B.C.

VICTORIA – The leader of B.C.’s Opposition New Democrats says Advanced Education Minister must resign after a government report found he served on a university board of directors that knowingly broke disclosure requirements.

SURREY, B.C. – One man has been killed in an early-morning fight in Surrey.

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s children and family development ministry and the province’s independent representative for children and youth say B.C.’s adoption rates for children in government care must increase dramatically.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A man accused of murdering his wife by pushing her off a boat during a vacation in B.C.’s Interior has told a judge that he won’t turn over computer equipment he smuggled out of jail.

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. – A new chief constable has been appointed in West Vancouver, B.C.

VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s education minister says the government has no intention of legislating teachers back to work.

VANCOUVER – Police forces across the country are flocking to Twitter, breaking news about arrests, soliciting tips from the public and offering real-time information during disasters and other crises.

NANAIMO, B.C. – Police may have scrubbed a Nanaimo, B.C., man’s plans for a clean house before the big party.

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Opposition New Democrats want the provincial auditor general to investigate allegations about irregular payments at Kwantlen Polytechnic University that have embroiled Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk.

VICTORIA – The long-time chief executive of PSP Investments, which manages retirement funds for the federal public service, Canadian Forces and RCMP, is leaving to take up a similar position at the B.C. Investment Management Corp. In his new role, Gordon Fyfe will manage a fund with $114.8 billion in assets — compared with $90 billion of assets managed by PSP Investments. Fyfe replaces Doug Pearce, who is retiring after more than 20 years as head of the bcIMC, which manages funds for public sector pension plans, public trusts and insurance funds. The Public Sector Pension Investment Board says it has a CEO succession plan in place but it didn’t announce Fyfe’s successor.

VANCOUVER – An independent facilitator who’s spent the past year trying to help B.C.’s teachers’ union and the government reach a deal has quit his post.

VANCOUVER – British Columbia residents are being asked for their opinions about the nearly two-year-old office that examines incidents of death or serious injury involving police in this province.

VICTORIA – Happy happy hour, British Columbia.

VANCOUVER – The Mormon church has launched a trademark lawsuit against the leader of a small religious sect in B.C. that practices polygamy.

LUMBY, B.C. – Mounties say a 51-year-old woman is dead and a man is in hospital with a gunshot wound after an apparent homicide and attempted suicide in B.C.’s north Okanagan.

VANCOUVER – Alcohol can now be sold at farmers markets in British Columbia, and pubs may accommodate minors.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Abbotsford police are investigating an attack they are calling suspicious.

VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is hoping to hear back from a veteran mediator this weekend to find out if he is available to help end the province’s teachers strike.