BC News

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has improved its warning systems since the last flooding disaster in B.C., and Premier David Eby says it will be on top of the latest series of atmospheric rivers rolling over the South Coast in the next few days.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's new seniors advocate is Dan Levitt, an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and the head of a non-profit long-term care home.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting another influenza-related death of a child under 10. In its latest weekly update, the centre says the death was reported during the week of Jan. 14 to 20.

VICTORIA — The number of incarcerated young offenders in British Columbia has fallen so dramatically that the province needs to come up with a plan to reallocate resources to avoid waste, a report released Thursday says.

VANCOUVER — B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed the province's retiring chief coroner's swansong pleas for non-prescription safe supply of drugs, calling it a "fundamental issue" of disagreement on how to curb the toxic drug crisis.

FIELD, B.C. — Police in eastern British Columbia are warning backcountry users to be ready for emergencies after a snowmobiler was killed and two skiers had to be rescued this week in separate incidents.

Vancouver's city council has approved a high-density development concept for a 36-hectare site on the city's west side, involving13,000 new homes.

VANCOUVER — Brenda Wong remembers her mother mixing up towels to clean the floor with those for scrubbing dishes.

BURNABY, B.C. — One man is dead after what police believe was a targeted shooting overnight in Metro Vancouver. Police say officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 5500 block of Kingsway in Burnaby on Tuesday at 10:30 p.m.

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is extending his "back to basics" curriculum push into kindergarten.