Delta Police responded to a call regarding shots fired at a home in the 7400 block of 116A St. in North Delta around 3:45 am December 1."Officers were dispatched immediately to the area and fortunately determined that no one had been injured in the home," says Cris Leykauf, spokesperson for Delta Police. Police secured the scene and began to collect evidence and canvas for witnesses and video.The Real Time Intelligence Center was notified, as per the protocol to ensure police agencies throughout the Metro Vancouver area have up-to-date information on incidents of this nature.Police believe thi

A 35 year old Oregon man accused of luring a child from Surrey, BC, has been arrested in California. RCMP allege the man used an alias to connect with a 14 year old on social media and allegedly groomed the victim to create and distribute sexual content. Police say they worked with the family to gather evidence, determined the suspect was American and contacted the US Department of Homeland Security, which identified additional victims and made the arrest. The man is now facing charges of sexual exploitation of children, distributing child pornography, cyberstalking, online enticement of a mi

A government bill seeking to ban conversion therapy has cleared the House of Commons and is on its way to the Senate. Bill C-4 was fast-tracked through the legislative stages in the House of Commons with the unanimous consent of all MPs after Conservative Rob Moore introduced a motion to do so. Erin O'Toole had been set to once again allow his caucus to have a free vote on the bill, but also pledged that his MPs would work to get it passed quickly. The so-called therapy is widely discredited as a harmful practice, aimed at trying to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity

Authorities say a 17 year old boy has become the fourth student to die from a school shooting in Michigan. The Oakland County sheriff's office identified the teen Wednesday as Justin Shilling. The shooting occurred Tuesday at Oxford High School in Oakland County. The suspect remains in custody. Seven other people were wounded, some critically, including a 14 year old girl who was placed on a ventilator after surgery. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said three students who were killed as a 16 year old boy and two girls, ages 14 and 17. Authorities say they received a flood of 911

A landslide closed traffic today on the same highway near Agassiz, B.C., where motorists were trapped between slides caused by major rainstorms last month. DriveBC says the road has been reopened to single-lane alternating traffic on Highway 7 near Maria Sough Bridge and crews were assessing the damage. The incident occurred as southern and coastal British Columbia entered the tail end of severe weather that meteorologists have described as a ``parade'' of storms. More than two dozen weather warnings remain in effect across southern and coastal British Columbia, complicating clean-up efforts

Officials in Oregon say at least 99 state workers have been fired for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. KOIN reports the figures from the Department of Administrative Services show that out of more than 40,000 state workers, 84.7% received the vaccine and 12.2% were exempt on religious or medical grounds. The rest are either on long term leave like parental leave or waiting to get their vaccination status verified.

A travel advisory is in place as the weather forecast for much of southern and coastal B-C called for heavy rainfall. The areas affected include places devastated by flooding and mudslides just a few weeks ago. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the storm, which was expected to hit Tuesday and last into today, could be the most intense yet for the central coast. The central coast and the west coast of Vancouver Island could see up to 150 millimetres of rain from the storm, with up to 120 millimetres in the Bella Coola area, while the flood-soaked Fraser Valley east of Abbotsford cou

Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a deputy's patrol car on the way to a hospital. Eight other people were wounded, some critically. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard says investigators are still trying to determine a motive for Tuesday's shooting at Oxford High School.He says the shooter isn't talking. The boy's father had bought the gun used in the shooting on Friday, Bouchard said, adding that he did not know why. The three students who were killed were 16-year-old Tate Myre,

B.C. is reporting 358 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked case, for a total of 218,426 cases in the province.There are 2,889 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 213,053 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 300 individuals are in hospital and 104 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.In the past 24 hours, no new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,333.There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital (Fraser Health) has been declare