B.C.'s police watchdog is now investigating after a car hit a pedestrian in downtown Vancouver.
Investigators with the Independent Investigations Office were called to the scene this morning where roads had been closed for several hours.
Witnesses say the person was hit, they saw a police vehicle chasing a car that had been driving erratically -- but it's unclear if that's related to the collision.
The injuries to the pedestrian remain unclear.
Hardeep Singh Chahal, his pregnant wife Kamaldeep Kaur and their three-year-old daughter, who live in Penticton, were given deportation orders last month for reasons withheld for privacy reasons, the Houston Today newspaper reported.
The 14th draw of the country's flagship economic immigration management system on Thursday follows the most recent draw on May 24 in which 4,800 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 488 were invited.
The jobless rate rose to 5.2 per cent in May, ending a streak of eight months of job gains. T-D director of economics James Orlando says the question now is whether this is a one-off, or the start of a trend.
The City of Chilliwack says no injuries were reported and crews contained the blaze about 95 kilometres east of Vancouver. B-C Hydro says power went out for nearly 25-hundred customers as a result of the fire.
Two fires occurred in the northwest part of the city on May 28th, less than 12 hours apart. There were two businesses on the lower level as well as a residential units on the upper level of the building that sustained significant fire and water damage.
The project, which is expected to be finished in 2027, will replace Mountain View Manor and its 92 beds. The new facility is being designed as households that accommodate 12 or 13 residents each, with 200 beds in total.