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.
A man is in hospital with critical injuries after being hit by a bus in Surrey on Friday morning. At 2:40am, Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian motor vehicle crash in the 14000 block of 96th avenue.
Air India flight 1-82 blew up hours later off Ireland's coast, killing all 329 people aboard -- most of whom were Canadians. Health Minister Adrian Dix will take part in an event today for the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism at the Air India Memorial in Vancouver.
B-C's public utility says it has taken a series of actions since an investigation found a buildup of gases caused the explosion in an underground electrical vault in Vancouver last February. The Crown-owned company says it has decommissioned the 13 other vaults that were identified, so they no longer present a risk.
Canada and the United States are expanding an agreement to share people and equipment to fight wildfires. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and U.S. Ambassador David Cohen are signing the memorandum of understanding in Ottawa today.
Rear Adm. John Mauger says a tail cone of the submersible and other debris from the vessel were found about 1,600 feet from the bow of the famous shipwreck. Mauger says the debris was consistent with the catastrophic loss of the craft's pressure chamber.
The sprawling Victoria area constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and urban Vancouver-Mount Pleasant riding are both considered solid NDP territory, having been held by former New Democrat premier John Horgan and cabinet minister Melanie Mark respectively.