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VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby has announced $230 million in police and other public safety funding, the latest in a whirlwind series of commitments since he was sworn in last week.

"It's a very stark and disturbing examination of what Indigenous mothers face in the child welfare system."

"We really want to honour her memory."

After three November earthquakes were linked to a fracking operation in northeastern B.C., one scientist asks, is the region a 'loaded bullet' waiting to go off?

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking a judge to review some aspects of the $40-billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the Indigenous child-welfare system, after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rejected the deal in late October.

VANCOUVER — Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with "unexplained wealth orders" are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to make life harder from criminals.

Vancouver City Council approved up to $16 million for 100 new police and 100 mental-health nurses Tuesday, part of the campaign platform of newly elected Mayor Ken Sim.

Middle to lower-income families — those with a household income of less than $180,000 a year — will get $600 for each child under 18 over six months.

"This is a terrible idea, and no one should ever do this," said Vernon RCMP.

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — British Columbia officials including Premier David Eby have paid tribute to an employee of the Ministry of Children and Family Development who was shot dead in Prince Rupert on Monday.