Police in Vancouver say they're investigating a stabbing in the city's downtown core.
Constable Tania Visintin says the victim was found at the intersection of West Hastings and Richards Streets, but it appears the stabbing happened elsewhere.
Police say the victim was taken to hospital with injuries that are not life threatening.
So far, no one has been arrested.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller has been vocal about his frustration at Canada's impotence when it comes to facilitating the crossing of approved family members into Egypt. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the delays experienced by people who managed to escape on their own.
The heart of British Columbia's wine industry is reeling after suffering a litany of climate-related hits, resulting in two years of crop losses in the southern Interior. Record-breaking heat. Wildfires and smoke that repeatedly contaminated grapes. A destructive cold snap in 2022. Then, the hammer blow — another deep freeze this January that is estimated to have inflicted up to 99 per cent crop loss across the province, wiping out this year's vintage.
Rescuers say a woman is lucky to be alive after being caught in an avalanche on Metro Vancouver's North Shore and being completely buried upside down for up to 20 minutes. North Shore Rescue says the incident happened Sunday at the south face of Pump Peak, about 24 kilometres northeast of downtown Vancouver.
BC Hydro is restoring electricity to customers after strong wind gusts knocked out power to thousands of customers. Environment Canada issued wind warnings Saturday for parts of British Columbia and many are still in effect today.
Police in Surrey say they received nearly 230 reports of fraud involving cryptocurrency last year, resulting in losses totalling 12-million-dollars. R-C-M-P say police have already received 50 reports of similar cases in the first two months of this year, with losses reaching 3.2-million-dollars.
Vancouver Police say they've arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman in her 80s on the city's east side. Police say the driver did not stop after hitting the woman, who was crossing at Nanaimo and East Hastings streets yesterday afternoon.