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VICTORIA — An agreement that commits two levels of government to end current and future homeless encampments in British Columbia's capital city is a potential blueprint for similar deals, says the province's minister responsible for housing.

Police are recommending the man be charged with two counts of assault, one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of breaching a conditional-sentence order.

More than 10% of eligible British Columbians have now been vaccinated

DUNCAN, B.C. — British Columbia's largest First Nation, the Cowichan Tribes, has lifted a shelter-in-place order more than two months after it was enacted to limit the spread of COVID-19.

SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say three people have been taken to hospital after a driver with a learner's permit hit the group at a bus stop on Sunday.

NANAIMO, B.C. — A single-car crash in a rural area near Nanaimo, B.C., has killed a 19-year-old man. RCMP say a passing motorist called for help Sunday after spotting a vehicle in trees off a winding road through Cedar, south of Nanaimo.

VICTORIA — A member of the British Columbia legislature says she's stepping back from her duties because her four-year-old son has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.

VANCOUVER — A lost skier and snowboarder are safe and sound after North Shore Rescue says it hoisted them from a gully in the Cypress Mountain area. The group says crews used a helicopter equipped with a hoist to rescue the two men.

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — The RCMP says officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting and death that happened early Sunday morning near Highway 97 in Kelowna, B.C.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Investigators have identified 61-year-old Jeevan Sull as the victim of a homicide in Abbotsford, B.C.