Officer And Store Employee Stabbed, Suspect Shot At An East Vancouver Shopping Plaza
VANCOUVER — Emergency calls at Vancouver's Fire Hall No. 2 in the Downtown Eastside have nearly doubled since the introduction of the deadly opioid fentanyl.
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Waters of the swollen Somass River near Port Alberni, B.C., have receded slightly overnight, but the next wave of wet weather is on the way, meaning more flooding is possible on central Vancouver Island.
Canada's effort to craft a legalized marijuana regime could be boosted by the move of four more U.S. states to approve recreational use of the drug, says a Halifax law professor.
The study by researchers at the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network found 638 people died in 2013 from opioid overdoses — a rate of about one death for every 20,000 residents in the province.
Since graduating from high school in June, Rishi Sharma of Agoura Hills has spent almost every day recording in-depth video interviews with World War II combat veterans.