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VICTORIA — There were 303 black bears killed by conservation officers in British Columbia last year, a low not seen since predator statistics were first published online in 2011.

VANCOUVER — Health authorities in British Columbia say nearly 500 people in the province received a life-saving organ transplant last year.

The fire took six hours to extinguish and at the peak of the blaze 25 firefighters from three departments were on scene.

KAMLOOPS, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ — Police in Kamloops, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, say they seized guns and a "significant" amounts of drugs after finding a man sleeping inside a running vehicle at a restaurant parking lot.

DELTA, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ — A man has died after being shot in what Delta, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, police call a targeted attack. A statement from the Delta Police Department says officers are now treating the shooting of 29-year-old Delta resident Gurvinder Uppal as a homicide.

VANCOUVER — A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder more than two years after a man was killed in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. A statement from Vancouver police says they were called on Jan.

"Given the unfortunate attention this matter has brought to our school district, I believe this decision is in the best interests of the organization, my colleagues and the communities," SD43 superintendent Robert Zambrano wrote in a statement.

RICHMOND, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ — The union representing almost 6,000 ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia is sounding an alarm on staffing levels "reaching critical" in the province.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's minister of health says the province has opened 26 new treatment beds for people with addictions in four communities over the last several months.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Children's Hospital says it's seen a steady rise in the number of children coming in with respiratory symptoms.