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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Board must look into an officer's allegation that arrest quotas have been issued as part of Mayor Ken Sim's "Task Force Barrage" initiative in the Downtown Eastside, British Columbia's police watchdog says.

The cause of the blaze is unknown.

The Khalsa Diwan Society gurdwara on Vancouver's Ross Street was vandalized on the morning of April 19.

NANAIMO — A man from Nanaimo, B.C., faces a driving suspension, a speeding ticket and allegations of impaired driving for passing an unmarked police vehicle going 120 kilometres an hour over the posted limit.

TORONTO — Carly Rae Jepsen has been tapped to help adapt the teen rom-com "10 Things I Hate About You" for the Broadway stage. Producers say the singer-songwriter from Mission, B.C.

LANGFORD — A man is missing after three people, including an infant, were thrown overboard in a boating accident on Finlayson Arm northwest of Victoria.

VANCOUVER — Firefighters are fighting a large blaze in downtown Vancouver that's sending a smoky haze and the smell of smoke across the city. An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says crews responded just before 4 a.m.

TORONTO — Bryan Adams is setting forth on an extensive run of Canadian concert dates later this year. The "Summer of '69" rock singer has announced plans to perform 19 dates across the country as part of his Roll With the Punches tour.

SALMON ARM — A 17-year-old male has died in a 60-metre fall on Bastion Mountain in British Columbia's Shuswap region. RCMP in Salmon Arm say officers responded to the scene of a "tragic" hiking incident on Monday involving three local teenagers.

NORTH VANCOUVER — Those aboard a disabled BC Ferries vessel had their destination in sight as it sat in the water for hours waiting to be pushed to shore by a tugboat on Monday.