Vancouver police say they've charged an 18-year-old man in the death of another teenager following a Friday night assault.
Police say the suspect was arrested in downtown Vancouver early Sunday.
He has been charged with manslaughter and remains in custody.
On Friday night, police say 19-year-old Vancouver resident Dakota Saje Wildeman-McNeil was assaulted with a weapon.
They say he was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
This is Vancouver's third homicide of 2019.
Residents of Vancouver and parts of Vancouver Island are bracing for another wintry blast with Environment Canada calling for snow accumulations of between five and 15 centimetres.
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche said in an email to his students today that he is sorry for "all that has happened," and that he understands he is the main source of suffering and confusion in the community.
Avalanche Canada says there is a weak layer in the snowpack that is about 50 centimetres deep, prompting a warning until Sunday.
The BC Centre on Substance Use is proposing a policy to sell legally regulated heroin as part of an urgent response to reduce opioid overdose deaths from a toxic drug supply that is profiting organized crime groups.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's budget pays too little attention to the potential impacts of a slowing global economy and a shifting housing market, business leaders say.
Canada's proposed edible pot regulations would result in tasteless products wrapped in wasteful packaging, shutting out medical patients and fuelling a continued black market, critics say