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According to the Coroner’s Service, there were 14 motorcycle deaths in BC in the past three months, up from 5 during the same period last year. We look at how you can help avoid these tragedies.

An Iranian missile struck a residential area in Beit Shemesh on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding 28, according to Israel’s ambulance service. Emergency crews searched through damaged homes as ambulances transported the injured to hospital and security forces cordoned off the area. Israeli officials said the strike came hours after Israel launched...

A New Brunswick farmer says his corn isn’t fit to sell at his farm stand because of the impacts of an ongoing drought. New Brunswick’s capital city is looking to carve out one of the largest expansions in city services in its history.

The family of Ryan Booker is speaking out following the Saskatchewan Coroners Service’s public inquest into the 26-year-old’s death in 2022. Sarah Jones spoke with those who believe more could have been done.

According to the B.C. Coroners Service, more than 165 British Columbians lost their lives to toxic drugs in the month of April 2025.

B.C.’s new chief coroner is calling for a more strategic approach to the province’s overdose crisis and other preventable deaths, including intimate partner violence. It’s a move supported by Battered Women’s Support Services. We speak with Executive Director Angela Marie MacDougall about possible reforms

As excitement builds on the eve of the coronation of King Charles III, some Canadians are pumped to be participating in the procession. Their excitement; some of the notable Canadian figures who will be attending the coronation; and Royal commentator Dickie Arbiter’s thoughts on the challenges facing the king, and what the monarchy needs to...

A new report from the B.C. Coroners Service says 619 people died of heat-related causes during the 2021 heat dome, and makes several recommendations on how to minimize the human toll in the next extreme heat event. Aaron McArthur has the details.

Dr. Jatinder Baidwan, B.C.’s chief medical officer, outlined three key recommendations from a report on preventing future loss of life during extreme heat events, on Tues. June 7, 2022. The BC Coroners Service report comes after 619 vulnerable people died the province’s devastating 2021 heat dome.

The BC Coroner’s Service has released its report into a crash that killed three young hockey players in Surrey in 2021. Ronin Sharma, Caleb Reimer and Parker Magnuson were killed when the car Magnuson was driving failed to negotiate a curve in the road on 104th Avenue and slammed into a tree.

Across Canada, 21 people are dying every day due to toxic drugs and overdoses. For years British Columbia has been the epicenter of that crisis but now statistics show there is a disturbing new trend – overdoses from smoked drugs are on the rise. Neetu Garcha explains the new challenges that poses for advocates who...

The BC coroner service unveiled the latest drug toxicity statistics for 2019.

B.C.’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said at a press conference on Tue., Jan. 31, that 2022 had the second-highest number of toxic drug deaths in the history of the province. Lapointe said the reality is that these deaths were also “preventable.”

The federal government has released new national standards for long-term care homes after COVID-19 ravaged these facilities. What the new guidelines are, and why they’re not mandatory. Toxic drugs are to blame for the deaths of at least 2,272 people in British Columbia in 2022, according to the province’s coroners service. The demographics of the...

The “B-C Coroners Service” — is refusing to answer a key question surrounding the upcoming inquest into the death of Vancouver police constable Nicole Chan: Were two senior officers — Who allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with Chan — ever subpoenaed to testify? As Rumina Daya reports — their names are not on the witness...

A 25-year-old man was struck and killed by a train this Monday morning in Chilliwack. The BC coroners service is investigating. Chilliwack RCMP says criminality is not suspected.

More grim figures from the BC Coroner’s Service on the number of illicit drug deaths. New figures show a record number of British Columbians were killed by toxic, illicit drugs in 2023. Global News Morning speaks with Recovery and Harm Reduction Expert Guy Felicella about where the province is failing in its attempt to get...

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside is “unwavering” in her commitment to addressing B.C.’s toxic drug crisis, she said in a Jan. 24 press conference. Her comments come as the B.C. Coroners Service confirms more than 2,500 died of toxic drugs in 2023.

Panamanian authorities said on July 27 they have seized nearly four tonnes of cocaine after patrolling and intercepting a speedboat via air and sea along the northern perimeter of Isla Grande in the province of Colon. Panama’s Naval Service (SENAN) intercepted a go-fast speedboat, seizing 3,989 packages of cocaine, making it the third successful operation...

Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe addressed a press conference on Thursday after the B.C. Coroners Service found 201 people died from suspected illicit drug toxicity overdoses in October, the deadliest month on record for the province.