On Tuesday, at approximately noon, New Westminster Police responded to a shooting that occurred in the 700 block of Carnarvon Street.
The response prompted a large police presence at the Royal Columbian Hospital.
A man is being treated for non-life threatening injuries and two suspects are in police custody.
The Major Crime Unit has since taken conduct of this investigation.
The legislation aims to increase housing supply with measures that will end several rental restrictions and have the potential to force local governments to meet housing growth targets.
A statement from Coquitlam RCMP says officers were called to an armed robbery at a car dealership in Port Coquitlam just before 4 p.m., Tuesday. Police say four suspects fled in a stolen vehicle and responding officers were involved in an exchange of gunfire before the stolen sedan crashed along Highway 1 in Coquitlam and the four fled.
Premier Eby made the announcement on Tuesday, during a speech to about 1,400 attendees at the Housing Central Conference at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver. The minister of housing will be named when Premier Eby announces his cabinet on Dec. 7, 2022.
The 18-year-old victim was transported to hospital, however despite all attempts to revive the individual he succumbed to his injuries. Police located and arrested one possible suspect.
Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon says Eby must launch independent reviews at BC Housing and Atira Women's Resources Society after leaked reports indicated mismanagement.
Lana Popham says normally avian flu aligns with bird migration seasons, but the latest infections in farms of the H5N1 virus have been consistent all year. She says the situation isn't as bad as it was in 2004, when 17 million farm birds were destroyed.