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KELOWNA, B.C. — The top Mountie in Kelowna, B.C., has been transferred to another job days after videos emerged of an officer punching a suspect. Supt.

INVERMERE, B.C. — The Nature Conservancy of Canada has added to its area of protected lands in southeastern British Columbia with the addition of prime grassland and forest. The not-for-profit land conservation organization says it has acquired 2.

DELTA, B.C. — British Columbia's health minister says he's looking forward to a meeting with municipal, provincial and federal politicians concerned about a hospice that is refusing to provide medical assistance in dying.

VICTORIA — Health officials in British Columbia are asking people to spread the message of respect and tolerance, not COVID-19 when they gather at any anti-racism protests.

SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators have been called in after the death of a woman injured in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday. RCMP say they received a report just after 3 a.m. of an injured woman who had been transported to a local hospital.

VICTORIA — The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner of B.C. has ordered a review of the findings of a discipline investigation against a Vancouver police officer.

VICTORIA — Millions of respirator masks that British Columbia purchased from a manufacturer in China have been given a stamp of approval by separate labs, making them available for health workers, Health Minister Adrian Dix said.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A video circulating on social media that appears to show a Mountie punching a combative driver doesn't tell the full story, the Kelowna, British Columbia, detachment's top officer said Tuesday.