Uniformed police officers will no longer be assigned to Vancouver public schools after trustees voted to end its school liaison officer program.The program has been under review for almost a year due to concerns that uniformed officers make some students anxious or upset, including many identifying as Black, Indigenous or people of colour.Trustees voted eight to one Monday in favour of a motion to halt the program at the end of June.The decision is supported by several groups, including the Vancouver District Parent Advisory Council and associations representingelementary and secondary school

British Columbia's top doctor says the province has confirmed that COVID-19 was a factor in the death of an infant from the Interior Health region. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the baby was being treated in hospital in January and the B.C. Coroners' Service has since determined COVID-19 was a factor in the baby's death. Dr. Henry reported the death while addressing concerns raised in Ontario that people are dying at home of COVID-19, saying the coroners' service in B.C. has a process in place to investigate whether the illness was a factor in any unexpected deaths. She says

The cabinet minister who helped set in motion British Columbia's money laundering inquiry says he was getting very different versions about suspicious cash at casinos from officials when he became the minister responsible for gaming in 2017. Attorney General David Eby told the Cullen Commission that there were significant information gaps about suspicious cash at casinos during separate briefings with him from officials at the BC Lottery Corporation and the Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch. Eby testified officials at the lottery corporation told him anti-money laundering efforts were working

British Columbia's mental health and addictions minister says the province will expand services for young children, school-aged youth and their families. Sheila Malcolmson says 60 new full-time family support workers will be added over the next three years to help deliver services for children with emotional, behavioural and developmental challenges. She says that would give families better access to mental health care during children's formative years. Five integrated child and youth teams currently exist, but the province is aiming to add more teams to another 15 communities by 2024, based o

An 18 year old woman has been critically hurt after police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a car crashed seconds after ignoring an order to pull over. A statement from Abbotsford police says the crash happened early Monday on Highway 11 between Abbotsford and Mission. Const. Mike Wilford says the vehicle hit a cement barrier. He says collision specialists are at the scene and the department has also contacted the office that investigates all police-involved cases of serious injury or death. Wilford says members of the Independent Investigations Office are responding. Police are also appealing for das

Canada may have suspended flights from India over COVID-19 concerns, but the BC Centre for Disease Control is still catching up to the infections. Eight flights from Delhi to Vancouver between April 16th and April 21st had passengers with COVID infections. The centre says multiple rows were affected in several of the flights. The federal government suspended direct flights from India and Pakistan for a month as cases surge in those countries. BCCDC on Twitter: New flights or row numbers listed with possible #COVID19 exposures: http://ow.ly/kbL850EuHFA Apr 21: Air Canada 45, Delhi to Vancouver

A 15 year old Vancouver boy has died after a fight between two groups of young people in a west-side park. Vancouver police says the teen was stabbed during the fight on Saturday. He underwent surgery for a chest wound but Sgt. Steve Addison says the teen died Sunday. A 14 year old was arrested shortly after the fight. Addison says the boy has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. The Vancouver police homicide unit wants to speak to anyone who may have information about the killing.

A Vancouver city councillor is angry about disturbing graffiti that compared BC's provincial health officer to a notorious Nazi concentration camp doctor. Councillor Pete Fry says the spray painted message on the Vancouver Seawall made him mad. Fry says it's an appalling lack of respect for Jewish people and he can't imagine how anyone can compare the pandemic to the deliberate murder of people based on their ethnicity. Nico Slobinsky, with The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, tweeted that the role of a public Health Officer is the exact opposite of the role Josef Mengele played during t

A first-degree murder charge has been laid in what Vancouver police say was a "shocking and unnerving" shooting in a busy city neighbourhood last week.The victim, 31-year-old Harpreet Singh Dhaliwal of Abbotsford, B.C., was shot and killed outside a popular restaurant last Saturday.On top of the murder charge, 51-year-old Francois Gauthier is also accused of possession of a loaded prohibited weapon.Gauthier remains in custody until his next court appearance.Police say no one else was hurt in the targeted shooting, but safety was at risk for others in the public location.There have been three