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Canadian actor William Shatner is wading into the debate over open-pen salmon farming in British Columbia, saying it's time to stop being polite in an F-word-filled video that calls for an end to the ocean farms.

VANCOUVER — Organizers of this weekend's Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say a sewage leak into False Creek where the races are held won't have a major effect on the event.

VICTORIA — Prosecutors say they have charged a Surrey, B.C., police officer with speeding following an incident last year. A statement from the BC Prosecution Service says the charge against Surrey Police Service Const.

VICTORIA — Victoria police say they have full confidence in the decision of an officer to shoot and kill a dog that was chasing him.

SURREY, B.C. — The father of a homicide victim in Surrey, B.C., says she was killed in a home invasion on the weekend.

VICTORIA — BC United Leader Kevin Falcon has lost another member of his election team to British Columbia's Conservative Party.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Medical Services Commission says it has reached an agreement with a Vancouver company over allegations that it was extra-billing for health care paid for by the public system. The commission filed a petition to B.C.

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Mounties in Dawson Creek, B.C., say they have identified human remains discovered in April as belonging to Darylyn Supernant, who was among four people to vanish from the area since she went missing in March 2023.

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia Premier David Eby says construction of an $85-million expansion of kidney hemodialysis services in Surrey is set to start in August.

RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia's worker safety agency is moving to address "gaps" in construction crane safety after recent accidents, including fatalities.