Mounties in Maple Ridge say they'll be increasing patrols in the downtown core after an uptick in break and enters and thefts.
The Ridge Meadows R-C-M-P say the slight increase has been seen over the last month.
They say they'll be using the crime data to develop targeted strategies aimed at deterring crime downtown.
They'll also be enlisting a team of volunteers to do patrols and connect with businesses that have been affected.
Police say they're investigating after two men were shot at outside Gallery nightclub in south Vancouver early Sunday morning. They say officers responded to reports of gunfire and found a 44-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his arm, while the other man wasn't injured.
R-C-M-P in Kelowna say a man's body has been found in a park on the city's north side. A statement from the detachment says the body was found this morning in Sutherland Bay Park and it appears the victim may have been there through the night.
Vancouver police hope witnesses will have information or dashcam video that could assist the investigation of a deadly crash in the city's Kitsilano neighbourhood. Police say a 53-year-old pedestrian died last Wednesday -- almost a week after she was hit when two cars collided (at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Balsam Street) and slid onto the sidewalk where she and a second pedestrian were standing.
A 21-day murder trial that was supposed to begin Monday in British Columbia Supreme Court in Salmon Arm ended almost immediately as Derek Favell entered a guilty plea. The Shuswap-area resident, who is in his early 40s, was charged with the 2016 slaying of his former girlfriend Ashley Simpson.
British Columbia's Opposition leader is promising to immediately cut the provincial carbon tax on all fuels and stop planned future increases if elected to form government next year. BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says his party would give motorists a break by eliminating the provincial fuel tax, currently at about 15 cents per litre on gasoline and diesel, and remove the carbon tax on all home-heating fuels.
Statistics Canada is reporting the economy flatlined in August as higher interest rates, inflation, forest fires and drought conditions weighed on the economy and its preliminary estimate suggests the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 0.1 per cent in the third quarter.