A female pedestrian is dead after she was struck by a vehicle in Richmond over the weekend.
Richmond R-C-M-P say the crash happened on Oct. 14 at 6 a-m in the 7000 block of Granville Avenue.
Police say the driver stayed at the scene and is co-operating with police, and the victim was taken to hospital but died of her injuries.
Police say impairment is not believed to be a factor in the crash.
An application to the British Columbia Ferries Commissioner says the proposed plan includes upgraded kiosks, fare gates and boarding pass validators for foot passengers and an express lane check-in for reserved customers. If approved, the changes would be implemented over four years.
A shift in weather could cut the smoke and the weather office says showers are likely across the lower quarter of the province on Friday, possibly bringing as much as 10 millimetres of rain to the Squamish, Sechelt, Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions before weekend sun and heat return.
Adrian Dix said Wednesday the ongoing patient and staffing issues at Surrey Memorial Hospital have created a stressful atmosphere, prompting the government to implement an immediate and long-term expansion plan in an attempt to ease tensions.
A 22-year-old man who was wanted by R-C-M-P in Surrey has been arrested. Mounties say Kwabena Bosiako was taken into custody this morning in New Westminster.
Police are asking for the public's help in finding a suspect who seriously injured an 85-year-old man in an unprovoked assault in Coquitlam. The Mounties say the suspect dropped the leashes and the dogs ran toward the victim before the suspect approached the man and punched him in the face.
The B.C. Wildfire Service says heavy equipment, helicopters and crews are attacking what is believed to be a human-caused fire. The wildfire service is reporting more than 80 active fires in British Columbia.