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VICTORIA — British Columbia's public safety minister has condemned a blockade set up along a forestry road used by construction workers for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline.

VANCOUVER — A loose barge drifted around Vancouver's False Creek on Monday before grounding itself on a Stanley Park beach.

SURREY, B.C. — A group opposing the planned transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force in Surrey, B.C., says it has collected close to 43,000 signatures from residents calling for a referendum on policing in the city.

“A decision this big, this expensive and this controversial needs to go to the people."

VANCOUVER — Relentless rain has caused mud and rock slides in several locations in southern B.C., displacing some residents and prompting highway closures.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Members of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation near Kamloops, B.C., have re-elected Rosanne Casimir to another three-year term as chief.

Drivers beware!

VANCOUVER — Police are investigating after a 59-year-old man was struck and killed in East Vancouver Saturday night. It is the city's ninth pedestrian death and the 18th collision-related fatality of the year.

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s 18th pedestrian fatality of the year. They say a 59-year-old man was hit by a car in East Vancouver Saturday evening and was later pronounced dead in hospital.

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported 992 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over the last two days and 23 more deaths, raising the death toll in the province to 2,257. The Health Ministry says 4,265 infections are active across B.C.