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SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia's transportation minister says the business plan and funding for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project has been officially approved.

VANCOUVER — Charges have been laid in a crash that killed a toddler and severely injured her father in Vancouver last summer.

Officers intercepted drugs and communication devices.

A new report from the BC Coroners Service says etizolam was found in 40% of overdose deaths from July 2020 to May 2022. It does not respond to naloxone thus creating "live-saving challenges for first responders."

VICTORIA — The British Columbia chief coroner says the province is on pace to lose another record number of people to toxic drugs this year.

Police are still looking for suspects and a second vehicle that may have been used as a getaway car.

A report from Vancouver's deputy city manager raised four major concerns, and she urged city council to address them before deciding whether to back the bid.

Predictions of a four to five per cent increase to help landlords recoup some of their higher costs

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The City of Kamloops says crews are investigating a train derailment in the B.C. Interior community. The city says in a tweet that Canadian Pacific Railway has confirmed there were no hazardous goods aboard the train cars.

"It was so sudden and just brutal."