix was in Nanaimo today for an opening ceremony for the unit that will replace what he says is an outdated and undersized ICU, a10-bed facility built in 1970. He says the new $41.6-million unit includes larger single-patient rooms, overhead patient lifts and a family consulting room.
The fire, which is burning south of Fort Nelson in northeastern B.C., is now estimated at more than 5,343 square kilometres in size. It surpasses the Plateau fire that charred 5,210 square kilometres northwest of Williams Lake in 2017 and was previously considered the province's largest fire.
Independent Investigations Office of B-C says it is investigating a car crash in Surrey. Surrey R-C-M-P say officers attended the scene of the collision Sunday morning.
Environment Canada has issued a warning about potential snowfall on the Coquihalla and other Interior highways. It says wet snow or a mixture of rain and snow may create slippery conditions on highway passes in the region.
Canada-based Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen at the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey. He was the president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.