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VANCOUVER — Charges have been laid in connection with a fatal double shooting in Vancouver. Police say a 43-year-old man was taken into custody Wednesday night in Harrison Hot Springs, east of Vancouver.

SECHELT, B.C. — A police investigation is underway as RCMP search for the person who threatened to damage two totem poles at a secondary school north of Vancouver.

VANCOUVER — For 30 years, Hilary Jordan talked to her husband about the goings on in their family and the world but she wasn't sure if the police officer injured in a crash could hear anything as he lay unconscious in a hospital bed.

VICTORIA — A special committee of the B.C. legislature was appointed Wednesday to examine the scope of systemic racism in policing as part of the province's plans to modernize the Police Act.

VICTORIA — British Columbia crossed the 3,000 mark for cases of COVID-19 as health officials reported 18 new infections and three more deaths on Wednesday. The total number of cases stood at 3,008. There have been a total of 186 deaths.

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.