A man is in hospital and police are looking for a suspect vehicle after a shooting in Port Alberni.
The R-C-M-P say it happened earlier today in a city back alley, leaving the victim with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Mounties say they're looking for an older model black Dodge pickup truck seen leaving the area at the time of the incident.
Police believe it was a targeted shooting.
The federal government needs to issue another $500 benefit payment for low-income families struggling to keep a roof over their heads, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday. Singh was in Sooke, B.C., on a cross-country summer tour where the national housing crisis and ongoing anxiety about the cost of living is taking centre stage.
The wildfire service says the bears threatened the safety of staff "within and around" the camp near Gold Bridge, about 100 kilometres west of Lillooet, prompting the decision to quit the camp Wednesday evening.
A man has died while hiking in B-C's southern Interior. RCMP say they received a report of a missing person on Monday after a man went paddling the night before on Vaseux Lake, north of Oliver.
R-C-M-P say they're investigating a series of break-ins at businesses in Surrey, including an incident this morning. The Mounties say eight break-ins and attempted break-ins have occurred this month and police believe all of them are related.
A 23-year-old man has been charged in the death of a Prince George woman. R-C-M-P say the B-C Prosecution Service has approved a charge offirst-degree murder in the death of the 22-year-old woman on July 18th.
British Columbia is extending its provincial state of emergency over the ongoing wildfires burning in the province while warning that drought conditions could last into 2024.