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VICTORIA — A report says three-year-old recommendations to protect the legal rights of people involuntarily admitted to psychiatric facilities in British Columbia are still not being adequately implemented.

An internal investigation into the death is underway, says Health Minister Adrian Dix.

Jake Virtanen was charged with sexual assault in January 2022 following a police investigation while he was still playing in the NHL. He pleaded not guilty on Feb. 17.

VANCOUVER — Work is finally underway in Vancouver's English Bay to remove a huge barge that has been washed up on the beach for eight months. A company has begun drilling piles into the shoreline to anchor the barge while it is cut apart and removed.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A former British Columbia social worker who stole money from young people in provincial care has been sentenced to five years in prison. The sentence for Robert Riley Sanders was handed down Monday in B.C. Supreme Court in Kelowna.

Right up to his death in May, David Milgaard maintained the inquiry into his wrongful conviction failed to expose what he believed was a cover-up.

An roommate argument over rent money led to threats and ended with one man emptying the contents of an eight‑shot revolver into another.

WHISTLER, B.C. — Two men in the 20s have been charged with first-degree murder in a double homicide in Whistler, B.C.

The suspect was shot by police near the Langley Bypass and 200th Street.

Federal-provincial programs will emphasize resilience, reduced risk