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VANCOUVER — Police say they're investigating the 15th homicide of the year in Vancouver after human remains were found in a large recycling bin Sunday morning.

VICTORIA — NDP Leader John Horgan says he's disappointed that a former member of Parliament now running for his party made negative comments about a Liberal. Nathan Cullen made the remarks about Roy Jones Jr.

SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP say naloxone was used to help five people who overdosed after using drugs together in the early hours of Saturday morning. They say officers initially responded to a report of a gas leak inside a Surrey, B.C., home at 1:48 a.

SURREY, B.C. — Fraser Health has declared new outbreaks of COVID-19 at a meat processing facility in Surrey, B.C., and two area long-term care homes. The health authority says evidence of transmission was found among staff at J&L Beef Ltd.

SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP say officers found five people unresponsive in a Surrey, B.C., residence when they responded to a call early Saturday morning. Police say it was initially reported as a gas leak incident.

VANCOUVER — Police in West Vancouver were called to meet a BC Ferries vessel as it docked in Horseshoe Bay on Saturday after people opposed to public health restrictions aimed at fighting the spread of COVID-19 caused disturbances on board.

MERRITT, B.C. — An outbreak of COVID-19 at the main Tim Hortons restaurant in Merritt, B.C., has set off a voluntary closure of the restaurant.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A candidate who stepped aside as a B.C. Liberal over comments he made about contraception and eugenics plans to seek election as an Independent.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia Green party says October has been the best fundraising month in its history, and there's still a week to go until the province goes to the polls.

PITT MEADOWS, B.C. — New Democrat Leader John Horgan says the resignation of Liberal candidate Laurie Throness for his inappropriate comments represents a failure of Liberal party leadership.