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VICTORIA — An RCMP officer in British Columbia has been charged with breach of trust in connection with the duties of his office, criminal harassment and forcible entry.

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says a plane that went missing last month in British Columbia with two people on board was last recorded travelling at an altitude of about 60 metres.

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials announced 12 new infections of COVID-19 on Tuesday as the government extended the provincial state of emergency for two more weeks.

VICTORIA — The B.C. government says it is upgrading its virtual identification system to make it easier for people to apply to access online services on their mobile devices during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

VANCOUVER — The Greater Vancouver Zoo says it is now home to three grizzly bear cubs that would have otherwise been euthanized. It says in a statement the cubs from Alberta were orphaned when their mother was shot by hunters.

VICTORIA — The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of an inmate at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre in Greater Victoria. Twenty-six-year-old David Gordon Ivany was found dead in his jail cell on June 21.

VANCOUVER — Two people have been found dead in a home in east Vancouver. A statement from Vancouver police says the two men had been shot. Officers were called to the home near Commercial Drive and East 11th Avenue just after midnight.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor says there haven't been any cases of COVID-19 associated with Black Lives Matter protests in the province. Dr.