A suspect has been arrested in Richmond after reports of an armed man chasing a woman at a transit station.
Mounties say it happened over the weekend, when witnesses told police that a man carrying a knife got off a train and fell down an escalator.
Witnesses told police the man also dropped what appeared to be a gun, but it was later determined to be an airsoft pistol.
Police say they arrested the man after a brief foot chase.
British Columbia Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon has announced that he is suspending BC United's election campaign and is encouraging supporters to instead back the rival BC Conservative Party.
The president of the union local for B.C. HandyDART workers says a withdrawal of the transit service is "imminent" as it prepares to serve a 72-hour strike notice. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 president Joe McCann says members voted down a final contract offer by employer Transdev Canada by an "overwhelming" margin.
A daycare in central Alberta has been temporarily shut due to an E. coli outbreak. Alberta Health says a child who attended the Aspen Lakes Discovery Centre in Blackfalds tested positive on Friday.
Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier says he's been unable to reach Leader Kevin Falcon amid reports the party is folding, while the rival BC Conservative Party says leader John Rustad will be making a "major statement" about the election at 2:40 p.m.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government's move to call for binding arbitration and force an end to a work stoppage at the country's two major railways. Trudeau says it was "deeply unhelpful for Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City to lock out workers after contract talks stalled.
When BC United staged a news conference in Victoria last week, party officials turned up with a prop — a literal tinfoil hat, emblazoned with a B.C. Conservative Party logo and the words "5G Resistant Endorsed by John Rustad." On Tuesday, BC United Leader Kevin Falcon followed up by saying the B.C. Conservatives "are at risk of becoming a conspiracy party, not a Conservative party."