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DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder in a shooting in British Columbia's northeast that left one person dead and another injured.

BURNABY, B.C. — The independent advocate in charge of helping adults with developmental disabilities navigate B.C. government supports says his office often hears about home-share providers who are exhausted and constantly in "crisis mode.

The initial round of talks, now underway, cover a contract expiring on March 31 for more than 34,000 BCGEU member.

VICTORIA — There were 303 black bears killed by conservation officers in British Columbia last year, a low not seen since predator statistics were first published online in 2011.

VANCOUVER — Health authorities in British Columbia say nearly 500 people in the province received a life-saving organ transplant last year.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Police in Kamloops, B.C., say they seized guns and a "significant" amounts of drugs after finding a man sleeping inside a running vehicle at a restaurant parking lot.

DELTA, B.C. — A man has died after being shot in what Delta, B.C., police call a targeted attack. A statement from the Delta Police Department says officers are now treating the shooting of 29-year-old Delta resident Gurvinder Uppal as a homicide.

VANCOUVER — A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder more than two years after a man was killed in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. A statement from Vancouver police says they were called on Jan.

RICHMOND, B.C. — The union representing almost 6,000 ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia is sounding an alarm on staffing levels "reaching critical" in the province.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's minister of health says the province has opened 26 new treatment beds for people with addictions in four communities over the last several months.