Further action on justice reform launched

VANCOUVER – The Province is launching a reform initiative to address B.C.’s justice system and identify actions that government, the judiciary, the legal profession, police and others can take to give British Columbians more timely and effective justice services, Premier Christy Clark announced.

B.C. announces site for Okanagan correctional centre

OSOYOOS - The Province has selected the Osoyoos Indian Band’s proposed site, in the Senkulmen Enterprise Park on Highway 97, as the preferred location for a new Okanagan Correctional Centre, Premier Christy Clark announced.

BC Coroner confirms identity of children in house fire

PRINCE GEORGE – The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of two young children who died on Jan. 31 in a house fire in the community of Mackenzie.

BC Coroner confirms identities of deceased in mill fire

BURNS LAKE – The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of the two individuals found deceased in the debris of the Babine Forest Products sawmill.

BC Coroners Service confirms bones found near boot non-human

VANCOUVER – The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that bone fragments found with a boot on a Vancouver beach this week are non-human in origin.

Canada, B.C. partner to deliver on flood mitigation

VANCOUVER – Twenty communities across B.C. will benefit from greater flood protection thanks to a joint investment by the governments of Canada and British Columbia.