Federal BC RCMP officers have arrested three individuals in a drug trafficking investigation that has resulted in a massive seizure of methamphetamines over the weekend. On Sunday, August 29, 2021, the BC RCMP Federal Serious & Organized Crime (FSOC) Major Projects team, with the assistance of the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team executed an operation as part of an investigation into drug trafficking. Three men have been arrested and face potential drug possession and trafficking charges. In total, approximately 600 kilograms of suspected methamphetamines have been seized

RCMP on Vancouver Island say one man is dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting at a home in Port Alberni yesterday. Sergeant Peter Dionne says the people involved are known to each other. There is no connection to gangs or organized crime and there is no threat to the community. The Mounties say the investigation is in its early stages and Crown counsel would be briefed today before any potential charges are recommended.

Island Health says 17 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in an ongoing outbreak at the Sunset Lodge long-term care home in Victoria. The health authority says testing over the weekend found 13 residents and four additional staff members were positive for the virus, up from 5 previously detected positive tests among staff. Island Health says most residents are not experiencing symptoms at this point, while staff and residents are being screened for the illness twice a day. It says admissions, transfers and social visits have been paused.

Justin Trudeau says Canada supports a move by several other countries to have a safe zone established at Kabul international airport in Afghanistan. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending Canada's efforts to get Canadians and vulnerable Afghan citizens who helped Canada's mission in Afghanistan out of that country. At an election campaign stop in Quebec this morning, Trudeau was asked why Ukrainian soldiers were able to rescue Canadians from Kabul. Former Afghan translators who worked for the Globe and Mail have described how Ukrainian soldiers found them and escorted them into the Kabul

The union representing RCMP officers says it's concerned by Premier John Horgan's suggestion that businesses should call police for help enforcing the province's vaccine card rules. The National Police Federation says its members will always respond professionally to businesses and individuals in need of support. However, the union says police are being called to do more without additional resources or funding and they're already stretched thin. This summer alone, it says more than 650 Mounties have been deployed to wildfire response and even more have been sent to enforce an injunction grant

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has outlined a plan to help restore Canada's big lakes and river system. In Quebec, he announced his government would invest one billion dollars over 10 years. In Ottawa, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising to crack down on ``ultra-rich'' tax dodgers. Singh says his party's plan to tax the rich could raise the money to help pay for programs like universal pharmacare and more affordable housing. He later is scheduled to fly to Ladysmith, BC. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, meanwhile, is promising to get tougher on animal cruelty. He began the day at a dog sanc

The wildfire situation is continually evolving, and the information below is current as of 7 p.m. (Pacific time) on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.Fires:Wildfires burning in B.C.: 232Since April 1, 2021:1,558 wildfires864,665 hectares of area burnedActive fires by fire centre:Cariboo: 25Coastal: 19Kamloops: 79Northwest: 5Prince George: 49Southeast: 55Resources:Firefighters and other personnel fighting the fires: 2,979Out-of-province firefighters: 443Helicopters and planes supporting ground crews: 110Evacuations:Evacuation orders: 28 (-1) Evacuation alerts: 77 (-2) Properties:Number of properties on ord

Health Canada has finally given the green light for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be used to inoculate kids as young as 12.The original approval for Moderna in December 2020 was only for people at least 18 years old.Moderna applied for authorization for youth in early June, citing a clinical trial of 3,700 youth in which none of the teens who got two doses developed a COVID-19 infection.Youth as young as 12 in Canada have been authorized to receive the vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech since May 5.As of mid-August, 75 per cent of kids in that age group had received at least one dose, and 59 per cen

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said the police action against protesting farmers in Haryana's Karnal is a kind of Talibani mentality. Speaking to mediapersons, Raut said, "Attack on farmers is a shameful incident for the nation. This is a kind of Talibani mentality. Farmers are doing protests for two years on the Ghazipur border, Haryana border... They are fighting for their rights. SDM gave an order to break the head of the farmers and the government is not serious about this issue. How can this government say it is for the poor and